Description

Reminiscence of beautiful utopian idea of the museum in the bridge.
This design followed strict requirements to the construction of contemporary art centers which ban damaging or irreversibly altering a historical monument, and order to safeguard and restore it as best as possible. So we designed a number of minimum additions providing both for all modern functions at the same time being stylistically neutral and meeting the safeguarding policy. The original layout of the overall building as well as its facades and surviving architectural elements remained intact. New elements are proposed to be set on the rear facade of the building, which is not a heritage site and doesn’t alter the building’s original outlook as viewed from the main city streets.

Designed

2013

Completed

2013

Project team

Mikhail Mindlin,
Anton Nagavitsyn (Project architect),
Mikhail Khazanov,
Mikhail Vyatkin
with the participation of:
Olga Rachkovskaya,
Vladislav Ryabov,
Maxim Khazanov,
Suren Meliksetyan