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74 III. “Heritage at Risk“ – Case Studies from Moscow and the Former Soviet Union Melnikov House-Studio in Moscow, 1927–29, arch. K. Melnikov. Interior in 2005 seum of Architecture. Sergei Gordeev is to provide funds for the cataloguing and maintenance of the archive. In the meantime, a new dispute has arisen, over author’s rights. Elena claims that the author’s rights to her grandfather’s work lie with her. Ekaterina is disputing her claim in the courts. Rights to Melnikov’s work would potentially be a source of income for the maintenance of the house, but again, family disputes are hindering any such possibility. The house was included in the 2006 World Monuments Fund Watch List on the grounds of four man-made threats: development pressures, inappropriate prior conservation, lack of financial resources and lack of public awareness. Also one natural threat: water drainage, which is a direct result of the man-made threat of development pressures. Due to intensive development around the Melnikov House, ground water is draining on to the site of the house, for everywhere else it is blocked by the concrete walls of underground garages. This is causing dry rot and will lead to serious damage of the house’s foundations if it is not stopped. Restoration work was undertaken in the house in the 1990s, which led to the destruction of many original details. Poor conservation work has led to further complications with the building. Due to a suspected combination of subsidence and a leaky roof, cracks have appeared in the ceiling of the top studio. Ekaterina is concerned about the bathroom floor, which is rotting, and about the large window on the front of the house. The bottom of the window frame is breaking under the weight of the window that appears to be slipping. This desperately needs attention. It is hoped that the Ministry of Culture will take an active role in the creation of a museum in cooperation with anyone else with a legal claim to the house. The sooner the ownership dispute is resolved, the sooner the house can be tended with the careful attention that it needs. Melnikov house, view from the rear side in 2004. Victor Melnikov, the son of the architect Konstantin Melnikov showing the house to some student visitors _ Heritage @ Risk Special 2006
III. “Heritage at Risk“ – Case Studies from Moscow and the Former Soviet Union 75 Irina Chepkunova Architectural Avant-garde in the Moscow Suburbs Metal workers club in Kashira near Moscow. 1929 –30, arch. specialists from departmental planning group Club of the textile workers in Orechovo near Moscow, 1927–29, arch. J. Kornfeld Metal workers club in Podolsk near Moscow, 1927–29, arch. I. Ivanov-Shits Architectural professionals are familiar with various monuments of the Russian avant-garde in Moscow, including the Workers’ Clubs from the 1920s such as the Rusakov Club by K. Melnikov, the Zil Palace of Culture by the Vesnin brothers, the Zuev Club by I. Golosov, among others. However, the clubs which were built in the Moscow suburbs in 1927–1930 have still not been evaluated by experts. At the end of 1920s, a new type of public building known as the “Workers” Club» was established, the design and construction of which was carried out in the Modern Movement style. Archive documents provide information on the activities of the most significant Russian trade unions in the 1920s. In 1927 the Moscow Province Council of Trade Unions (MGSP) formed an integrated club construction programme suggesting the erection of 78 clubs over the next four years. Thirty clubs were to be built in Moscow and 48 in the Moscow suburbs with mainly trade unions carrying out these construction projects. The Trade Union of Metal-Workers, the largest of these unions, constructed 14 of their Workers’ Clubs in the Moscow province after they had initially declared they would build five. Great architectural masters were involved in the design of suburban clubs including K. Melnikov who built a Club in Dulevo, V. Shchuko who completed his project in Egorievsk and I. Ivanov-Shitz who worked in Podolsk. Four small clubs (three of them now belong to the Moscow City) were erected according to L. Vesnin’s typified project. Two more clubs, one in Orekhovo (now Orekhovo-Zuevo) and another one in Ramenskoe, were designed by Y. Kornfeld. Some buildings in the Moscow region were created by specialists from departmental planning groups, including the Club for Kashira GRES (State Regional Electric Power Plant), clubs for the Bachmanov and the Mytischchi plants as well as a club in Electrostal, among others. The land for suburban club construction was allotted during the period from 1927 to 1929, according to the plan of Moscow Province Council _ Heritage @ Risk Special 2006
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