SEC on 1st st. Bukhvostova, ow. 12/11, at the Preobrazhenskaya Square they defended the GAP Bureau "Podzemproekt" Dmitry Padrov and a representative of the customer, who began with the message that the project had already been approved by Sergei Sobyanin and Marat Khusnullin, and was under examination. To which Sergei Kuznetsov noted that verbal approval without a document can be disregarded, and a good tone is to go through the arch council before the examination.
The mall will occupy a huge space - 230 x 180 m - on Preobrazhenskaya Square. Nearby are the residential complex "Heritage", the building of the prefecture and the temple. On the 1st floor there are shops, restaurants, trade on the 2nd, food courts and cinemas for 3-4. Underground parking and an exploited roof are planned. Facades - travertine, granite base.
Meanwhile, the facades of the shopping and entertainment center were made not by Podzemproekt, but by other unnamed authors - but it was to them that the discussion was devoted. According to Sergei Kuznetsov, he saw a version of this building with five columns, their number was corrected by six, but this did not solve all the problems. Defending the project, representatives of Podzemproekt characterized it as a representative of the “old classicism of the 1930s” and emphasized the natural materials of the facades. To which Sergei Kuznetsov objected that the project was by no means Zholtovsky in terms of architectural quality, and Moscow was not built up with such buildings at all.
In addition to improving the style of the facade, there were other wishes from the members of the Arch Council. Alexander Asadov doubted that the sanitary gap between the huge complex and residential buildings is sufficient (Podzemproekt promised noise protection screens). In addition, the back of the shopping center will be visible from the houses, as heavy as in the Atrium shopping center on Kurskaya. Also, Alexander Asadov proposed to change the atrium coating, because the “bubbles” style is not very compatible with the classical facade, it makes sense to switch to lighter coatings with a triangular structure, to a single-layer self-supporting shell, which will also cost the customer less.
Alexander Kudryavtsev advised, if the customer chose the classical style, to open the complex to the city with the help of galleries on the first floor, similar to Gostiny Dvor in St. Petersburg. Podzemproekt promised that the windows of restaurants and shops on the first floor would be at least transparent. Andrei Gnezdilov asked how the storerooms facing the main facade relate to the large stained-glass windows. It turned out that the glass on the second floor of the shopping mall will be reflective, not transparent, plus these stained-glass windows are likely to be covered by advertising. Sergei Skuratov lamented that he did not see the relationship of the giant building with the city, with the surrounding buildings, the church, the prefecture, with the square in front of the multifunctional complex. "What functions does this building have other than emptying the wallet?" The architect asked. All members of the council agreed that the improvement of the square should be improved, aligned along the axes with the building, made more friendly for people, even in the part that does not belong to the customer. The project was rejected and sent back for revision.
In general, as Sergei Kuznetsov said during a press approach, he is an opponent of massive shopping centers in the city, the renovation program provides for the placement of trade in the first floors of residential buildings. When asked whether to ask a neoclassical architect to draw a decent classical facade, Sergei Kuznetsov replied that it depends on the wishes of the customer and the officials have no opportunity to dictate to him.
Then Sergey Skuratov brilliantly defended the project in Bolshoy Nikolovorobinsky lane … The building designed by the SSA workshop on the right bank of the Yauza River at the confluence with the Moskva River borders on Tessinsky Lane, where the famous Skuratov Art House is located, faced with hand-molded bricks, with asymmetric sloping brick roofs - a perfectly drawn object with a precious surface and allusions to old industrial architecture. In Bolshoy Nikolovorobinsky, other architects designed a residential complex for the Art-Kvartal company, but then the customer changed the team and commissioned the second stage of the complex to Skuratov's workshop.
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zooming 1/5 Reconstruction project of a building on Bolshoy Nikolovorobinsky Pereulok with adaptation for housing © Sergei Skuratov Architects
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zooming 2/5 Reconstruction project of a building on Bolshoy Nikolovorobinsky lane with adaptation for housing © Sergei Skuratov Architects
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zooming 3/5 Reconstruction project of a building on Bolshoy Nikolovorobinsky lane with adaptation for housing © Sergei Skuratov Architects
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zooming 4/5 Reconstruction project of a building on Bolshoy Nikolovorobinsky lane with adaptation for housing © Sergei Skuratov Architects
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zooming 5/5 Reconstruction project of a building on Bolshoy Nikolovorobinsky lane with adaptation for housing © Sergei Skuratov Architects
Part of the property is a historic building: the three lower floors were built in 1865. They will be preserved, cleaned of paint, the masonry will be covered with old bricks. The upper floors, built in the 1960s and 2005, will be demolished, as will the adjacent utilitarian office building. The new house is designed as an eight-story monoblock - the backdrop for the Art House. The historical building occupies the lower left part, about a quarter of the house, differing in design, texture and color. The rest of the facade is divided, as it were, by a cross. On the right, a rusticated brick tinted with red corresponds to the old architecture. In the upper part there is a "bronze" lattice of window slopes; a low building in the courtyard corresponds to it. The entrance is located opposite a small reservoir in the courtyard. The bedrooms are oriented towards the courtyard, the public areas towards the Tessinsky, the upper floors have terraces. The cladding uses the same brick as in the Cologne Museum of Columba by Peter Zumthor.
Everything was so beautiful, convincing, contextual, that the council members mostly complimented themselves, allowing themselves only small remarks. Nikolai Lyashenko said that the treatment of the heritage site and the context here is exemplary, and there is a lot to learn. Vladimir Plotkin clarified the design points, namely: will there be enough bearing capacity against the wall of the historic building. Sergey Skuratov explained that it is duplicated by a concrete shell, which will be the load-bearing shell, and there will be no load on the historical wall. The Cultural Heritage Department has already approved the project. Alexander Kudryavtsev suggested that it was possible to make pitched roofs in this complex, as in the Art House - to which Sergey Skuratov objected that he did not want to compete with his own Art House: “If one actor plays a pitched roof, then the other should play another … The topic is busy. The house was deliberately made in the background, like a backdrop for the Art House. The project was approved unanimously.
