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The nature of Moscow’s public realm is in the midst of a disfiguring
transformation. Over the last two
decades the city’s precious urban spaces have rapidly been enveloped by
corporate branding and media sponsorship. An opportunity to change the face of
the marred Pushkinsky Cinema is an ideal moment to re-examine a memory of the
once iconic building, its urban presence within the public Boulevard Ring Park,
and its role as a contemporary palace for the Moscow International Film
Festival. The proposed new face of the Pushkinsky Cinema will invoke a memory
of the building’s iconic silhouette, filtering it through a neutralizing
translucent curtain, while re-energizing its once great cinematic
experience. Made of strands of
woven Dupont Kevlar, the curtain accumulates moisture and acts as a
brise-soleil during the summer, while freezing solid in the winter to act as a
wind barrier against the harsh weather conditions. Integrated into the Curtain’s cords are clusters of
fiber-optics which passively transfer light from the roof to the street,
illuminating the pedestrian zone beneath the curtain and acting as a marquee
for the movie theater inside. The
vehicular street that once disconnected the cinema from the adjacent Pushkin
Square, as well as the bridge required to cross it, have been removed. The theatre now preferences full
pedestrian access from the park, as well as direct access from the adjacent
Metro station, with its new main entrance located along the Boulevard. Along this new face, a series of fully
public exterior elevators allow un-ticketed guests to ascend within and above
the curtain in order to take full advantage of the newly elevated public park
above the cinema, offering a unique and unobstructed view of the surrounding
cityscape.
transformation. Over the last two
decades the city’s precious urban spaces have rapidly been enveloped by
corporate branding and media sponsorship. An opportunity to change the face of
the marred Pushkinsky Cinema is an ideal moment to re-examine a memory of the
once iconic building, its urban presence within the public Boulevard Ring Park,
and its role as a contemporary palace for the Moscow International Film
Festival. The proposed new face of the Pushkinsky Cinema will invoke a memory
of the building’s iconic silhouette, filtering it through a neutralizing
translucent curtain, while re-energizing its once great cinematic
experience. Made of strands of
woven Dupont Kevlar, the curtain accumulates moisture and acts as a
brise-soleil during the summer, while freezing solid in the winter to act as a
wind barrier against the harsh weather conditions. Integrated into the Curtain’s cords are clusters of
fiber-optics which passively transfer light from the roof to the street,
illuminating the pedestrian zone beneath the curtain and acting as a marquee
for the movie theater inside. The
vehicular street that once disconnected the cinema from the adjacent Pushkin
Square, as well as the bridge required to cross it, have been removed. The theatre now preferences full
pedestrian access from the park, as well as direct access from the adjacent
Metro station, with its new main entrance located along the Boulevard. Along this new face, a series of fully
public exterior elevators allow un-ticketed guests to ascend within and above
the curtain in order to take full advantage of the newly elevated public park
above the cinema, offering a unique and unobstructed view of the surrounding
cityscape.
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