For twenty years Arch Moscow has been holding its positions as the main architectural exhibition of the capital, and in some respects, of the country. They are waiting for the exhibition, they are preparing for it all spring. Let's try to tell you about what the curators of "Arch of Moscow" have prepared for the audience and listeners this year. Many of them are already almost permanent, for example, Bart Goldhorn, founder of Project Russia magazine and curator of the exhibition since 2006. Now he proposed the theme "Architecture and Life", by analogy with "Science and Life" - there is fashionable retrostalgia, and a hint of a crisis that makes proud architects turn to face life, and God knows what else. Elena Gonzalez responded to the theme with an exposition dedicated to the relationship between architecture and society, whose flag was Alejandro Aravena. The co-curator Ruben Arakelyan, who was appointed last year, promises to show off the working life of his bureau in live mode. So, what can you do at Arch Moscow with a solid number XXI, aka Biennale of Architecture number V?
1. Immerse yourself in a Swiss utopia
Swiss villages-ziedlungs are a unique phenomenon, they are similar to the workers' settlements of the 1920s, but not only have survived to our time and live, but also new ones appear, quietly demonstrating to the world the features of Swiss collectivism, viable, but not suppressing individuality. The Ziedlungs are being built with the participation of architects, but completely without developers and without profit. The curators of the project - architecture photographer Yuri Palmin and researcher Elena Kossovskaya, show an exhibition of photographs of Swiss Ziedlungs and offer the attention of listeners interested in the topic, two lectures and a round table. Schedule -
here.
Exhibition hall 27, 3rd floor
Lectures: architect Bruno Krucker; theorist Stefan Truby.
May 17, 19:00 MARCH (in English)
Round table: May 20 ***
2. Listen to lectures
Arch Moscow is not only an exhibition, but also a place of communication, in which you need to find time for lectures with seminars, solid and not so solid. Now more than sixty lectures, master classes, discussions, conferences are planned. AD Magazine brings decorator Jean-Louis Deniot (May 21, 11:00), speech: invited Finnish architect Rainer Mahlamäki to give a lecture on modern wooden architecture (May 20, 19:00). Among the speakers are also Christopher Pearce (within the framework of the AA & MARSH summer workshop, May 22, 12:00) and Narine Tyutchev (May 21, 11:00).
The program is still being formed. You can follow the changes here. ***
3. Enjoy the graphics
Relax your soul at the annual exhibition of the finalists of the "ArchiGraphics" competition. This year, an international jury headed by Sergei Tchoban selected 30 finalists to claim victory. The ArchiGraphics exposition is included in the Arch of Moscow program for the third time.
Hall 15, 2nd floor ***
4. Find out what CITIZENSTUDIO has come up with
for Moskomarchitecture
This year, a competition was held at the stand of the Moscow architectural department, the best in which was recognized the concept "Form of Creativity" by Citizenstudio architects Mikhail Beilin and Daniil Nikishin. The exposition will unite two halls and at the same time turn into a sculpture-bas-relief of four thematic blocks. According to Sergei Kuznetsov, their themes: mass housing construction, competitions, metro, as well as infrastructure projects, are becoming "new zones of influence for architects." ***
5. Spotting cities
The City Signs project, which includes an exhibition, a conference and an award, will present the best regional development examples from fourteen cities. Jokingly creative graphics, drawn by the students of Victor Melamed's course at the British School of Design, will allow visitors to "relax their souls", trying to peer into conventional signs and understand what makes one city different from another today.
The conference is a serious discussion of regional practices, which, as the organizers are convinced, should update the boring methods of the capital's development. It will take place all day on Thursday 19th May. Speeches are planned for representatives of various regional projects, including those who will come specially to Arch Moscow for this. Attendance at the conference is paid, 4500 rubles, tickets sold on the project website and on the website of the Arch of Moscow, and includes entrance to all exhibitions of the festival. Co-organizers: "Rules of Communication" and Archipeople.
Exhibition: Hall 26, 3rd floor
Conference: large conference hall, May 19, from 11:00 ***
6. Get a lesson from Aravena
One of the sections of the Arch of Moscow - "Architecture and Society" - will be devoted to affordable housing, working with a dysfunctional environment and solving other social problems with the help of architecture. The central element of the section is the exposition of Alejandro Aravena, a recognized leader in this direction. However, the exhibition will also present projects by Russian architects on the topic of not only social housing, but also the improvement of public areas.
Hall 17, 3rd floor ***
7. Immerse yourself in the everyday life of an architect
Ruben Arakelyan is in charge of the special project “Architecture off-line. Trilogy ", which is designed to demonstrate the life cycle of architectural works, consisting of three stages: the birth of an architect (education) - generation (design) - criticism. The process will be at the center of the exposition. The "branch" of the Wall bureau will be recreated in the Central House of Artists, where it will be possible to meet architects, see how they work, and ask questions. The education link will be represented by projects of students of the Moscow Architectural Institute, the Higher School of Economics, MARSH. Finally, to present the stage of criticism, the project plans to present and defend student papers.
Hall 5, 2nd floor ***
8. Reject consumerism
The project of the creative group ArchGarazh - "Anti-Consumption Architecture". Here, visitors will be shown the concept and implementation of Ecohouse, as well as introduced to its philosophy: simplicity, rationality, economy, the ability to replace a cramped urban cell for a family with an average income. Ecohouse is opposed to the world of expensive status items. It doesn't matter if it is architecture, interior items or any other objects of consumption. The idea of the project clearly demonstrates one of the themes announced at the Biennale - the architecture of survival in an era of crisis.
Hall 25, 3rd floor ***
9. Get to know Norway
The speech: magazine will present the photo exhibition "National Tourist Roads of Norway", which was named after the state program for the preservation of natural and cultural attractions in the country. The government has attracted not only financial resources, but also the best artists and architects to create a network of roads that allows you to cover even the most inaccessible corners of Norway. Interesting realizations of this program were included in the exposition, for which Sergei Tchoban and Andrei Perlich created an installation of wooden lamellas. Exhibition curator Anna Martovitskaya.
Hall 23, 3rd floor ***
10. Get used to Yerevan
Together with the Moscow architectural photographer Dmitry Chebanenko and his project "Environment of Existence" - a study of the phenomenon of modern residential areas of Yerevan, the originality of which is the merit not so much of the architects as of the residents themselves. In this multi-layered and diverse environment, people of very different incomes and social status coexist comfortably.
Hall 24, 3rd floor *** The exhibition will be held at the Central House of Artists from 18 to 22 May
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