Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Moscow Government – Moscow Government –
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As part of the Moscow Museum Week event, visitors can view the exhibition "Unrealized Projects of the 20th Century: From Sretenka to Prospekt Mira" free of charge at the Garden Ring Museum.
The exhibition explores architectural plans for the district's transformation that were never realized or underwent significant changes during the design and construction process. Historically, Sretenka was a shopping street: small shops stood side by side with low-class taverns and bars, and a huge market operated near the Sukharev Tower, where thieves from all over Moscow sold stolen goods. The infamous reputation of these areas began to change in the 1910s, when large retail and apartment buildings appeared on Sretenka. With the advent of Soviet power, which actively undertook urban reconstruction, the district acquired a new appearance. Trees on the Garden Ring were cut down, the Sukharev Tower was demolished, 1st Meshchanskaya Street was widened and lined with monumental buildings, and in 1957 it became part of Moscow's new thoroughfare, Prospekt Mira. The buildings on display here today are both a showcase of Soviet architecture and a vibrant collection of postmodernist designs from the 1990s.
The exhibition focuses on projects conceived by architects for Sretenka and Prospekt Mira, which underwent significant changes along the way or were never built at all: for example, the GIPROMEZ building, residential buildings for the USSR Ministry of Agriculture, and the exhibition hall of the Union of Artists of the RSFSR. In some cases, construction was interrupted by the outbreak of war, while in others, plans were revised due to lack of funds or dramatic shifts in urban planning and architectural policy. The exhibition features sketches, drawings, and photographs of models, introducing the viewer to the original designs of the Vesnin brothers, Ivan Fomin, Kirill Afanasyev, Grigory Barkhin, Iosif Loveiko, and many other prominent 20th-century architects. Supplemented with contemporary photographs, they allow the viewer to compare these plans with the area's current topography and imagine what it might have been like had these plans been realized.
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