Pioneer Cinema
Address: Kutuzovsky pr., 21, Moscow, RussiaClient: Centromobile Pioneer
Design work: May 2008 – October 2008
Construction work: October 2008 – October 2009
Heads of Wowhaus: Dmitry Likin, Oleg Shapiro
Principal architects: Anastasiya Rychkova, Alexey Shapovalov
Photographs: Ilya Ivanov
The interior of the Pioneer Cinema is an ode to the ‘grand style’ of this Stalinist house, which was built on Kutuzovsky prospekt in Moscow in 1953.
To breathe new life into an unpopular cinema by reviving its historical style of interior decoration and creating a café and bookshop.
To strip off later additions to the fabric and return to the architect’s initial intentions; and at the same time to radically redesign the layout, proposing an unusual solution for the ancillary rooms.
The lobby
Cinema hall
Perforations on the staircase
Floor plans
Plan of the first floor
1. ticket hall
2. hall
3. cinema №1
4. cinema №2
5. Café Pion
Plan of the mezzanine
1. Respublika bookshop
2. Café Pion
Plan of the basement
1. gentlemen’s lavatory
2. ladies’ lavatory
3. kitchen
