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Take Me to the River
Berlin is a city built on sand. And under the sand, water. A lot of water, which requires to be pumped away every time you need to create or consolidate foundations for a building. The ever changing landscape of the city is marked by the raveling of pink and blue pipes bringing the water towards […]
2013-04-24
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On the Preservation of Konstantin Melnikov’s Works and Heritage
We recently received this petition for the preservation of Melnikov’s works and we are happy to republish it. We are approaching the 40th anniversary of the death of the architect Konstantin Melnikov,and the importance and value of his built works and the projects he drew has not stopped growing over all these years. Melnikov’s visionary […]
2013-04-22
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R:CP – Considerations after the two first episodes
With the screenings in Berlin and Prato we had the opportunity to see for the first time in sequence the two films we realised under the Re:centering Periphery label. We found ourselves together with a great number of friends, whose feedback has been very helpful to reflect on the outcomes and gave us the opportunity […]
2013-04-05
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Dom Novogo Byta premiere
We are happy to announce the premiere of our new film Dom Novogo Byta Wednesday 13 March at Moviemento Kino, Kottbusserdamm 22, Berlin (Germany’s oldest cinema!). The screening will start at 6.45 pm with Doble Forza, first episode of the documentary series. Dom Novogo Byta will be presented at 7.15 pm. Both films are spoken in a mix of original languages (Spanish, Russian, French) and non-native English, with English […]
2013-03-08
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Dom Novogo Byta / trailer
Dom Novogo Byta is a new step into the investigation led by Ogino:knauss on how Twentieth century’s modernist principles shaped the everyday life of urban dwellers, and what is their heritage in a global urbanisation perspective. In 2009 we were invited to produce a video installation for the art exhibition “Moskonstruct”, part of a campaign […]
2013-02-05
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SA_1929
Standardisation has been one of the main themes of the architectural debate in the post revolutionary context on Soviet Russia, strongly influenced by the contemporary international debate. Constructivists, and in particular the OSA group and the Sovrmennaja Arkhitektura magazine, identified in the issue of creating modular standardised components which could be industrially produced a key […]
2012-04-13
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Vladimir Shukhov
Vladimir Shukhov is often referred to as Russia’s Edison. He was one of the first to develop stress and deformation calculations, though he is most famous for his creation of double-curving surfaces and the world’s first hyperboloid structures, of which his Shabolovka Radio Tower in central Moscow is a shining example. Shukhov worked in Philadelphia […]
2012-04-13
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Architecture at Vkhutemas
The VKhUTEMAS, or Higher State Artistic-Technical Workshop, was an important centre of experimentation and technical innovation in art education in Moscow during the 1920s. Its importance in developing experimental design and pedagogical innovations rivals that of the Bauhaus in Weimar, although the VKhUTEMAS is far less well known. Inspired by the work of artists such […]
2012-02-26
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Design for Childrens Games
2012-02-26
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Threatened El Lissitsky’s printing plant
We have been visiting our friends at the Zhurgaz house, to see how is going their struggle to preserve their home and the close El Lissitzky’s typography. The planned new high rise building has been built up, although in recent times the construction has been stopped. The destitution of mayor Luzkhov left in disgrace his […]
2011-12-20