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Yury Grigoryan

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Yury Grigoryan
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Yury Grigoryan in 2014
BornYury Grigoryan
(1965-08-13) 13 August 1965 (age 59)
Moscow, Russia
🎓 Alma materMoscow Architectural Institute
💼 Occupation

Yury Grigoryan (born August 13, 1965, Moscow, USSR) is a Russian architect, urbanist and educator. He is Co-Founder (1999, with partners Alexandra Pavlova (Kaplya), Ilya Kuleshov and Pavel Ivanchikov) and Director of the Meganom office for architecture.[1] He teaches Architectural Design at the Moscow Architectural Institute[2] (since 2006)[3] and MARCH Architecture School (since 2021)[4], was Director of Educational Program at Strelka Institute (from 2011 to 2014).[5][6]

Architecture[edit]

In 1999, Grigoryan, together with friends and architects Alexandra Pavlova (Kaplya), Pavel Ivanchikov and Ilya Kuleshov, founded Meganom office for architecture.[1]

Since the advent of Meganom in 1999, Grigoryan and his partners have been designing and constructing architectural projects in Moscow and Moscow region.[7] After 2005, the geographical base expanded: the bureau has worked on competition proposals in Beirut,[8] Tel Aviv, Perm,[9] with further projects appearing in New York,[10] Kaliningrad,[11] Sochi[12] and other cities.

Meganom’s early work was dedicated to private buildings and apartments. In the early 2000s, a villa[13] and house were built in Molochny[14][15] and Korobeinikov[13] lanes in Moscow, villas in the villages of Sosny, Snegiri, Nikolina Gora and X-Park[16] in Moscow region.

Built in 2006, Barvikha Luxury Village shopping street[17] marks the beginning of Meganom’s interest in urban planning. Over the next eight years (between 2006 and 2014), Grigoryan and his partners built a number of public spaces in Moscow and Moscow Region: Mercury Theater,[18] Tsvetnoy department store,[19] Ether business center,[20] and Razdory wellness center.[21]

Work from the early 2010s is largely devoted to urban planning and Moscow: masterplan of the Gorky Park,[22] masterplan and design code for the former ZIL plant territory development,[23] extension and reconstruction of the Pushkin Museum buildings and territory,[24] and revitalization of the Moscow River territories.[25] Starting with competition proposals, the ZIL, Pushkin Museum and Moscow River projects will determine the work of the bureau for years to come. In 2012, Grigoryan took part in the competition research and design project focused on the Moscow area growth, which was developed under the OMA leadership.[26]

By 2015, Kauchuk residential towers were built in Moscow.[27] In 2015, Yury Grigoryan began to design 262 Fifth in New York[28] – a skinny high-rise apartment building, the construction of which began in 2021.[29]

In 2017–2018, residential buildings Levshinsky 7 and Sugar Blocks were designed in Moscow, followed by the Lucky (Spectrum)[30] hyperblock on 1905 Goda Street in Moscow. The Lucky is planned to be commitioned in 2022,[31] while the first two projects remain on paper.

Since 2018, Grigoryan develops a number of projects for the new cultural cluster on Oktyabrsky island in Kaliningrad.[32] The urban development plan includes a Contemporary Art Museum (the Tretyakov Gallery brunch), a School of Arts (Gnessin State Musical College brunch), and an Opera and Balley Theatre (the Bolshoi Theatre brunch). In 2019, the construction of the Museum began, and is expected to be completed by 2023.[33] The School of Art is being prepared for the construction start.[34]

In autumn 2018, Yury Grigoryan began work on a concept for the development of the territory of the Red October factory in Moscow and a project for a residential building on Bersenevskaya Embankment.

Art and architecture critic Grigory Revzin writes about the architecture of Yury Grigoryan:

‘Yury Grigoryan is perhaps the only one of the modern Russian architects who did not quite accept Ladovsky’s thesis that ‘space, not stone, is the material of architecture’. He, in my opinion, allows stone to also be its material, at least to some degree. He returned the wall into an artistic challenge, and this is the whole point of a number of his projects.’[35]

Teaching activities[edit]

In 2006, Grigoryan, along with Pavlova, began teaching architectural design at the Moscow Architectural Institute.[36] Under their leadership, three groups of students (graduates from 2008, 2010, 2012) received diplomas in Architecture. Many of the graduates subsequently became part of the Meganom team. After Alexandra Pavlova passed away in 2013,[36] Yury Grigoryan has continued to teach with former students.

From an interview with Yury Grigoryan by Strelka, 2011:

‘I'm not really a teacher, let's start with that. There is such a tradition that architects at some point go on to teach. This ethic in Western countries is extremely strong, it is believed that at a certain stage you should go and return the knowledge that you have received, your experience, you should share this. It's not even craft solidarity, nor professional ethics, but you just have to and that's it. And so it was that I went to MARCHI six years ago.’[5]

In 2010, Grigoryan became a teacher (in the studio of Public Space[37]) and, since 2011, Director of Educational Program at the Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design.[38] His last studio was devoted to the research of retail in Moscow and was presented in 2014.[6] In 2016, he became a member of the Board of Trustees of the Strelka Institute.

