PROJECT RUSSIA №37 - prospects

At the moment you read this text it will have been more than 10 years since the first issue of PROJECT RUSSIA was presented in the White Hall at the House of Architects in Moscow. Those who were present probably remember that the first issue arrived from the Slovenian printing house with its covers glued inside-out – in retrospect, only a foretaste of the difficulties we would encounter in the years that followed, including endless production delays, a fire in the editorial offices, and, of course, the ruble crisis of 1998. Notwithstanding these problems – many of which are probably common to any new periodical, – the journal has established itself as the main publication on Russian architecture and design for the professional reader. Still, this is no reason for us to sit back and present you with a retrospective overview of our accomplishments. On the contrary, for us the jubilee has been an incentive to take a critical look at our design and content. We are able to present you with a new PROJECT RUSSIA that reflects a new stage in the development of Russian architecture - its emergence from the ruins of Soviet architecture to participate in international architectural discourse. Under three headings – body, skin, and content – this issue shows works of architecture that transcend the borders of the regular architectural practice of ‘making good architecture’ and attempt to introduce new materials, forms, and typologies. Since conceptual content is increasingly important, it is no coincidence that a large part of the journal is reserved for projects – a sign that after 10 years our journal’s name is finally beginning to reflect its contents. Bart Goldhoorn, editor-in-chief CONTENTS news Bart Goldhoorn Glory to water!     Round table: ArchMoscow revisited   Ekaterina Lazareva ArtPlay presents the Playground   Aleksandr Lozhkin Projection of tomorrow   Anna Bronovitskaya Re-ruined Hiroshima   Vladimir Sedov Paper boom of the 1970s   Irina Shipova Oeuvre of a true dandy   Irina Shipova Once again about Palladio     Arch(x)change: call for papers!   Polina Nozdracheva International Workshop in Urban Design     Institute Giprostroymost-St.Petersburg -     First stage of the Neva river bridge in St.Petersburg     Architecture, Construction, Design -     Office complex on Volzhsky prospekt in Samara     Mospromproekt Studio N02 -     MGPU complex on 2nd Selskokhozyaystvenny proezd in Moscow   Sergei Sitar Conceptualism from WAM     Third Showroom (to say nothing of the Restaurant)     RUBELLI at the Mikhailovsky Castle     The Union of the Two: a new height     Saloni Milano is coming to Moscow       prospects Bart Goldhoorn Editorial   Bart Goldhoorn From Tasty to Cool       body Elena Gonzalez Deus ex computer     Mosproekt-4 Development of the nothern part of Khodynskoye field     Mosproekt-4 Multifunctional complex at Tul'skaya Metro Station     Valeriya Ryb'yakova, Natal'ya Chernyshova POLYXY lattice structure     ABD Limited Europark. Multifunctional shopping complex on Rublevskoye highway     a-o.org Space for Discovery. Kent-mintek pavilion     X.Y.Z. Architects Motel and Health Centre at Lis'ya Nora Sports Complex     Project Meganom Luxury Village Theatre in Zhukovka     Anton Gorlanov, Alexei Novikov Clothes boutique 'Day and Night' in St Petersburg     A-B architects Apartment building in Rybnikov lane clothing Alexei Muratov On what lies on the surface     asse architects Small office building in Chelobyt'evo     Mikhail Belov Apartment building in Filippovsky lane     Andrey Barkhin Public and business centre for the Moscow Region on Moskva river     ARCH-4 Office building on Krasnokholmskaya embankment     a-o.org Belvedere     a-o.org Usad'barocco     a-o.org Villatrezzini       content Maria Fadeeva About money and not just     Ilia Lezhava, Mikhail Khazanov at al. Line 2100. A new linear city     Mikhail Khazanov Architects Megamir. Oasis building on Prospekt Mira in Moscow     Sergei Skuratov Architects Mosfilmovsky Residential Complex     TPO Rezerv Aerobus. Residential complex in Kochnovsky proezd, Moscow     SIAS Multifunctional garage on Bol'shaya Ekaterininskaya street     ArtPlay Architects ArtPlay Design Centre     Lyzlov Architects Residential building on Verkhnyaya Maslovka     Bureau Ostozhenka, Sergei Tchoban, Project Meganom, Assmann Salomon     Residential complex in the settlment of Zarech'e         Sergei Sitar The new: forwards or into the beyond?       monitor   Kovcheg Studio Instant City. The Russian contribution to the Architecture Biennale in Rotterdam     Progress-88 Russian pavilion at the 51st Biennale in Venice     Aleksandr and Natalia Sokhatsky, Project OBLO House with a steam bath     Andrey Gurari Cafe Belye Stolby     Bureau Ostozhenk Office of Bureau Ostozhenka       texts Vladimir Paperny Memoirs of futurology   Society of Anonymous Digitalizing chaos. Non-digital architects reflect upon architecture   Architects in the age of digital technologies     Architect: an artist or a stunt man? Round table at the ArtPlay Design Centre project russia catalogue technology