The Education Center is located in single storey building next to the Garage’s exhibition pavilion by Shigeru Ban.
Built in the 1940s, it previously housed a kindergarden and ice skate rental facilities. For several years it stood critical condition, with only the supporting structures remaining intact.
The Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture commissioned a reconstruction for its art education workshops and social events.
The new project retained the building’s volume, attaching bright extensions, some of which contain entrances to the building, others function as verandas. The bearing brick walls were clad in clinker tile to preserve them and improve insulation. The gable facade, which is seen from the park’s central avenue, was highlighted by a graphic composition that aims to attract
Inside, the main task was to provide a flexible space, easily transformed to meet the needs of the Education Center. All non bearing internal structures were demolished, the roof was reconstructed, with its underside revealed to create an airier space, partially taken up by mezzanines to house administration and smaller workshop studios. Window openings were enlarged to bring in more light, and function as sitting spaces. Neutral interior finishes were interspersed with bright individual accents.
Architecture: Olga Treivas, Vera Odyn, Daria Sheina, Alina Yaroshenko, Polina Dudkina, Vlada Rodionova, Asya Baranova, Lyubov Viller
Client: Contemporary Culture Center Garage
Status: Completed
Location: Moscow
Area: 1600 m2
Year: 2012-2014
Photography: Asya Baranova
In Soviet times, facilities functioned as a kindergarden, later used for ice skate rental, children’s art studios and warehouses.
Cloakroom № 2 retained its supporting structures, walls and columns, the rest of the building was in critical condition.
The total space mobility has become the main task for the architects
