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On this uniquely important historical site we envision new housing as “Spatial Ribbons” shaping public and semi-public space. For good light and air these ribbons are all 15 meters wide but they contain a rich typological variety.
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Many of the apartments have two full exposures and all have natural light & good views. These “ribbons” are a special malleable architecture – a plastic composition of space shaping architecture between historical buildings.
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We propose a pedestrian bridge linking the project to a music pavilion floating in the Moscow River. This music pavilion connects to the history of the sites former Mariinsky School, where Sergei Rachmaninoff taught for many years.
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The hybrid buildings for living, working and recreation have four seasons of activity. The pools at the central public space are designed to freeze in winter offering ice skating.
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A historical link to Moscow polychromy – such as in the rainbow of colors in St. Basil’s– is developed in ceramics which line the sculptural openings in the white facades.
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Roofs are verdigris green copper, with roof integrated photovoltaic power supplying 30% of the electrical needs. Among the state of the art ecology aspects are radiant heat and cooling is provided by a geothermal well system.Source by Steven Holl Architects.
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Location: Moscow, Russia
Architects: Steven Holl Architects
Architect In Charge: Steven Holl (design architect), Dimitra Tsachrelia (associate in charge), Carolina Freue, Ivan Grekov, Michael Haddy, Elise Riley, Yun Shi (project team)
Associate architects: WOWHAUS
Sustainability: Transsolar KlimaEngineering
Client: Capital Group
Year: 2015
Images: Courtesy of Steven Holl Architects
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