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Garage CCC Education Center

Garage CCC Education Center
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GARAGE CCC EDUCATION CENTER

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ARCHITECTS
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ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Olga Treiwas, Vera Odyn, Daria Sheina

PHOTOGRAPHS
Asya Baranova

AREA
1215.0 sqm

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Moscow, Russia

CATEGORY
Educational Architecture, Renovation, Cultural Center

The Education Center is located in single storey building next to the Garage’s exhibition pavilion by Shigeru Ban.

Garage CCC Education Center
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Garage CCC Education Center
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Built in the 1940s, it previously housed a kindergarden, later used for ice skate rental facilities, children’s art studios and warehouses.

For several years it stood critical condition, with only the supporting structures remaining intact.

Garage CCC Education Center
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Garage CCC Education Center
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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.

Garage CCC Education Center
© Asya Baranova
Garage CCC Education Center
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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 passers-by to the building.

Garage CCC Education Center
© Asya Baranova
Garage CCC Education Center
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Garage CCC Education Center
© Asya Baranova

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.

Garage CCC Education Center
© Asya Baranova
Garage CCC Education Center
© Asya Baranova


Garage CCC Education Center
© Asya Baranova
Garage CCC Education Center
© Asya Baranova
Garage CCC Education Center
© Asya Baranova
Garage CCC Education Center
© Asya Baranova
Garage CCC Education Center
© Asya Baranova
Garage CCC Education Center
© Asya Baranova
Garage CCC Education Center
© Asya Baranova
Garage CCC Education Center
© Asya Baranova
Garage CCC Education Center
© Asya Baranova
Garage CCC Education Center
© Asya Baranova
Garage CCC Education Center
© Asya Baranova
Garage CCC Education Center
© Asya Baranova


Garage CCC Education Center
© Asya Baranova
Garage CCC Education Center
© Asya Baranova


Garage CCC Education Center
Rendering 1
Garage CCC Education Center
Rendering 2


Garage CCC Education Center
Ground Floor Plan
Garage CCC Education Center
Mezzanine Floor Plan

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