Futurist Architecture In Russia

Futurist architecture in Russia

In constructivist architecture we find a new form of architecture adapted to the new splendid society, with new forms of transport and a new design of typologies adapted for people after the 1917 revolution. This shows the new country with architectural elements that represent society. In addition to a catalytic function created for evolution they will focus on neglecting the imagination to objectively create.

Constructivist architecture is an architecture of arts related to art and cube-fouturism. They wanted the new architecture to be a motivation when making changes in life and the way of planning the new land. Constructivism was based on the idea of innovating and reinventing the way of living due to the way of governing that would adapt to the way of working and interacting with each other. When they create large spaces or buildings for public use we always find the large smooth facades where the propagating could be hung, the use of cheap and poor quality materials.

Another issue was the double rejection of non -ornamentation for functionalism and geometries adapted for futurism and suprematism.

One of the first typologies created for the new socialist city is the ‘type of experimental transition house’ is also an avant -garde campaign. For this, they planned the construction of four buildings that would be used each with a different purpose. Finely alone

Two were built in 1932 and it was the residential part called Narkomfim.

The building is made of reinforced concrete and is located in a park. Originally it consisted of a long block of apartments raised in pilotis (with an attic and garden on the roof), connected by a bridge closed to a smaller and smaller block of collective facilities.

As an example of cities we find Anton Lavinsky, the city on springs. It was how to use the city as a place of experimentation. It was the creation of a utopia where a radial organization inspired by a spring created city. In addition to the fact of doing it vertically, which at that time was not considered the natural movement of people, but this encouraged was the movement in a fluid way for transportation.

The city would be divided into different heights just like each level by use. Some plants would be residential and others with commerce, but always located above transportation.

Finally, the Osa Group Urbanization Plan, where they design a 24 km linear city organized in a quadricular mesh system. In the central part of the city are the buildings for residential use, where they make a mixture of towers and buildings only pair of plants to ensure maximum light in all and good ventilation. The common zone parts are left in one of the side parts and each building would have to be placed in one of the grid boxes. From the other side of the commercial area are educational centers, along with parks and crops.