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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Soviet Architecture
Soviet Architecture1The palaces of yesterdays 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. ReconstructionWWI, Revolution and the Civil War 2NEP and the Goelro plan3Commune houses, hospitals, schools and Workers clubs4Accelerated by the First Five Year Plan52. 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: The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000.5. Susan Buck-Morss, Dreamworld and Catastrophe: The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000.
Paper ArchitectureThe Aerofloat by Chechulin6. Moscow Museum of Architecture. http://www.muar.ru/ve/2003/moscow/09e.htm
Tatlins TowerProposed in 1920 by Vladmir Tatlin7
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/5 Post Reconstruction Rationalism (community) Constructivism (revolutionary)RationalismForm of buildings fitting their function11Big name artists: Ladvosky, Balikhin12Themes: simplicity and symmetry1312. 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 its function as a channel for people 15. Anisimov, Aleksandr Viktorovich. Architectural Guide to Moscow. Uitgeverij, 1993.
ConstructivismEssentially, the construction of the paper architectural ideas Leaders: Vesnin brothers and Melnikov 16
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 (Vesnin Brothers)17
17. Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1987. Post-Constructivism/Early StalinismDismissal of avant-garde style, reversion back to neo-classicism (historiccolumns, arches)18Leaders: Ivan Fomin and Ilya Golosov.1918. 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 Factory20Palace 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 GothicExpression of Stalins power 22Seven sisters23Themes: glass spires and wedding cake tiers2422. New York Architecture. Stalinist Architecture. Accessed December 20, 2010 http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htm23. New York Architecture. Stalinist Architecture. Accessed December 20, 2010 http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htm24. 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 CitedAnisimov, 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 International Publications, 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.htmPurple Motes. http://purplemotes.net/2007/07/01/cob-12-the-art-of-bureaucracy/Susan Buck-Morss, Dreamworld and Catastrophe: The Passing 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=marcos_texto_ing&cd_verbete=4260
