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Keywords Change this
Workers’ Club, Cultural Center, Constructivism
Project timeline
1927 – 1929
Type
Culture & Entertainment
Location Change this
18 Lesnaya ul.125047 Moscow
Russia
Current state
Original
Also known as Change this
Zuyev Workers’ Club
Architect Change this
The Zuev Workers’ Club Change this
Description Change this
The Zuyev (also: Zuev) Workers’ Club in Moscow is a prominent work of constructivist architecture. Designed by Ilya Golosov in 1926 and completed in 1928, it housed various facilities to educate and entertain Moscow workers in line with the revolution.
The composition of this building is based on the intersection of a cylindrical glazed staircase penetrating a stack of rectangular floor planes behind which are a sequence of club rooms and open foyers leading to a rectangular 850-seat auditorium for theatre performances and assemblies.
Part of the extensive glazing has been bricked up and the balconies have been removed in the 1970s, thus lessening the original perforated cubic mass into a more solid box. The building still houses a cultural centre with a children’s theatre and a comic theatre.
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