Tessinsky, 1

“Tessinsky, 1” is a project to revive a former industrial area in the centre of Moscow by repurposing it into a residential area. In the last decades, the site's industrial core (a medical equipment factory) has been moved out of the city, leaving the area desolate for quite a while. This project is part of the final development stage of the area. There are valuable elements of late 19th century industrial buildings on the site, which are replicated and integrated into the new architecture. Other less valuable buildings and elements are demolished. The building is located at the intersection of B. Nikolovorobinsky and Tessinsky lanes and is a single complex of two different volumes, adjacent to each other at right angles, 3 and 8 stories respectively. Taking the place of a former block of 3 estates, the new complex actually reproduces that historical parcellation. Structurally, the complex consists of five sections. The main part is comprised of high quality residential apartments of varying sizes (starting with the second floor). Penthouses have access to individual terraces. In the three-story part, there is a gym on the first two floors. The first floor of the complex hosts the main entrance lobby as well as individual entrances to the residential units. Technical premises and the parking lot are located on the underground floors. In order to maintain the scale of this historical environment, the main part located along Tessinsky Lane is divided into two parts. The first represents at its base the replicated historic wall of the late 19th century, made of genuine Petersen brick. The second part is designed with the new architecture in mind using handmade plinth-shaped clinker bricks. The place of interaction between the historical and new part of the building is accentuated by a plastic fold, manifesting the area of the main entrance to the residential complex. In order to indicate the historical continuity, the new part of the building shows the cornice mark of the historic wall, which is supported by the sculptural plasticity of the brick rustication in the first three floors, gradually "dissolving" as you move further away from the point where the two themes interact. The upper part of the western facade overlooking the Bolshoy Nikolovorobinsky Lane, appearing to be the most prominent from afar, is lighter character, which is manifested in the spatial metal "grid" made of architectural bronze. At the back of the site is a landscaped residential courtyard, which can be accessed by walking through the central vestibule. Right in the center of the courtyard is a small pond with running water, which can be used in warm months.