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Soviet Architecture. “ The palaces of yesterday’s pomp stand as burnt-out skeletons. The ruined cities await new builders…” “ Open Letters to Workers” Mayakovsky 1. Reconstruction. WWI, Revolution and the Civil War 2 NEP and the Goelro plan 3
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“The palaces of yesterday’s pomp stand as burnt-out skeletons. The ruined cities await new builders…” “Open Letters to Workers” Mayakovsky1 1. Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1987.
Reconstruction • WWI, Revolution and the Civil War 2 • NEP and the Goelro plan3 • Commune houses, hospitals, schools and Worker’s clubs4 • Accelerated by the First Five Year Plan5 2. Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1987. 3. Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1987. 4. Susan Buck-Morss, Dreamworld and Catastrophe: ThePassing of Mass Utopia in East and West. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000. 5. Susan Buck-Morss, Dreamworld and Catastrophe: ThePassing of Mass Utopia in East and West. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000.
“Paper” Architecture The Aerofloat by Chechulin 6. Moscow Museum of Architecture. http://www.muar.ru/ve/2003/moscow/09e.htm
“Tatlin’s Tower” Proposed in 1920 by VladmirTatlin7 Only a prototype was built, though kick-started the Constructivism movement 7. Purple Motes. http://purplemotes.net/2007/07/01/cob-12-the-art-of-bureaucracy/
Post Reconstruction Rationalism (community) Constructivism (revolutionary)
Rationalism • Form of buildings fitting their function11 • Big name artists: Ladvosky, Balikhin12 • Themes: simplicity and symmetry13 12. Visual Arts. “Rationalist Architecture” Updated on September 11th, 2005. http://www.itaucultural.org.br/aplicexternas/enciclopedia_ic/index.cfm?fuseaction=marcos_texto_ing&cd_verbete=4260 13. Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1987. 14. Visual Arts. “Rationalist Architecture” Updated on September 11th, 2005. http://www.itaucultural.org.br/aplicexternas/enciclopedia_ic/index.cfm?fuseaction=marcos_texto_ing&cd_verbete=4260
Parabola (1936) a plan for Moscow co-designed by Ladovsky15 • The funnel-like entrance of this subway station reflects it’s function as a channel for people 15. Anisimov, Aleksandr Viktorovich. Architectural Guide to Moscow. Uitgeverij, 1993.
Constructivism • Essentially, the construction of the “paper” architectural ideas • Leaders: Vesninbrothers and Melnikov16 16. Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1987.
Commissariat of Heavy Industry, First Version, Perspective by Night, 1934 (VesninBrothers)17 17. Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1987.
Post-Constructivism/Early Stalinism • Dismissal of avant-garde style, reversion back to neo-classicism (historic—columns, arches)18 • Leaders: Ivan Fomin and IlyaGolosov.19 18. Museum of Learning. “Post Constructivism.” Accessed December 20, 2010. http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/postconstructivism 19. Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1987.
Maslennikov Kitchen Factory20 Palace of the Soviets (Boris Iofan)21 20. Grounds for Appeal. http://groundsforappeal.ihookitup.com/some-things-from-soviet-days-are-worth-saving-the-maslennikov-kitchen-factory-is-classic-constructivist-architecture/ 21. Kopp, Anatole. Town and Revolution: Soviet Architecture and City Planning 1917-1935. New York: George Braziller, 1970.
Stalinist Gothic • Expression of Stalin’s power 22 • Seven sisters23 • Themes: glass spires and“wedding cake” tiers24 22. New York Architecture. “Stalinist Architecture.” Accessed December 20, 2010 http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htm 23. New York Architecture. “Stalinist Architecture.” Accessed December 20, 2010 http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htm 24. New York Architecture. “Stalinist Architecture.” Accessed December 20, 2010 http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htm
Moscow State University (1953) 25 25. New York Architecture. “Stalinist Architecture.” Accessed December 20, 2010 http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htm
Works Cited Anisimov, Aleksandr Viktorovich. Architectural Guide to Moscow. Uitgeverij, 1993. Grounds for Appeal. http://groundsforappeal.ihookitup.com/some-things-from-soviet-days-are-worth-saving-the- maslennikov-kitchen- factory-is-classic-constructivist-architecture/ Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli InternationalPublications, 1987. Kopp, Anatole. Town and Revolution: Soviet Architecture and City Planning 1917-1935. New York: George Braziller, 1970. Museum of Learning. “Post Constructivism.” Accessed December 20, 2010. http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/postconstructivism New York Architecture. “Stalinist Architecture.” Accessed December 20, 2010 http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htm Purple Motes. http://purplemotes.net/2007/07/01/cob-12-the-art-of-bureaucracy/ Susan Buck-Morss, Dreamworld and Catastrophe: ThePassing of Mass Utopia in East and West. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000. Visual Arts. “Rationalist Architecture” Updated on September 11th, 2005. http://www.itaucultural.org.br/aplicexternas/enciclopedia_ic/index.cfm?fuseaction=marc os_texto_ing&cd_verbete=4260