Yesterday in Moscow the results of the competition for the design of two new stations of the Moscow metro: Nizhnie Mnevniki and Terekhovo were summed up. The competition was launched in October by KB Strelka, commissioned by Mosinzhproekt. For participation in the first stage, the organizers received 121 applications from 16 countries. Of these, ten finalists were selected, who continued to work on the second stage, and presented the final projects to the jury. The winners are Timur Bashkaev's bureau and BuroMoscow. Both reached the finals with the projects of Nizhniye Mnevniki, but it was decided to use the sketches of BuroMoscow for the Terekhovo station. The construction of stations, which will be located on the Third interchange metro circuit, is already underway. It is planned to be completed by 2018.
We present the projects of the winners:
Nizhniye Mnevniki
AB Timur Bashkaev
The brutal, frankly underground imagery of the station's interior is based on a combination of dark metal and gray concrete with contrasting bright red accents. Of these, the main ones are large, similar to ritual tables on short legs, objects made of thick supports and a wide "ceiling". According to the authors, they are designed to visually unite the spaces of the entrance lobbies and platforms. The austere atmosphere is slightly enlivened by lighting: strokes of long lamps at the joints and chiseled lamps in the concrete ceilings. Above-ground pavilions echo the theme: they too consist of widely spaced red-and-tan concrete pylons.
The authors have provided for many additional functions at the stations: public spaces, recreation areas, shops and information points. In addition to basic navigation, traditional for the Moscow metro, they offered large graphics on concrete panels. Each pavilion is assigned a number to help you choose the right direction.
Terekhovo
BuroMoscow
The pavilions of the station are light simple parallelepipeds with a simple "Iofanovskoy" vertical cut and high frames of portals with a red letter M suspended in space, calculated from afar, like a lighthouse.
Everything inside is filled with bright, uniform white light. Large contours of human figures are painted on the pillars with something reflective - a conditional echo of many people who have to pass through this space every day. The lobby ceilings are dotted with large luminous holes, similar to the skylights of the Aalto library. In some places, a white column rests against these holes. All navigation elements are made in the corporate style of the Moscow metro.
Jury of the competition:
- Sergey Kuznetsov, First Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Committee for Architecture and Urban Planning, Chief Architect of Moscow;
- Anna Merkulova, First Deputy General Director, Design Director, Mosinzhproekt JSC;
- Alexander Vigdorov, architect of Mospromproekt OJSC;
- Nikolai Lyzlov, Vice President of the Union of Moscow Architects;
- Dmitry Ovcharov, founder of the Nefa Architects architectural bureau;
- Grigory Revzin, architectural critic, partner of KB Strelka;
- Yuliy Borisov, General Director of the UNK project architectural bureau;
- Alexander Ryabsky, architect, partner of the architectural bureau FAS (t);
- Marcelo Sans, project director at Bustren PM;
- Alexander Seslavinsky, Deputy Head of the Metropolitan, Head of the Directorate of the Metropolitan under construction;
- Vasily Tsereteli, executive director of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art.
