Urban conception of the quarter in the area 'Khamovniki', Moscow

information:

status

project

date

03.

2005

—08.

2007

place

Russia

,

Moscow

Quater 2527, Khamovniki

function

Residential

/

Housing-dominated Mixed-use Block

Total Area

416000 м

2

Sergey Skuratov

/

Russia

Sergey Skuratov architects

/

Russia

Design Team

S.Skuratov, A.Panev, A.Alindeev, N.Assadov, A.Beliankova, D.Chernyshov, A.Churadaev, A.Dmitriev, R.Gilmutdinov, E.Guskova, I.Ilyin, M.Kiryanova, A.Khassanov, Y.Levina, I.Marinin

Partners and Clients

Client - 'Metelloinvest development'

Julia Tarabarina. Gene code for a district, or poetic town-planning

A ‘design-code’ produced by Sergey Skuratov’s workshop for the 473 district in Khamovniki presents a new variant of Moscow town-planning. It is more than just a plan or a list of recommendations, it gives a detailed image of the district in project. It is interesting to note that here the architect is concerned not just with volume and texture but with ‘psychological problems’ of the locality, and tries to bring a new soul into it.

The “Kauchuk” factory is situated between Fruntezskaya and Sportivanaya underground stations, next to the park of the Trubetskoy’s mansion. On one side of the park there is the City youth centre; on the other side the Fusion Park is being built by Vl