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SUMMARY:The Melnikov House in Moscow: Saving avant-garde Icon / Docomomo S
 witzerland\,TSAM
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DESCRIPTION:Docomomo Switzerland / TSAM Lectures: Pavel Kuznetsov\, Acca
 demia di Architettura di Mendrisio – USI\, Former Director of the State
  Melnikovs Museum\, Moscow.\n\nThe Melnikov House\, designed by architect 
 Konstantin Melnikov (1890-1974) for himself and his family\, is an icon of
  the Russian architectural avant-garde. The experimental cylindrical struc
 ture was built between 1927 and 1929 to test Melnikov’s concepts for mas
 s-produced housing. Melnikov believed that the essence of his house lay in
  the balance and equivalence of weight\, light\, air and heat. The origina
 l layout\, elegant spatial arrangement\, and ingenious engineering techniq
 ues are combined in a unique architectural form that still looks modern.Re
 taining numerous historic elements of the 20th century\, the house also re
 flects the tragic life of this solo architect in a collectivist society.\n
 Based on the results of the Getty sponsored pre-conservation research (201
 7-19) Pavel Kuznetsov will discuss design and construction specifics of th
 e Melnikov House\, its history from inception in the early 20th century th
 rough establishing the museum in 2014\, the challenges and choices of its 
 conservation project. He will explore newly found archival materials that 
 uncovered the architectural\, engineering\, and philosophical ideas lying 
 behind Melnikov’s ambitious plan to build an architectural manifesto in 
 1920s Soviet Russia.\n\nPavel kuznetsov is researcher of the 20th century
  architecture\, lecturer\, museologist and curator of the exhibitions on S
 oviet avant-garde. Graduated from Moscow State Lomonossov University. Sinc
 e 2014 he had overseen the collections and archives of the Melnikov House 
 (Moscow) and its transition from a private home to a public museum. As dir
 ector of the State Museum of Konstantin and Viktor Melnikov he also led th
 e pre-conservation survey of the Melnikov House\, supported by a grant ini
 tiative ‘Keeping it Modern’ (Getty Foundation). His book\, ‘The Meln
 ikov House: Icon of the Avant-Garde\, Family Home\, Architecture Museum’
  was published in Berlin in 2017 and 2021. Curator of the exhibitions: ‘
 Melnikov Revealed’ (2015\, Melnikov House\, Moscow)\, ‘Melnikov / Le C
 orbusier: rencontre à la villa Savoye’ (2017\, Villa Savoye\, Centre de
 s Monuments Nationaux\, France). He fled Russia in March 2022 and later wa
 s endorsed the status of ‘Scholar at Risk’. His last research contribu
 tion before exhile was a monographic exhibition and a catalogue ‘Melniko
 ff’ (2022\, Schusev State Museum of Architecture\, Moscow). When not res
 earching\, he was the first Russian to successfully swim the English Chann
 el (in 14 hours 33 minutes and 25 seconds).\n\nOn line lecture Wednesday\,
  March 15\, 2023\, 18.00\nhttps://epfl.zoom.us/j/65989729721
LOCATION:https://epfl.zoom.us/j/65989729721
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