Allegoria Mosca Public Russian Mixed-used Development, Architecture, Architect, Images
Allegoria Mosca
Mixed-Use Architecture Development in Russia – design by Kleinewelt Architekten
4 Dec 2018
Allegoria Mosca
Design: Kleinewelt Architekten
Location: Ostozhenka street, VL. 4-6, Moscow, Russia
Allegoria Mosca
Setting: courtyard between the White and Red Chambers

A mixed-used development combining cultural and social care functions styled after Italian palazzos will be constructed in the center of Moscow. The architects of the project are Kleinewelt Architekten.

The image of the building is a reaction to the general concept of the project: bureau?s research has shown that this place is full of historical layers and reflects an unbroken chain of events – ancient chambers; traces of the participation of Aristotle Fioravanti; tectonic rupture of the landscape, which historically influenced the structure of estate settlement here. An analysis of key cultural institutions of Moscow showed us that the place is central from both geometric and conceptual point of view.
The reaction to this was an architectural performance whose plot is based on the city itself and its history and the courtyard between the White and Red Chambers turns out to be the stage. While the facade of the new house becomes a backdrop of this performance. This has become the main visual emotion of the project.

To keep the aesthetics, brutal natural materials will be used for the main building ...