Constructivism
Constructivist Architecture
Moisei Ginzburg (1892-1946)
Style and Epoch published in 1929 is an attempt to formulate a new architectural language, adequate to the new social reality in which the basic consumer of architecture is the laboring class.
Constructivist Architecture 1920s-1930s
Ginzburg founded the Organization of Contemporary Architects (OSA) in 1925 with architect Alexander Vesnin. This organization explored Communist ideas within housing such as apartments. Their theoretical platform had three goals: radical transformation of current architectural concepts, command of the latest technical data, and form, which was derived from a mathematical solution of correctly stated problem. These three goals were the basis of constructivist architecture and what Ginzburg believed in for the future of architecture. The group eventually receded in the 1930s as constructivist architecture also disbanded.
Narkomfin, Moscow 1929
The Narkomfin was part of Russia’s constructivist movement. The architect, Moisei Ginzburg, built Narkomfin to solve the most pressing problem of urban planning—how to avoid the isolation that comes with living in a city. He wanted to replicate the community of a village in the city. He designed a six-story apartment block and added on all things the inhabitants would need for daily living.
Narkomfin, Moscow 1929
There was a library and a shop, a communal kitchen and dining room, even a rooftop solarium for Moscow’s short, hot, summer. And there were meeting rooms to allow the people to meet together. The corridors to the flats were big, wide and open, to encourage people to see them as the village street, and stop and talk with their neighbors. The result was “a six-story blueprint for communal living as ingenious as it is humane.”
Narkomfin, Moscow 1929
Le Corbusier’s 5 points of modern architecture
Gosstrakh Apartments, Moscow 1926
The Gosstrakh Apartments were designed for the employees of the Gosstrakh
Moisei Ginzburg (1892-1946)
Style and Epoch published in 1929 is an attempt to formulate a new architectural language, adequate to the new social reality in which the basic consumer of architecture is the laboring class.
Constructivist Architecture 1920s-1930s
Ginzburg founded the Organization of Contemporary Architects (OSA) in 1925 with architect Alexander Vesnin. This organization explored Communist ideas within housing such as apartments. Their theoretical platform had three goals: radical transformation of current architectural concepts, command of the latest technical data, and form, which was derived from a mathematical solution of correctly stated problem. These three goals were the basis of constructivist architecture and what Ginzburg believed in for the future of architecture. The group eventually receded in the 1930s as constructivist architecture also disbanded.
Narkomfin, Moscow 1929
The Narkomfin was part of Russia’s constructivist movement. The architect, Moisei Ginzburg, built Narkomfin to solve the most pressing problem of urban planning—how to avoid the isolation that comes with living in a city. He wanted to replicate the community of a village in the city. He designed a six-story apartment block and added on all things the inhabitants would need for daily living.
Narkomfin, Moscow 1929
There was a library and a shop, a communal kitchen and dining room, even a rooftop solarium for Moscow’s short, hot, summer. And there were meeting rooms to allow the people to meet together. The corridors to the flats were big, wide and open, to encourage people to see them as the village street, and stop and talk with their neighbors. The result was “a six-story blueprint for communal living as ingenious as it is humane.”
Narkomfin, Moscow 1929
Le Corbusier’s 5 points of modern architecture
Gosstrakh Apartments, Moscow 1926
The Gosstrakh Apartments were designed for the employees of the Gosstrakh