Located in Nikola Lenivets Park in Kaluga, Russia, this proposal for the Artist Residence, which was shortlisted in the design competition, suggests the typology of a campus, a condensed layout providing the facilities for all of the artist residence community– living, learning and creating. Designed by Talmon Biran Architecture Studio, in collaboration with architect Ana Leschinsky, the proposed scheme is open ended, allowing flexibility and future growth while integrating the buildings within the landscape. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Since 2000, the territory of Nikola-Lenivets has become an outpost of contemporary land-art. We defined a structural framework of base and roof which refers both to the local traditional wooden houses and to the concept of docks, structures which float above the ground, allowing landscape to continue uninterrupted. This structural framework, which provides both the physical structure and the technical infrastructure for the entire campus, was organized in several stripes. The orientation has been configured to optimize thermal performance while the overall master plan was configured to have passages the allow views towards the landscape and diversity of open spaces.
