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A New Age Portico
05.12.2023

Julia Tarabarina. A New Age Portico

At the beginning of the year, Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport opened Terminal C. The large-scale and transparent entrance hall with luminous columns inside successfully combines laconism with a bright and photogenic WOW-effect. The terminal is both the new façade of the whole complex and the starting point of the planned reconstruction, upon completion of which Tolmachevo will become the largest regional airport in Russia. In this article, we are examining the building in the context of modernist prototypes of both Novosibirsk and Leningrad: like puzzle pieces, they come together to form their individual history, not devoid of curious nuances and details.
A Factory’s Path
02.12.2022

Julia Tarabarina. A Factory’s Path

Last week, the new center for constructivist studies “Zotov” hosted its first exhibition named “1922. Constructivism. The Inception”. The idea of creating this center belongs to Sergey Tchoban, while the project of the nearest houses and adjusting the building of the bread factory for the new museum function was done by the architect in collaboration with his colleagues from SPEECH. We decided that such a complex project should be examined in its entirety – and this is how we came up with this long-read about constructivism on Presnya, conservation, innovation, multilayered approach, and hope.
Refinement No Longer Relevant
31.10.2022

Grigory Revzin. Refinement No Longer Relevant

A few days ago journalists were shown the building of Bread Factory #5, renovated upon the project by Sergey Tchoban. In this issue, we are publishing Grigory Revzin’s thoughts about this project.
​The Slabs of Bagration
10.10.2022

Julia Tarabarina. ​The Slabs of Bagration

The construction of a new skyscraper designed by SPEECH within the complex of Moscow City has been announced. A keen observer may see in it: Moscow high-rises, Chicago architecture, Malevich architecton, and an attempt of deconstruction of the integral image of the Moscow skyscraper – a technique that has been actively employed by the architects in their recent works.
The Logic of Life
13.09.2022

Julia Tarabarina. The Logic of Life

The light installation, designed by Andrey Perlach in the atrium of Moscow's Federation Tower, balances on the edge between a mathematical order of construction and the diversity of perception when viewed from different angles.
Inside Out: Pavilions of Eternity
11.08.2022

Julia Tarabarina. Inside Out: Pavilions of Eternity

The reconstruction of the warehouses of the Spit of Nizhny Novgorod – they opened in the beginning of June as concert and exhibition halls – became, without exaggeration, the event of the year, both in the field of culture and architecture. Their story seems to us to be extremely attention-worthy from the point of view of discovering, researching, and protecting this monument to engineering thought of the 19th century. At the same time, the solution proposed by Sergey Tchoban on how to adjust and how to expose these structures is as relevant as it is bold and unconventional – on the edge of temporary, timeless, and eternal.
​Buyan and the Court Quarter
18.01.2022

​Buyan and the Court Quarter

The news about cancellation of the Tuchkov Buyan park has been stirring the minds of people of St. Petersburg for a week already. In the absence of any verified specific information, we discussed the situation with the architects of the park and the Court Quarter: Nikita Yavein and Evgeny Gerasimov.
The Spinning Vibe
21.10.2021

Julia Tarabarina. The Spinning Vibe

The pavilion designed by Sergey Tchoban for the World EXPO 2020 in Dubai is a bright and integral architectural statement, whose imagery can be traced back to avant-garde graphic experiments by Jacob Chernikhov, but allows for multiple interpretations. The pavilion looks both like a dome temple, a spinning “Planet Russia”, and the head of a matryoshka doll. Still more interestingly, the core of the exposition is a “brain”. In this article, we take a closer look at the interpretations and the subtleties of the implementation.
​Sergey Tchoban: “I believe it’s very important to preserve this city as a record of our political and economic history, with all of its contrasts and contradictions”
31.05.2021

Julia Tarabarina. ​Sergey Tchoban: “I believe it’s very important to preserve this city as a record of our political and economic history, with all of its contrasts and contradictions”

Although originally we planned to speak in this interview with Sergey Tchoban about high-rise construction, the conversation turned out to be 70% about meditation on the ways of regenerating the historical city and about the role of the city fabric as the most objective and unbiased historical record. And, as for the towers, which manifest social contrasts and leave a lot of junk when torn down, the conversation was about the expected construction norms and regulations. We took this interview one day before the Lakhta-2 project was announced, and this is why this newsbreak is not commented upon in any way in this article.
The Magic of Rhythm or Ornament as a Theme
24.12.2020

Lara Kopylova. The Magic of Rhythm or Ornament as a Theme

Designed by Sergey Tchoban, the housing complex Veren Place in St. Petersburg is the perfect example of inserting a new building into a historical city, and one the cases of implementing the strategy that the architect presented a few years ago in the book, which he coauthored with Vladimir Sedov, called “30:70. Architecture as a Balance of Forces”.
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Partner Architects of Archi.ru:

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

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”