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Purpose – Production of Ideas

Purpose – Production of Ideas

(Issue of a magazine 2/2012, page 22)

A competition directed on development of a concept Big Moscow verges to a close. Fifth seminar has been carried out; nine architectural teams offered their variants where to place a federal government centre in territories added to the capital. A management of “EPI Mosproject-5”Ltd. Sergey Tkachenko, taking place in a work from the Russian party, related our reporter what conception for development of Moscow agglomeration a French team has, headed by an urbanist Antoine Grumbach and architect Jean Michel Wilmotte.

Olympic Park 2012 – the Royal Scale Project

Olympic Park 2012 – the Royal Scale Project

(Issue of a magazine 2/2012, page 28)

In London have just ended XXX Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012. Major sporting events took place in the Olympic Park in East London, DC Newham, East Stratford City. Before the Second World War it was an industrial suburb, and now, according to urban development London Plan, Stratford is defined as one of 35 major centers to transform the capital of Great Britain in the best city to live. Therefore, the design and construction of the Olympic Park was conducted in accordance with the long-term plans based on the principles of sustainable construction.

Green Building: Dreams & Reality

Green Building: Dreams & Reality

(Issue of a magazine 1/2012, page 16)

Relationships between the nature and architecture are so ancient like the first man’s attempts to hide from the rain or snow. They range from nature transformation methods by a construction of simple coverings for the hearth, in which today’s energy saving technologies are noticeable, to experiments directed to protect the nature and increase it by erecting Semiramida’s gardens or covering European nation’s izbas by greenswards. Even imitation and touch in the nature through the erection of ancient palaces and buildings with the golden section or divine proportions are spied from the nature.

The Great Moscow – Opting Algorithm

The Great Moscow – Opting Algorithm

(Issue of a magazine 1/2012, page 22)

The swiftly decision to expand Moscow area has set so many problems that to solve them are hardly under the force even several design institutes. Nevertheless, the ten design teams that have already dubbed the brave have already started to develop their own concepts of “The Great Moscow”. The International Academy of Architecture professor Andrei Chernikhov’s team includes planners and urbanists from Russia, USA, Croatia, Bulgaria, Denmark and the UK. The Head of “Architecture and design studio of A.A. Chernikhov” described to our reporter what kind of problems they face and how they evaluate their scale.