"NER:
In the footsteps of the city of the future. 1959-1977"

State Museum of Architecture A.V. Shchuseva presents an exhibition of futuristic projects of the Soviet NER group - “NER: In the wake of the city of the future. 1959-1977. " The exhibition is dedicated to the collective project of the experimental architectural group NER, which has been developing the urban planning model of the city of the future, “The New Element of Settlement,” for more than fifteen years.

The humanization of the urban environment, the city as a space of creative communication between people, the fundamental separation of the production space and the space of life, the rejection of the uncontrolled growth of cities and the proposal of a settlement system on a national scale are the basis of the projects of the NER group. The conceptual apparatus of this model over time firmly entered the domestic practice of urban development.

The exposition will introduce the stages of the NER theory of the city - from a collective student diploma in 1960 to projects published abroad and presented at the XIV Milan Triennial in 1968 and at the Expo in Osaka in 1970. In the Ruins halls will be shown materials from the personal archives of NER members, recreated mock-ups, sketches and publications, as well as video and audio testimonies of the NER project participants themselves.

The exhibition is accompanied by a large-scale cultural and educational program.

Presentation of the book “NER. City of the Future ”is the first specialized collection in which the creative heritage of the group is considered in the context of Soviet and international architectural discourse of criticism of modernism. The scientific illustrated publication was created with the support of the AVC Charity charity foundation.

At the presentation, the book will be described by its authors Jean-Louis Cohen and Maria Panteleeva and graphic designer of the project Mikhail Anikst. From the end of December, the book can be found in the bookstore of the Museum of Architecture.

From December 20 to 22, an international scientific symposium will be organized by the Higher School of Urban Studies named after A. A. Vysokovsky, Faculty of Urban and Regional Development of the Higher School of Economics, together with the curators of the exhibition, Maria Panteleeva and Alexandra Gutnova.

From January 5 to February 9, a series of lectures “Architectural Utopias. XX century ”on the conceptual design of cities in Russia and abroad.

From January 26 to February 5, a project seminar entitled “A New History Will Be” will be held at the exhibition. Within the framework of the seminar, young specialists will present their vision of the city of the future.

Architects and urban planners, sociologists, geographers, historians and theorists of architecture, as well as representatives of other disciplines involved in the field of urban development are invited to participate in a scientific symposium, lecture hall and project seminar.

The project became possible thanks to the initiative of curators Alexandra Gutnova and Maria Panteleeva. The organizers of the exhibition are the AVC Charity charity foundation and the State Museum of Architecture named after A.V. Schuseva.

The partner of the exhibition was the Higher School of Urbanism named after A. A. Vysokovsky, Faculty of Urban and Regional Development, Higher School of Economics HSE, lighting design for the exposition was created by MDM-Light, a multimedia solution from the White Balance Group.

The exhibition will be held from December 20, 2018 to February 10, 2019
in the outhouse "Ruin"

Organizers

Charity Fund AVC Charity
State Museum of Architecture named after A.V. Schuseva

Curators

Alexandra Gutnova and Maria Panteleeva

General partner

Higher School of Urban Studies named after A. A. Vysokovsky Faculty of Urban and Regional Development HSE

Technical support

MDM-Light
White balance group

reference Information

Alexandra Gutnova

Architect (MARCH, 1993) and urbanist (Institut Français d’Urbanisme, 1997). Since 1994 he has been working in France. After ten years of experience working in large architectural bureaus, she opened her goodnova workshop in 2006, where, along with other projects, as an architect and stage designer, she develops and implements the development program of Le Moulin Jaune’s international experimental laboratory in the suburbs of Paris. Co-editor of the book “NER. City of the future ”(Allemandi, 2018). In parallel with private practice, he regularly collaborates with large companies, being the coordinator of international and multidisciplinary working groups on urban planning projects (International Consultation on the development of the Moscow agglomeration development project / 2012; International competition on urban development of the territories adjacent to the Moscow River / 2014, etc.).

Maria Panteleeva

Architect and Doctor of History and Theory of Architecture (Cooper Union School of Architecture, 2005, Yale University, 2011, Princeton University, 2017). The topic of his doctoral dissertation is “Radical groups in Soviet architecture of the 1960s”. In 2006-2007 - Editor of The Architect’s Newspaper (New York). Since 2009 - lecturer in history and theory of architecture at Cornell and Columbia Universities. Co-editor and one of the authors of the book “NER. City of the future ”(Allemandi, 2018). He regularly participates in international scientific conferences and exhibitions (Venice Biennale, 2014, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, 2015) and published in architectural magazines and collections (Open City: An Existential Approach [Charta, 2015], Single Story Urbanism [Lars Müller, 2009], ARPR Journal, Project Journal, Constructs, and The Architect’s Newspaper]. The research by M. Panteleeva was supported by Princeton University, the Canadian Center for Architecture, and the Graham Foundation.

Charity Fund AVC Charity

It was founded in 2008 by Russian scientist, entrepreneur and collector Andrei Cheglakov. The fund provides financial support for various cultural programs, creates and implements its own projects in the music, exhibition and publishing fields, attracting prominent cultural figures to participate in the work. In the framework of exhibition activities, the Fund collaborates with major Russian museums. Among the important projects of the Foundation are the organization and holding of exhibitions “Le Corbusier. Secrets of creativity. Between Painting and Architecture ”(2012) and“ Man Ray. Portraits ”(2013) in the Pushkin Museum im. A.S. Pushkin, support for the exhibition “Yakov Chernikhov. Images of architecture ”(2017) in GNIMA named after A.V. Shchusev and the tournament of architectural graphics "Line of Thought" in the framework of the exhibition "ARCH Moscow" (2018).

Higher School of Urban Studies named after A.A. Vysokovsky is a research and educational unit of the Faculty of Urban and Regional Development of the National Research University Higher School of Economics. The mission of the Higher School of Management is a critical reflection on the formation of professional practices in planning and managing the development of urban areas. The Higher School of Management provides training in master’s and undergraduate programs in the direction of Urban Planning. The key goal of the School is the formation of a research and design center of an international level, focusing on the whole spectrum of problems that modern cities face in the context of intensified information flows, a significant complication of all areas of urban life and the expansion of the creative, economic and social aspirations of residents.