Another studio of masters of the first year of study at MARSH took on a difficult task - to develop a project of rehabilitation and integration into the urban context of the territory of the Pluton plant, adjacent directly to the center of architecture and design "Artplay". Nikolay Lyzlov, as well as the MARSH instructors Philip Yakubchuk and Andris Shneps-Shneppe, became the head of the program. The studio's work was divided into two parts: "expedition" (research) and "development" (design). During the study, it became clear to the students that there is practically no information about the plant itself, however, they managed to classify the main parts of the development, assess the potential of the territory and suggest possible options for new functions of the reconstructed buildings. The choice of functional characteristics was based, first of all, on the analysis of the needs of people living and working in the surrounding extremely dense building. Further, the students developed a single master plan, then divided individual projects of individual sections and existing buildings among themselves.
Nikolay Lyzlov
head of the architectural workshop of Nikolai Lyzlov, MARSH teacher:
“Here we faced a certain super task, the goal was not projects, but students. On the one hand, you can be satisfied with the work done, the process, and on the other hand, with the projects. Moreover, these things are poorly separable. We can say that architecture is a collective work, but for some reason, during my entire teaching practice at Moscow Architectural Institute, I have never been able to get students to work collectively. For some reason, more than two people did not get together into a team. And, having such experience, here we tried to structure our program in such a way that the work was, on the one hand, individual, on the other, team.
We have divided the work into three stages. The first is research, and this is the most mechanical part, which did not require special synthesis, but required coordination of movements between everyone. We got a territory abandoned by people, occupied by various buildings and structures of unclear purpose, about which we knew only two things: there was production here and it was classified. All 14 people did the research together. It turned out well, because, having done this work together, they learned to interact. Then 14 people were divided into three teams, each of which created its own master plan.
Of course, all master plans are different, but, nevertheless, each of the three turned out to be quite a result of collective work. And then, in parallel, everyone began to do their own "capture" within this master plan. Naturally, one of the main goals of the students was to synchronize their work by looking at the master plans. And it succeeded too! It seems to me that this is the main success of the studio - the guys did a collective work, nevertheless, no one carried the log fictitiously, because in the end everyone had to report on their own projects.
We immediately told the students that there would be some element of competition in this work, that we would say whose team did better. To do this, we had intermediate views: someone pulled ahead, someone lagged behind - as in real sports. And in the end, they broke the finish line in a completely different way. And if we evaluate this work now, then I would suggest doing it like with a movie, in the nominations - "the most realizable", "the most practical", "the most fantastic", "the most radical." I can say that my colleagues and I are satisfied with the result”.
We publish some of the resulting projects: *** Black box
Maria Brailovskaya
Remaining production at the Pluton plant is housed in an eight-story cube-shaped building with tightly controlled access. This is a "black box" inaccessible to outsiders. The project proposes to erect a metal structure around the building and place residential modules on it, thereby making the closed and alienated volume more friendly and open, to restore its connection with the surrounding area. The vertical structure will allow more efficient use of limited space, and the appearance of housing will diversify its functional content.
*** Pluto area
Anvar Garipov
The author of the project compares the central square of the plant in size and shape with the squares of medieval European cities. Such an area can become an important center for the developing "Artplay" and the entire area, which is now devoid of open public spaces. To do this, it is proposed to open all the aisles from the square to the surrounding streets, to make the first floors of the surrounding rear completely public, to allocate an area for street cafes and fairs. The Lenin monument in the center of the square is preserved as part of history.
*** Next to the secret garden
Diana Tunyan
Following the general idea of the "Secret Garden" in the center of "Pluto", the author proposes to create an annex to the historical building of the tea-packing factory on the roof in the form of a light lattice structure, which simultaneously serves as a transition between buildings, a balcony, an observation deck, a vertical garden and an outdoor cafe.
