Paveletskaya square, taken into work by the architects of WALL bureau, has been long considered one of the “problem” spots of the Moscow center: its larger part is a foundation pit of a shopping center planned for construction since the early 2000s. The project implementation was suspended in 2010 and cancelled in 2013. First, the authorities wanted to organize a transport interchange hub or a parking lot instead of the shopping center here, but in February 2015, it was announced that a shopping center will appear here after all, and its investors would be selected in 2016.  

In May 2015, the project of the transfer hub “Paveletskaya”, including a parking lot and a shopping center and developed by NIiPi General Plan of Moscow, by order of OAO “RV-Metro” was presented at public hearings in Moscow. 

The client of the transfer hub project, which this publication is devoted to, was OOO “Spezelektromontazh”, supported by Moscow Investors Association. September 23 of the current year, this project was first reviewed and approved at a meeting at Moscow Committee of Architecture and Urban Development with the participation of the chief architect of the capital. Following the results of this meeting, the authors were recommended to present additional variants of stylistic solutions for the square, based on the suggested approach. In its project of the transfer hub “Paveletskaya”, the bureau of Ruben Arakelyan and Ayk Navasardyan proposes a transformation of Paveletskaya square and the surrounding territory into a parking area united by one concept.