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The moving cinema
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Designing
abuildingisalwaysachallengeforthearchitect.
However, evenmorechallengingisthemodificationof
an existingbuilding
in order to
be better integrated into
the urbanenvironment,
and especiallywhenthisstructureisan
urban and cultural landmarkofthe
city.
Such
a building is the Pushkinsky Cinema. Countingalready
50years
of existence,
this cinema
wasperhapsthe
mostimportantbuilding
ofthe7thartforthecityof
Moscowsince
fromthe
beginningofits
creation, when was preordained to host theMoscow
International Film Festival. The, so called, “Palace”
is
cited at one
of thekeypositionsof
the city,thePushkin
square,inaprominentlocation
for
the pedestriansas
much for themotorists.
It is locatedonanelevatedplateau(5m
fromthe
ground)which
is connected to the square with a"monumental"
staircase.
Thefirstthingthatcameto
our mindassociatedwiththewordsMoscow
and cinemawasthefilm
of Dziga Vertov “The man with the moving camera”, a
milestone filmnotonlyfor
the Russiancinema,
butfortheuniversalfilmography
since it consisted one ofthemostradical
filmsofitstime.
Created in 1929, this film is an experimental silent documentary film
which
recordsthedailyinteractionofhumanswithmachines.
It
had noscript,
noactors,
onlyimages
fromvariouscitiesofthe
formerSoviet
Union,one
of whichwasMoscow.
Thefilmwasagroundbreakingfilmanduseda
variety offilmtechniquessuch
asthe
alteration offast
toslowmotion
and vise versa,
theinterferencefilminthefilm,
thereproducibilityof
animageusing
the methodofmirroringanddoubling,
thecroppingandrotation
of the image,
and more.
Influencedbythisconcept,
and especially fromthedepiction
ofthefourthdimension(time)
anditsredefinitionthroughthe
“film
space”, we decidedtocreatea
“living” façadewhich
is interactingwithitsenvironmentandthepeopleofthecity.
The
formation of the facades is based on the structure of a “peeled”
tape film. Thefacadeis
dividedinto10zoneswith
aseries
ofpanelsthat
interpolate vertically every 5
meters.
Eachzoneis
createdbysmall
pieces ofmetalandglassplacedsuccessivelyat
an anglegivingtheimpressionthatwe
arefacingastackoffilm
tape. For the metal surfaces we have use Corian
and for the glass the DuPont
Sentry Glass.In5ofthe
10
zones there have been placed fans
which aresupplied
withrainwater
that is storedin
6columnstanklocated
at the sidesof
the building(3oneachside).
On its tank there is alabel
where the namePushkinsky
Cinema has been written.
Thefansare
“spraying” particlesat1-meter
distance andcreateholographicprojectionsof
posters fromthe
films ofcontemporaryandclassicRussian-cinema.Part
oftheenergyneededfor
bothofthese
projectionsandessentialfunctionsof
the buildingis
provided byphotovoltaicpanelsmountedonthe
roofof
the building.
These panels are consisted from DuPont™
PV5200 Series encapsulant sheets.Apartfromthe
water tanks
on the
sidefaces
there are alsoblackglass
panels whichreflectthemovementthat
happen in thelateralstreets.
However,
with a
closerlook
this panels look like turned-offscreens,
givingthe
senseofthe
pausedand
frozenframe.
Anygapbetweenthejointsofaddedmaterialshas
beencreatedin
order toremindthegapsbetweentheframesof
a film.
Theentranceto
thebuildingis
not visiblefrom
a great distance.
Visitorsshouldapproachthebuildingtofind
the way in. People mustinteractin
order tobeinvolvedinthispeculiarfilmicstory
that the building narrates and, in this way, to become aknown-unknown
protagonistlikethepeople
who starredinVertov’s
film.
abuildingisalwaysachallengeforthearchitect.
However, evenmorechallengingisthemodificationof
an existingbuilding
in order to
be better integrated into
the urbanenvironment,
and especiallywhenthisstructureisan
urban and cultural landmarkofthe
city.
Such
a building is the Pushkinsky Cinema. Countingalready
50years
of existence,
this cinema
wasperhapsthe
mostimportantbuilding
ofthe7thartforthecityof
Moscowsince
fromthe
beginningofits
creation, when was preordained to host theMoscow
International Film Festival. The, so called, “Palace”
is
cited at one
of thekeypositionsof
the city,thePushkin
square,inaprominentlocation
for
the pedestriansas
much for themotorists.
It is locatedonanelevatedplateau(5m
fromthe
ground)which
is connected to the square with a"monumental"
staircase.
Thefirstthingthatcameto
our mindassociatedwiththewordsMoscow
and cinemawasthefilm
of Dziga Vertov “The man with the moving camera”, a
milestone filmnotonlyfor
the Russiancinema,
butfortheuniversalfilmography
since it consisted one ofthemostradical
filmsofitstime.
Created in 1929, this film is an experimental silent documentary film
which
recordsthedailyinteractionofhumanswithmachines.
It
had noscript,
noactors,
onlyimages
fromvariouscitiesofthe
formerSoviet
Union,one
of whichwasMoscow.
Thefilmwasagroundbreakingfilmanduseda
variety offilmtechniquessuch
asthe
alteration offast
toslowmotion
and vise versa,
theinterferencefilminthefilm,
thereproducibilityof
animageusing
the methodofmirroringanddoubling,
thecroppingandrotation
of the image,
and more.
Influencedbythisconcept,
and especially fromthedepiction
ofthefourthdimension(time)
anditsredefinitionthroughthe
“film
space”, we decidedtocreatea
“living” façadewhich
is interactingwithitsenvironmentandthepeopleofthecity.
The
formation of the facades is based on the structure of a “peeled”
tape film. Thefacadeis
dividedinto10zoneswith
aseries
ofpanelsthat
interpolate vertically every 5
meters.
Eachzoneis
createdbysmall
pieces ofmetalandglassplacedsuccessivelyat
an anglegivingtheimpressionthatwe
arefacingastackoffilm
tape. For the metal surfaces we have use Corian
and for the glass the DuPont
Sentry Glass.In5ofthe
10
zones there have been placed fans
which aresupplied
withrainwater
that is storedin
6columnstanklocated
at the sidesof
the building(3oneachside).
On its tank there is alabel
where the namePushkinsky
Cinema has been written.
Thefansare
“spraying” particlesat1-meter
distance andcreateholographicprojectionsof
posters fromthe
films ofcontemporaryandclassicRussian-cinema.Part
oftheenergyneededfor
bothofthese
projectionsandessentialfunctionsof
the buildingis
provided byphotovoltaicpanelsmountedonthe
roofof
the building.
These panels are consisted from DuPont™
PV5200 Series encapsulant sheets.Apartfromthe
water tanks
on the
sidefaces
there are alsoblackglass
panels whichreflectthemovementthat
happen in thelateralstreets.
However,
with a
closerlook
this panels look like turned-offscreens,
givingthe
senseofthe
pausedand
frozenframe.
Anygapbetweenthejointsofaddedmaterialshas
beencreatedin
order toremindthegapsbetweentheframesof
a film.
Theentranceto
thebuildingis
not visiblefrom
a great distance.
Visitorsshouldapproachthebuildingtofind
the way in. People mustinteractin
order tobeinvolvedinthispeculiarfilmicstory
that the building narrates and, in this way, to become aknown-unknown
protagonistlikethepeople
who starredinVertov’s
film.
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