Keywords
reconstruction of Moscow in the 1930s, the city of the future, art deco, the usefulness of architecture, the avenues-highway, Moscow metro,
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Bayburova R. M. Architectural image of Moscow of the 1930s // The Art of Eurasia, 2020. № 2 (17). P. 148-163. URL: https://doi.org/10.25712/ASTU.2518-7767.2020.02.010.
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Abstract
In the 1930s the center of Moscow is being reconstructed. The capital should appear as the city of the future happy life. The new Moscow architecture is analyzed in the article according to the Vitruvius triad “strength, usefulness, beauty”. Changes in the stylistic orientation of architecture in a complex dialogue between constructivism and art deco are noted. It is shown that “strength” and “beauty” fully got their timeless embodiment, but from the point of view of convenience and usefulness, a number of problematic principles and solutions are noted, which in the present have an impact on the urban environment of
Moscow.
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