Pavilion 1
Address: Gorky Park, Pushkinskaya Embankment; Moscow, RussiaDesign work: August 2012
Construction work: November 2012
Principal architects: Darya Listopad, Artem Ukropov
Architect: Dmitry Zadorin
Heads of Wowhaus: Dmitry Likin, Oleg Shapiro
A recent addition to the Pushkinskaya Embankment in Moscow is a TV pavilion where people can observe television’s inner workings. Russia’s First Channel will begin filming in this unconventional pavilion with a panoramic view of the River Moskva in spring 2013.
to accommodate 500 sq. m. of technical space for TV filming on Pushkinskaya Embankment.
We tried to disturb the life of Pushkinskaya Embankment as little as possible – by locating the entire main structure on an already existing concrete platform. All the technical spaces (and there are a good many of these) are situated under a wooden amphitheatre which offers a good view of the ‘dancers’.
The pavilion was created for filming daytime programmes for the First Channel. One of the most important elements in this design is the panoramic windows, a feature which makes it possible to open up the television set towards the water, capturing a view of the river. At the same time, people outside can observe the filming process. When seen from above (from the bridge), the structure resembles a drop of mercury. It consists of two parts: a transparent volume with panoramic windows, topped by a translucent volume which conceals the ventilation pipes and numerous pieces of TV lighting equipment.
The high-tech image of modern television is underlined by the various parts which make up this structure: the metal frame of the pavilion, the unbroken panoramic fenestration, the vigorous bridge leading from the upper embankment to the entrance to the pavilion.
The pavilion is made from materials such as metal, wood, glass, matt polycarbonate, and composites, whose bringing together in a single structure serves to convey the vivacious modernity of the TV studio.
