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Projection of the Quarter
15.08.2024

Julia Tarabarina. Projection of the Quarter

No one doubted that the building that Vladimir Plotkin designed as part of the “Garden Quarters” would be the most modernist of all. And it turned out just that way: while adhering to the common design code, the building successfully combines brick and white stone, rhythmically responding to the neighboring building designed by Ostozhenka, yet tactfully and persistently making a few statements of its own. This includes the projection of the ideal urban development composition “14–9–6”, which can be found right next door, mathematical calculations, including those for various types of terraces (and perhaps the only reminder of the Soviet past of the Kauchuk rubber factory!), and the white “cross-stitch” pattern of the façade grid.
Part of the Ideal
16.04.2024

Julia Tarabarina. Part of the Ideal

In 2025, another World Expo will take place in Osaka, Japan, in which Russia will not participate. However, a competition for the Russian pavilion was indeed held, with six projects participating. The results were never announced as Russia’s participation was canceled; the competition has no winners. Nevertheless, Expo pavilion projects are typically designed for a bold and interesting architectural statement, so we’ve gathered all the six projects and will be publishing articles about them in random order. The first one is the project by Vladimir Plotkin and Reserve Union, which is distinguished by the clarity of its stereometric shape, the boldness of its structure, and the multiplicity of possible interpretations.
The Chinese Symphony
12.09.2023

Julia Tarabarina. The Chinese Symphony

The construction of the Chinese center “Huaming Park” has been a long story that came to fruition relatively recently. The building is adjacent to a traditional Chinese garden, but it is very modern, laconic and technological, and the simple-in-form, yet spectacular, white lamellae promise to someday be incorporated as a media facade. This complex is also truly multifunctional: it contains different types of living spaces, offices, a large fitness center, conference halls and restaurants – all wrapped in one volume. You can comfortably hold international forums in it, having everything you may possibly need at your fingertips, and going outside only to take a walk. In this article, we are examining this complex in detail.
​From Darkness to Light
15.06.2023

Julia Tarabarina. ​From Darkness to Light

Responding to a lengthy list of limitations and a lengthy – by the standards of a small building – list of functions, Vladimir Plotkin turned the project of the Novodevichy Monastery into a light, yet dynamic statement of modern interpretation of historical context, or, perhaps, even interpretation of light and darkness.
​Consistency of the Method
07.06.2022

Julia Tarabarina. ​Consistency of the Method

Marking its 35th anniversary, Reserve Union (officially named OOO TPO Reserve in Russia) used the venue of the Arch Moscow convention to showcase its hitherto unannounced projects. We asked Vladimir Plotkin a few questions, and we are showing a few pictures – without any captions yet.
Vladimir Plotkin: “Our profession is complex, vulnerable, and sometimes defenseless against criticism”
11.05.2022

Julia Tarabarina. Vladimir Plotkin: “Our profession is complex, vulnerable, and sometimes defenseless against criticism”

As part of the editorial project devoted to the high-rise and high-density construction that Moscow is seeing in recent years, we spoke to the leading architect of CU Reserve Vladimir Plotkin, the author of many grand-scale – and high-profile – buildings of this city. We spoke about an architect’s role and his tasks in the mega-construction process, about the drive of the megalopolis, about the strong sides of mixed and multifunctional construction, and about the methods of organizing big forms.
​Semantic Shift
12.03.2021

Julia Tarabarina. ​Semantic Shift

The high-end residential complex STORY, situated near the Avtozavodskaya metro station and the former ZIL factory, is delicately inscribed in the contrastive context, while its shape, which combines a regular grid and a stunning “shift” of the main facade, seems to respond to the dramatic history of the place, at the same time, however, allowing for multiple interpretations.
​Celestial Tectonics
08.12.2020

Julia Tarabarina. ​Celestial Tectonics

Three towers on a podium over the Ramenka River are the new dominant elements on the edge of a Soviet “microdistrict”. Their scale is quite modern: the height is 176 m – almost a skyscraper; the facades are made of glass and steel. Their graceful proportions are emphasized by a strict white grid, and the volumetric composition picks up the diagonal “grid of coordinates” that was once outlined in the southwest of Moscow by the architects of the 1970’s and 1980’s.
​The City of the Sun
07.10.2020

Julia Tarabarina. ​The City of the Sun

Jointly designed by Sergey Tchoban and Vladimir Plotkin, the VTB Arena Park complex can arguably be considered the perfect experiment on solving the centuries-old controversy between traditional architecture and modernism. The framework of the design code, combined with the creative character of the plastique-based dialogue between the buildings, formed an all-but-perfect fragment of the city fabric.
Moving on the Edge
20.07.2020

Julia Tarabarina. Moving on the Edge

The housing complex “Litsa” (“Faces”) on Moscow’s Khodynka Field is one of the new grand-scale buildings that complement the construction around it. This particular building skillfully tackles the scale, subjugating it to the silhouette and the pattern; it also makes the most of the combination of a challenging land site and formidable square footage requirements, packing a whole number of features within one volume, so the house becomes an analogue of a city. And, to cap it all, it looks like a family that securely protects the children playing in the yard from... well, from everything, really.
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Partner Architects of Archi.ru:

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

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”