A mixed-used development combining cultural and social care functions styled after Italian palazzos will be constructed in the center of Moscow. The architects of the project are Kleinewelt Architekten. 

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The image of the building is a reaction to the general concept of the project: bureau’s research has shown that this place is full of historical layers and reflects an unbroken chain of events - ancient chambers; traces of the participation of Aristotle Fioravanti; tectonic rupture of the landscape, which historically influenced the structure of estate settlement here. An analysis of key cultural institutions of Moscow showed us that the place is central from both geometric and conceptual point of view.

The reaction to this was an architectural performance whose plot is based on the city itself and its history and the courtyard between the White and Red Chambers turns out to be the stage. While the facade of the new house becomes a backdrop of this performance. This has become the main visual emotion of the project.

To keep the aesthetics, brutal natural materials will be used for the main building - raw natural stone, brass, giant glass slabs.

Restoration works will be carried out in the Red and White chambers, as well as in Ostozhenka, 4; and the new apartment complex will be built on Ostozhenka, 6. The area under the square where the museum space will appear will also be developed.

An exhibition space will be organized under the Museum Square. The whole new building will be created under the apartments, and in building 4, which is located a little further along Ostozhenka, will be children's workshops, studios and art residences.

An art gallery and a center for the study and future development of Moscow will appear as part of Allegoria Mosca. Under the square there will be a multifunctional transforming museum space of 1.7 thousand sq m. A private gallery of contemporary art will be located in the Red Chambers.

67 apartments will be located in the complex. 32 of them are two-level. The area of apartments will make up from 50 to 100 m2, the difference types of rooms - penthouses or free planning.

Kleinewelt Architekten has developed a concept for the entire space of the complex. At the moment, the bureau is the general designer, and it implements the complex task of developing an architectural design at all its stages and for all buildings, both the exterior and interior solutions.

Nikolay Pereslegin, architect, partner of Kleinewelt Architekten

«This is a very difficult task, perhaps one of the most professionally complex - work in such a place can only be in the surgical intervention mode. In addition, our studies have shown that this place is full of historical layers and it reflects an unbroken chain of events - antique chambers; tectonic rupture of the landscape, which historically influenced the structure of estate settlement here; traces of the participation of Aristotle Fioravanti. The reaction to this was an architectural performance which plot is based on the city itself and its history and the courtyard of between the White and Red Chambers turns out to be the stage. While the facade of the new house turns to be a backdrop of this performance. This has become the main visual emotion of the project»

Sergey Pereslrgin, architect, partner of Kleinewelt Architekten

«In the entire story connected with this project, there are two most interesting points. 

First of all, it is the location of the object. The square, which will become a kind of node that unites all the houses around, is conceived to be a silent hidden corner. Any European city contrastingly combines streets with small squares. 

The second point is the event potential. There's a lack of new cultural projects while in this place a new museum and exhibition centre will emerge. Now there are very few new cultural projects, but suddenly a new museum, educational and exhibition spaces will open in the center of Moscow. This is a place where people will come to look at beauty, listen to lectures and communicate - city always lacks such places. 

As for the project itself we tried to show and realize its true potential which is enormous. The facade of irregular shape should be mentioned individually as it bears and supports an enormous space. The internal structure of the complex is simple and complex at the same time, systematically structured. It is multi-layered relative to the courtyard, entrances and entrances. The courtyard is a well with a garden, multi-level apartments, a new art space in a small cozy square - all this is like the quintessence of urban cultural life»