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Tsentrosoyuz building

Seva Studennikov
June 10, 2023
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Tsentrosoyuz building

Seva Studennikov

June 10, 2023
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  1. Le Corbusier in the company of soviet architects In the

    mid-1920s, Le Corbusier was already a recognized and fashionable architect in Europe. The USSR also closely followed the architect's work, and eventually invited him to Moscow to participate in an architectural competition and exchange experience with Soviet colleagues
  2. Le Corbusier and Nikolai Colli on the construction of the

    Tsentrosoyuz building The co-authors of Le Corbusier's project were his cousin Pierre Jeanneret and Soviet architect Nikolai Colli.
  3. «I shall bring to this task all that I have

    learned in architecture. It is with great joy that I shall contribute what knowledge I possess to a nation that is being organized in accordance with its new spirit» Le Corbusier Upon his victory in the third competition
  4. Tsentrosoyuz Building. modern computer rendering The Tsentrosoyuz Building consists of

    four buildings: three eight-storey buildings, arranged with the letter "H" - offices were located here, and in the center, there was one two-storey parabolic- shaped building, the so- called club building - it contained a concert hall, a library, a dining room and a foyer. The buildings are located in such a way that sunlight enters all rooms. The area of the building is larger than Red Square — almost 25 thousand square meters
  5. Le Corbusier replaced the usual stairs with ramps, and elevators

    with paternosters. Both of these solutions made it easier to move documents inside the building – they were transported on trolleys ramps paternosters