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Black and White
04.03.2024

Dmitry Leonov. Black and White

In this article, we specifically discuss the interiors of the ATOM Pavilion at VDNKh. Interior design is a crucial component of the overall concept in this case, and precision and meticulous execution were highly important for the architects. Julia Tryaskina, head of UNK interiors, shares some of the developments.
The Shape of the Inconceivable
26.01.2024

Julia Tarabarina. The Shape of the Inconceivable

The ATOM Pavilion at VDNKh brings to mind a famous maxim of all architects and critics: “You’ve come up with it? Now build it!” You rarely see such a selfless immersion in implementation of the project, and the formidable structural and engineering tasks set by UNK architects to themselves are presented here as an integral and important part of the architectural idea. The challenge matches the obliging status of the place – after all, it is an “exhibition of achievements”, and the pavilion is dedicated to the nuclear energy industry. Let’s take a closer look: from the outside, from the inside, and from the underside too.
​A Copper Step
18.07.2023

Julia Tarabarina. ​A Copper Step

Block 5, designed by ASADOV architects as part of the “Ostrov” (“Island”) housing complex, is at the same time grand-scale, conspicuous thanks to its central location – and contextual. It does not “outshout” the solutions used in the neighboring buildings, but rather gives a very balanced implementation of the design code: combining brick and metal in light and dark shades and large copper surfaces, orthogonal geometry on the outside and flexible lines in the courtyard.
The Light for the Island
17.07.2023

Julia Tarabarina. The Light for the Island

For the first time around, we are examining a lighting project designed for a housing complex; but then again, the authors of the nighttime lighting of the Ostrov housing complex, UNK lighting, proudly admit that this project is not just the largest in their portfolio, but also the largest in this country. They describe their approach as a European one, its chief principles being smoothness of transitions, comfort to the eye, and the concentration of most of the light at the “bottom” level – meaning, it “works” first of all for pedestrians.
Julius Borisov: “The “Island” housing complex is a unique project – we took it on with interest and excitement”
12.05.2023

Julia Tarabarina. Julius Borisov: “The “Island” housing complex is a unique project – we took it on with interest and excitement”

One of the largest housing projects of today’s Moscow – the “Ostrov” (“Island”) housing complex built by Donstroy – is now being actively built in the Mnevniky Floodplain. They are planning to build about 1.5M square meters of housing on an area of almost 40 hectares. We are beginning to examine this project– first of all, we are talking to Julius Borisov, the head of the architectural company UNK, which works with most of the residential blocks in this grand-scale project, as well as with the landscaping part; the company even proposed a single design code for the entire territory.
​A Circular Arrangement
25.08.2022

Julia Tarabarina. ​A Circular Arrangement

The project by UNK interiors, which won in the competition for the “Zagorye” metro station, is resonant to the ideas of the surrounding industrial and housing construction thanks to its modular laconic shapes. At the same time, the station is “all metal”, which is a nod towards the name of the nearby Lipetskaya Street because Lipetsk is a metallurgical center. One could expect that the authors would fall for the brutal images of metallurgy and blast furnaces but the project turned out to be light and laconic – we are examining why.
Triangle Function
11.07.2022

Tatiana Shovskaya. Triangle Function

The eccentric shape of this thin slab that expands upwards is not a formal gesture but the UNK architects’ response to the site’s requirements and the technical and economic performance specifications. The solutions are modernist, cost-effective, and functional. The building is terraced, the side ends are accentuated with a “slab” shift, and the wide facades are composed of triangular bay windows.
Julia Tryaskina: “Modern public interiors are about the super-goal, not about unnecessary embellishments”
23.05.2022

Julia Tarabarina. Julia Tryaskina: “Modern public interiors are about the super-goal, not about unnecessary embellishments”

The new IPI Award for design of public interiors considers the projects from the point of view of today’s trends of the modern world, and even broader – from the point of view of a super-goal set by the client and achieved by the architect. In this article, we are speaking to the initiator of the award: about the specifics of rating the projects, about the priorities, fears, and hopes.
​Yuliy Borisov: “We created a system that is flexible, yet manageable and accumulating competences”
02.02.2022

Julia Tarabarina. ​Yuliy Borisov: “We created a system that is flexible, yet manageable and accumulating competences”

UNK has announced a new stage of its reorganization. Now it is an ecosystem consisting of 9 companies interacting with one another “seamlessly and horizontally”. We asked Yuliy Borisov to elaborate on the essence of the reform.
​Super Pergola
08.11.2021

Julia Tarabarina. ​Super Pergola

The new business center built in Moscow’s district of Presnya in the 1st Zemelny Lane is all about technology and sustainability. Its streamlined shapes and white facade grid are combined with a new version of vertical greenery: the green of wild grapes, placed at a distance from the facade, instead of arguing with the “pergola” grid, sets it off by contrast.
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Partner Architects of Archi.ru:

  • Nikolai  Milovidov
  • Anton Nadtochiy
  • Polina Voevodina
  • Alexander Skokan
  • Natalia Sidorova
  •  Valery  Lukomsky
  • Vsevolod Medvedev
  • Nikita Yavein
  • Andrey Asadov
  • Vera Butko
  • Andrey Romanov
  • Vassily Krapivin
  • Konstantin Khodnev
  • Stanislav Belykh
  • Alexsey Ginzburg
  • Andy Snow
  • Rais Baishev
  • Levon Ayrapetov
  • Vladimir Plotkin
  • Daniel  Lorenz
  • Yuliy Borisov
  • Alexandra Kuzmina
  • Vladimir Kovalev
  • Anatoly Stolyarchuk
  • Ekaterina Kuznetsova
  • Sergey Oreshkin
  • Igor  Shvartsman
  • Alexandr Samarin
  • Alexander Asadov
  • Zurab Bassaria
  • Oleg Medinsky
  • Sergei Tchoban
  • Ilya Utkin
  • Tatiana Zulkharneeva
  • Natalia Shilova
  • Sergey  Trukhanov
  • Andrey Gnezdilov
  • Ilia Mashkov
  • Rostislav Zaiser
  • Sergey Kouznetsov
  • Valeria Preobrazhenskaya
  • Sergey Skuratov
  • Julia  Tryaskina
  • Roman Leonidov
  • Mikhail Kanunnikov
  • Pavel Andreev

Buildings and Projects: New Additions

  • Naberezhnaya Evropy, St. Petersburg
  • Pavilion for Chacha Ceremonies
  • «Danilovskaya Manufactory»
  • “Replacement” Project
  • Residential complex
  • “Olympic Hall”Business Center
  • Residential complex
  • Residential complex ′Andersen′
  • Sports and residential complex “Olympic village Novogorsk”