Moscow government building: modern and under construction

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:42

The Moscow government building under construction is a complex of four skyscrapers on the territory of the Moscow City center. The height of each will be 308 meters with the number of floors equal to 71. Pedestrian bridges will be built to connect them, including on top of buildings.

In accordance with the plan, the new government complex will house all services and departments related to the legislative and executive authorities of the city of Moscow. However, the construction completion date has been postponed indefinitely. At the moment, there is no information on the progress of construction work. A photo of the Moscow government building on Novy Arbat is given in the article.

Current state of government buildings

Buildings are located in different parts of the city. There are about 10 of them in total and they have a different size. The most significant building is the CMEA, which is located on the street. Novy Arbat, 36. The building of the Moscow City Hall, which is located on Tverskaya Street, house No. 13, also plays a significant role. City Duma is located at the address: Petrovka, 22.

The complex, located on Novy Arbat, is located in the city center, opposite the building of the Government of the Russian Federation (White House). It is a complex structure and is called the "CMEA Building". The abbreviation stands for Council for Mutual Economic Assistance.

The entire CMEA bundle includes three buildings on an area of about 4.6 hectares. The main building has 31 floors and looks like an open book. On the right side of it is a conference hall - a cylindrical building, which can accommodate 1000 people at a time. On the left side is the Mir Hotel, which is an 11-storey building. All of them are connected to each other by a 2-story jumper. It contains a meeting room, print shop, lobby and restaurant.

In addition, the complex has a large exhibition hall.

Location of CMEA and showroom

The building of the Government of Moscow (Novy Arbat) is located near the following metro stations: Krasnopresenskaya, Smolenskaya, Barrikadnaya. It can be accessed by private vehicles from Kutuzovsky Prospekt, Sadovoye Koltso, Novy Arbat and from other directions. The complex of buildings is located on the banks of the Moscow River. Characteristic features of the main skyscraper of the complex: it looks like a huge butterfly with open dark wings and a lighter body between them.

Featuresconstruction of government buildings on Novy Arbat

The construction of the complex of buildings of the government of Moscow took place in the 60-70s of the XX century. It was attended by representatives of different countries: Poland, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Mongolia, Czechoslovakia and the GDR. But the main role was played by the architects and engineers of the Soviet Union: Posokhin, Svirsky, Kuzmin, Ratskevich, Shkolnik and others.

During the construction of the Moscow government building, three-layer panels were used, sheathed with asbestos cement and an insulating layer of foam based on phenol formaldehyde. This material was used for the first time precisely in the construction of CMEA buildings, after which it began to be actively used in the construction of other structures: both residential and industrial.

Construction of a new building of the government of Moscow

Construction began in September 2005. It was deployed on the territory of the Moscow City business center under the leadership of the former Mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov. According to him, a complex will be built, consisting of 4 blocks of buildings with 70 floors each. The departments of the legislative and executive authorities of Moscow will be located there. Moreover, the construction should be carried out in a short time. No funds will be required to carry out the work. The construction is planned to be carried out on the basis of collateral.

Influence of economic factors on construction progress

However, in fact, the work was significantly delayed. Thus, as of February 2008, the construction wasat the stage of foundation and underground structures. At the end of 2008, due to the economic crisis, the construction completion dates were shifted indefinitely. City Duma deputy Ivan Novitsky said that initially the plans were to complete the construction of buildings by 2011, however, now no clear deadlines are being set.

According to an unnamed source, in the current situation it is almost impossible to find an investor who is ready to donate his funds free of charge and give away half of the constructed area.

In April 2010, plans were changed regarding the functional purpose of some parts of the buildings. This was supposed to facilitate work in the Moscow City business center. The total area of all skyscrapers will be 806,000 m². In addition to offices, there will also be a hotel and business apartments. The percentage of administrative zones will decrease from half to 30 percent. Discussion of the new project with investors was scheduled for autumn 2010