Melnikov House Building Moscow, Constructivist Russian Architecture, Architect, Images
Melnikov House Moscow Building
20th Century Architecture in Russia – Constructivist design by architect Konstantin Melnikov
1 Aug 2017
Melnikov House Moscow
Design: Konstantin Melnikov architect
Location: Moscow, Russia
Date built: 1929
Melnikov House in Moscow

photo © Pavel Kuznetsov
English text (scroll down for Russian):
International Advisory Committee discussed plan of pre-conservation research of the Melnikov House
The State Melnikov Museum hosted in the house-studio of Konstantin Melnikov at Krivoarbatsky lane in Moscow a group of members of International Advisory Committee (IAC) chaired by Professor Jean-Louis Cohen (France).
Local and international experts discussed logic and priorities of a pre-conservation survey of the Melnikov House and the adjacent site, its program, timing and organizational scheme. Besides that reports on conditions of vital engineering systems, heating and electrics, were presented to the IAC members.
An in-depth survey as a first stage of this conservation project will be done in course 2019 using the grant from the Getty Foundation (USA) and a donation from PIK Group (Russia). One of the project outcomes will be a BIM (Building Information Model) of the House.

Pavel Kuznetsov, director of the State Melnikovs Museum: “Research program covers literally everything – from foundations, constructions, inter-floor membrane to fabrics, ...