apartment with an area of ​​130 m2 in Ekaterinburg Vasily Pushkov

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Interview prepared: Olga Vologdina

A photo: Karen Manko

Architect: Vasily Pushkov

Magazine: N4 (82) 2004

Эта квартира находится в центре индустриального Екатеринбурга, известного своими конструктивистскими памятниками архитектуры, в районе заводской застройки. Архитектор Vasily Pushkov предложил своим заказчикам, молодой супружеской паре, интерьер, продолжающий градостроительную традицию районаSALON: Why suprematism?Vasily Pushkov: Yekaterinburg is an industrial city and, unlike Moscow or St. Petersburg, does not have such valuable historical buildings, it is not large-scale to the city - it is simply not enough. Therefore, it is necessary to build up the city technologically, contextually. And the context here, whatever you may say, is constructivist. I wanted to keep in touch with the exterior. In addition, it seems to me that the Suprematist theme is close to the modern interior: the space is quite calm, and the light deconstructivist motive brings diversity to the perception of volumes.S: How is it shown? - Firstly, in the space-planning composition. Let's look at the plan (it is based on the overlay of two coordinate grids). In Cubism, there are coordinates X, Y. We recall the Suprematists, expand the coordinates by 10 degrees and work in four axes: X, Y, X ", Y". These areas are needed to solve functional problems: this is the location of existing openings, rooms and directions we are in the conditions of reconstruction), it is possible to organize an additional room or niche, this is how space dynamics is emphasized ... Secondly, in color gamut.S: And you had no doubt whether the owners will be comfortable in a broken room? - Of course there were, therefore, I did not increase the degree of rotation of the axes, and this is non-functional (nodes are difficult to solve). And it will be comfortable if there are calming static elements in the room, everything must be in harmony - this is housing.S: Is the minimum of decor your position of principle? - In the course of discussions with the customer, we came to the conclusion that the furniture should be minimized, the colors - to a minimum. This is the lifestyle of the owner and my position. Vasily Pushkov: "I think the interior and exterior are inextricably linked to each other. I don’t understand if there is a classic in the modern building;