MArch Architecture Unit 17
research field trips to the suburban dacha settlements in the hinterland of Moscow, the fortified Kronstadt on Kotlin Island, the port city of Murmansk within the Arctic circle, and the two declining monotowns of Pikalevo and Magnitogorsk, the last one in the inhospitable location of the Ural River deep within the Siberian steppe. These unique field trip experiences were crucial in determining this year’s work.
The Bartlett School of Architecture 2013
For making our journey so informed and stimulating we are grateful to: architectural historian Nikolai Vassiliev from Docomomo, architect Inna Tsoraeva and graphic designer Mike Loskov who guided us through Moscow; Kuba Snopek and Eugenia Pospelova from the Strelka Institute; Yuriy Milevskiy from the Higher School of Economics in Moscow; and architects Denis and Katya Panfilova who helped us in Murmansk. For their constructive criticism, special thanks to: Alessandro Ayuso, Johan Berglund, Peter Bishop, Anthony Boulanger, Barbara Campbell-Lange, Vasilis Constantatos, Bev Dockray, Will Hunter, Guan Lee, Tania Malysheva, Jack Newton, Sophia Psarra, Mary Ann Steane, Mike Tonkin, and Cindy Walters. Design Realisation tutors: David Hemingway, Joanna Karatzas and Joseph Mackey, with Structural Engineer William Whitby, Arup. Year 4 Alastair Browning, Joel Cady, Alicia Gonzalez-Lafita, Uieong To, Harry Tweddell, Mika Zacharias Year 5 Alice Brownfield, Tamsin Hanke, Alexander Reading, Francis Hunt, Shu Wai (Charis) Mok, Ben Hayes, Hannah Sharkey
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