The STONE Kaluzhskaya complex – three office buildings and a retail arcade – is located at the intersection of Akademik Semenikhin Street and Starokaluzhskoye Highway. Its exact address is Starokaluzhskoye Highway, 64/1, Building 1. Construction is currently in full swing. The new city block is rising directly at the exit of Vorontsovskaya metro station on the Big Circle Line (BCL).



The architectural character of this part of Moscow began taking shape in the Brezhnev era and continues to evolve today. Notable neighbors include the horizontally stretched Institute for Space Research (Profsoyuznaya 84, Building 12, 1968-1978, architect Yuri Platonov), the 22-story tower of the Central State Archive of Moscow (Profsoyuznaya 82, 2003–2006), and the Lotte Business Center (Profsoyuznaya 65, 2013, TPO Reserve). All of these buildings line one of the main arteries of the southwest – Profsoyuznaya Street. However, if you step back from this thoroughfare into the inner blocks, you will find yourself in a patchwork of irregular street grids, local industrial sites, shopping malls, and residential neighborhoods.



The area received new impetus for development with the launch of the BCL and the opening of Vorontsovskaya station. Close to the station, two large-scale residential complexes are now under construction: Architect (designed by Ingrad Project) and EVER (GAFA Architects) – together adding 300,000 square meters of housing.

When the architects at Kleinewelt began work on STONE Kaluzhskaya, they set themselves two tasks: first, to integrate the complex into the already eclectic context, and second, to anticipate its dialogue with architecture yet to come. Located right next to Vorontsovskaya metro station, the business center in a sense serves as the gateway to the district, aspiring to become the keystone of the entire area.

Structure

STONE Kaluzhskaya is a Class A office complex consisting of three towers, two of which rise from a shared podium. The total floor area is about 84,000 square meters, including 58,000 square meters of office space and 14,000 square meters of retail, cafés, and public zones.



The floor plans provide for both large open office spaces of up to 1,400 square meters and smaller modules ranging from 50 to 200 square meters. The ceiling heights reach 3.65 meters, while the double-height lobbies soar up to eight meters. Panoramic glazing ensures natural light and opens up sweeping views of the metropolitan city.

The complex is equipped with modern engineering systems and cutting-edge high-speed elevators. For motorists, there is a two-level underground parking garage for 330 cars, equipped with EV charging stations, as well as bicycle and scooter parking, car-sharing spaces, and taxi drop-off points. In front of the building, there will be a landscaped plaza with monumental art that will also serve as a public garden.

Design

The architectural company Kleinewelt and the developer STONE have long been familiar partners, having previously completed several office buildings together in Khodynka and Mnevniki. Work on STONE Kaluzhskaya progressed in a comfortable rhythm, with many iterations devoted to exploring volumetric and spatial solutions. The architects invested considerable effort into micro-level design, refining even the smallest details.

Ekaterina Murashko, Chief Architect of the Project, Associate Partner at Kleinewelt

It was a careful, thoughtful process of shaping both the image and the inner content of the project, with the client actively involved. We met frequently, discussing different options. The goal was not only to create a comfortable, high-quality working environment inside the complex, but also to give it a distinctive, vibrant, and contemporary silhouette that would blend organically into the gradually evolving urban fabric of the district.