RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX R2, RUBLYOVO-ARKHANGELSKOYE AREA

Authors
A. Skokan, A. Gnezdilov, R. Baishev, D. Gusev, I. Ivlev, E. Alekseenko, I. Voronezhsky, E. Geychenko-Belousova, P. Zhuravlyov, N. Medvedeva, S. Pomelov, A. Popov, V. Sergeyeva, A. Starostin

Address
Moscow region, Krasnogorsk town,,

Client
JSC “Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye”

The total area
5,49 hectares

Start
2009

The work on the Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye Project, from the professional point of view of architect, is ofgreat interest because here there is a large number of various landscape situations, such as a riverside, canal orcreek banks, urban squares of different sizes and configurations, pedestrian boulevards and streets of different character and section. Besides, under the terms of game all blocks are designed by different architectural teams, and, therefore, the work turns into a fascinating professional dialogue both with a colleague, and with a specific urban context in which our R2 Block is located.

 

The block is situated in the southern part of the town and from three sides is surrounded by multiblock complexes of residential buildings, from the fourth side there is a cottage settlement and, accordingly, the architectural concept should be pertinent also from streets with high-rise buildings, and, at the same time, befriendly in relation to two-storeyed cottage development.

 

Therefore our composition solution to the block development looks like soft and natural transition from the dense urban environment to the country one - and all this will be within one block.

 

In general, when constructing the new cities, districts, settlements, one of the most complex architectural challenges is to obtain the complexity and variety inherent in historically established cities which still remain for all of us the examples of true city life.

 

In our block the problem of spatial and visual variety is solved at the expense of using buildings of different type and storey number. These are 9-storey house presenting a wall with huge arches which open the door for the sunshine to penetrate to the street going along the north side of the block and seven 6-storey multi-sectional houses whose large glass bay windows similar to huge aquariums face the wide courtyards.

 

Looking farther ahead to the south the development still more opens itself towards the sun – the houses stand even more freely, among them there are pedestrian paths and car entrances to six-storey minitowers, all apartments face two or three sides.

 

And at last along the boulevard separating the lower street from intrablock space there are five 5-storey villas which dissolve in space and greenery.

 

Light cap stone, glass, air, sunlight and greenery - here are construction materials of this block.