Main entry:

Snopek, Kuba.

Title & Author:

Belyayevo forever : a Soviet microrayon on its way to the UNESCO list / Kuba Snopek ; [translation, Anna Zaytseva].

Publication:

Berlin : Dom Publishers ; Moscow : Strelka Institute, ©2015.

Description:

190 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 23 cm.

Series:

Basics series ; volume 39

Notes:
The only difference between the English and the Russian edition is the cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction I Novye Cheryomushki a scientific experiment -- II. Khrushchev the architect, Khrushchev the artist -- III. The Duchy of Prigov -- IV. Yakov Belopolsky : creator of the new world -- V. Conceptual microrayon -- VI. Preserving the generic -- Epilogue Belyayevo forever?
Text in English, with Russian translation following (pages 129-188).

Summary:

"Preservation is ordinarily reserved for architecture that is unique. So how would we go about preserving buildings that are utterly generic? Such is the case with Belyayevo, an ordinary residential district in Moscow. Belyayevo is a typical microrayon - the standardised neighbourhood system that successive Soviet regimes laid out across the USSR in what was the most expansive programme of industrialised construction the world has ever seen. Belyayevo's buildings, and the desolate spaces between them, are identical to thousands of others, but is it different? Kuba Snopek argues that it is. Home to many of the artists of the Moscow Conceptualism school, the place was written into the character of their art. Snopek argues that this intangible heritage is the key to saving a neighbourhood many feel has had its day. But as Russia comes to terms with its Soviet legacy, will such arguments fall on deaf ears?"--Page 4 of cover.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9783869224381 (English cover ; pbk.)
386922438X (English cover ; pbk.)
9783869224398 (Russian edition)
3869224398 (Russian edition)

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic Conservation and restoration Russia (Federation) Moscow.
Dwellings Conservation and restoration Russia (Federation) Moscow.
Architecture domestique Conservation et restauration Russie Moscou.
Habitations Conservation et restauration Russie Moscou.
Architecture, Domestic Conservation and restoration
Buildings
Dwellings Conservation and restoration
Architecture domestique Conservation et restauration Russie Moscou (Russie).
Habitations Conservation et restauration Russie Moscou (Russie).
Moscow (Russia) Buildings, structures, etc.
Russia (Federation) Moscow

Added entries:

Basics (Berlin, Germany) ; 39.

Soviet microrayon on its way to the UNESCO list

Holdings:

Location: Library main 291631
Call No.: BIB 235383
Status: Available