The palaces of yesterdays pomp stand as burnt-out skeletons.
The ruined cities await new builders Open Letters to Workers
Mayakovsky 1 1. Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet
Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International Publications,
1987.
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Reconstruction WWI, Revolution and the Civil War 2 NEP and the
Goelro plan 3 Commune houses, hospitals, schools and Workers clubs
4 Accelerated by the First Five Year Plan 5 2. Khan-Magomedov,
Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli
International Publications, 1987. 3. Khan-Magomedov, Selim O.
Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International
Publications, 1987. 4. Susan Buck-Morss, Dreamworld and
Catastrophe: The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West.
Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000. 5. Susan Buck-Morss, Dreamworld and
Catastrophe: The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West.
Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000.
Slide 4
Paper Architecture The Aerofloat by Chechulin 6. Moscow Museum
of Architecture. http://www.muar.ru/ve/2003/moscow/09e.htm
Slide 5
Tatlins Tower Proposed in 1920 by Vladmir Tatlin 7 Only a
prototype was built, though kick-started the Constructivism
movement 7. Purple Motes.
http://purplemotes.net/2007/07/01/cob-12-the-art-of-bureaucracy/http://purplemotes.net/2007/07/01/cob-12-the-art-of-bureaucracy/
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Post Reconstruction Rationalism (community) Constructivism
(revolutionary)
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Rationalism Form of buildings fitting their function 11 Big
name artists: Ladvosky, Balikhin 12 Themes: simplicity and symmetry
13 12. Visual Arts. Rationalist Architecture Updated on September
11 th, 2005.
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bete=4260
http://www.itaucultural.org.br/aplicexternas/enciclopedia_ic/index.cfm?fuseaction=marcos_texto_ing&cd_ver
bete=4260 13. Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet
Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1987.
14. Visual Arts. Rationalist Architecture Updated on September 11
th, 2005.
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Parabola (1936) a plan for Moscow co-designed by Ladovsky 15
The funnel-like entrance of this subway station reflects its
function as a channel for people 15. Anisimov, Aleksandr
Viktorovich. Architectural Guide to Moscow. Uitgeverij, 1993.
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Constructivism Essentially, the construction of the paper
architectural ideas Leaders: Vesnin brothers and Melnikov 16 16.
Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York:
Rizzoli International Publications, 1987.
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Commissariat of Heavy Industry, First Version, Perspective by
Night, 1934 (Vesnin Brothers) 17 17. Khan-Magomedov, Selim O.
Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York: Rizzoli International
Publications, 1987.
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Post-Constructivism/Early Stalinism Dismissal of avant-garde
style, reversion back to neo- classicism (historiccolumns, arches)
18 Leaders: Ivan Fomin and Ilya Golosov. 19 18. Museum of Learning.
Post Constructivism. Accessed December 20, 2010.
http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/postconstructivism
http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/postconstructivism 19.
Khan-Magomedov, Selim O. Pioneers of Soviet Architecture. New York:
Rizzoli International Publications, 1987.
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Maslennikov Kitchen Factory 20 Palace of the Soviets (Boris
Iofan) 21 20. Grounds for Appeal.
http://groundsforappeal.ihookitup.com/some-things-from-soviet-days-are-worth-
saving-the-maslennikov-kitchen-factory-is-classic-constructivist-architecture/http://groundsforappeal.ihookitup.com/some-things-from-soviet-days-are-worth-
saving-the-maslennikov-kitchen-factory-is-classic-constructivist-architecture/
21. Kopp, Anatole. Town and Revolution: Soviet Architecture and
City Planning 1917-1935. New York: George Braziller, 1970.
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Stalinist Gothic Expression of Stalins power 22 Seven sisters
23 Themes: glass spires and wedding cake tiers 24 22. New York
Architecture. Stalinist Architecture. Accessed December 20, 2010
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htmhttp://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htm
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December 20, 2010
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December 20, 2010
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Moscow State University (1953) 25 25. New York Architecture.
Stalinist Architecture. Accessed December 20, 2010 http://www.nyc-
architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htmhttp://www.nyc-
architecture.com/SCC/SCC030a.htm
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Works Cited Anisimov, Aleksandr Viktorovich. Architectural
Guide to Moscow. Uitgeverij, 1993. Grounds for Appeal.
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maslennikov-kitchen-factory-is-classic-constructivist-architecture/http://groundsforappeal.ihookitup.com/some-things-from-soviet-days-are-worth-saving-the-
maslennikov-kitchen-factory-is-classic-constructivist-architecture/
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Rizzoli International Publications, 1987. Kopp, Anatole. Town and
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