Narkomfin’s new life. A ‘prosthesis’ for Ginzburg and Milinis’s masterpiece

The article’s object is to recover the original purpose of the Narkomfin through a satellite architecture that embraces some of the functions no longer in use in the famous building by Ginzburg and Milinis, thus renewing its role as a ‘social condenser’ in contemporary post-Soviet Moscow. The strate...

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Main Authors: Luca Lanini, Giorgia Puccinelli
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Language:English
Published: LetteraVentidue Srl 2021-06-01
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Online Access:https://www.agathon.it/agathon/article/view/241
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Narkomfin’s new life. A ‘prosthesis’ for Ginzburg and Milinis’s masterpiece
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collective housing
Soviet architecture
housing
recovery
urban regeneration
title Narkomfin’s new life. A ‘prosthesis’ for Ginzburg and Milinis’s masterpiece
title_full Narkomfin’s new life. A ‘prosthesis’ for Ginzburg and Milinis’s masterpiece
title_fullStr Narkomfin’s new life. A ‘prosthesis’ for Ginzburg and Milinis’s masterpiece
title_full_unstemmed Narkomfin’s new life. A ‘prosthesis’ for Ginzburg and Milinis’s masterpiece
title_short Narkomfin’s new life. A ‘prosthesis’ for Ginzburg and Milinis’s masterpiece
title_sort narkomfin s new life a prosthesis for ginzburg and milinis s masterpiece
topic collective housing
Soviet architecture
housing
recovery
urban regeneration
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