In 2017, at the initiative of Grigoryan, the Auditoria[39] opened. In addition to the educational and research processes, the Auditoria hosts open lectures, discussions, presentations and exhibitions on architecture and related disciplines.

In 2019 Grigoryan became a member of the board of advisors at the MARCH Architecture School,[40] and in 2021 started teaching within the MA programme at the MARCH.[41][42]

Research and books[edit]

In 2010, Moscow Architectural Institute graduates led by Grigoryan and Pavlova developed the Green River urban planning project, a visionary concept for the future growth of Moscow.[43] The project was based on an analysis of the industrial and natural areas of Moscow and became the ‘starting point for further research of the city.’[44]

In 2011, a new set of students conducted a pre-diploma study in Moscow as part of the curriculum, called Inventory.[45] Students collected data on the physical condition of Moscow inside the Moscow Ring Road, calculating how many residential and green areas are on the territory of houses and streets, the percentage of pavement relative to the entire city area, what types of houses and courtyards are found in the city and so on.

The Green River was published in the Project Russia magazine in 2010,[46] and Inventory as an appendix to the Project Russia magazine in 2011.[47] Both researches were implemented as a student project, but they also laid the foundation for research in future work by Yury Grigoryan and Meganom. Subsequently, the ideas of Inventory and Green River were developed in several projects: the interdisciplinary study Archaeology of the Periphery (2013),[48] the project for the development of the bank territories of the Moscow River: Moscow Future Ports (2014),[25] the general plan for the ZIL Peninsula (2014 – present)[49] and the project for the development of residential areas of Moscow: Dvorulitsa (2016 – present).[50]

Since 2014, Grigoryan has been running the MGNM publishing program, in which books have been published about the architects Leonid Pavlov (in collaboration with Electa Architecture),[51][52] Alexander Pavlova,[1][53] and the Director of the Moscow Museum of Architecture, David Sarkisyan.[54][55] Under MGNM, catalogues of the exhibitions Moscow River Age[56] and Negatives[57][58] were published.

Facts[edit]

When communicating with clients sitting opposite him, Grigoryan often draws and writes upside down – for the client’s benefit. In 2006, Olga Orlova asked Yury if it was true that he did so, and he answered: 'Yes. But this is not that important [in communication with client]. If you speak openly to the client and he is ready to talk to you in the same way, sooner or later he will understand that you follow the same criteria as he does, only you also know how to organize space using those criteria. It may actually turn out that the client understands life better than you. I have learned a lot from two or three clients. Communication with the client is an intellectual game. The client is trying to resort to various methods of pressure. The task of the architect is not to succumb to them. At the same time, the parties want to achieve the best result. In this sense, the game is interesting: no one knows how it will end.'[59]

In 2018, as a result of work on the implementation of the tender Moscow Future Ports, a public project Moscow River Friends[60] appeared.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kaplya. Architect Alexandra Pavlova. Moscow: MGNM. 2018. pp. 16–17. ISBN 978-5-600-00463-4. Search this book on
  2. ↑ "Project Meganom's Yuri Grigoryan: "Freedom is When You Realize that Anything is Possible"". ArchDaily. 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
  3. ↑ "Юрий Григорян | ЦСА" (in русский). Retrieved 2023-02-20.
  4. ↑ "Григорян Юрий - преподаватель Архитектурной школы МАРШ". march.ru. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Юрий Григорян становится директором образовательной программы Стрелки". October 19, 2011. Archived from the original on October 19, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2022. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Strelka Institute Education Programme 2013/14". strelka.com. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  7. ↑ "Project Meganom 1998–2006". Tatlin Mono (3). 2006.
  8. ↑ "House Of Arts And Culture". houseofartsandculture.org. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  9. ↑ "MUSEUM-RIVER BOAT STATION". permm.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  10. ↑ "Skinny supertall tower by Meganom unveiled for New York". Dezeen. 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  11. ↑ "Филиал Третьяковской галереи в Калининграде". Третьяковская галерея. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  12. ↑ Sorokina, Anna (2021-08-02). "8 modern Russian architects everyone should know about". Russia Beyond. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Chipova, Irina (2007). Moscow: Architecture & Design (And Guide). Te Neues Pub Group. pp. 20–27. ISBN 978-3832791568. Search this book on
  14. ↑ "Yuri Grigoryan on Unteaching Architects, Zaha Hadid, and the Shed Manifesto". Metropolis. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  15. ↑ "Жилой дом в Молочном переулке. Россия, Москва". Архи ру. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  16. ↑ "Villa Rose and X-Park / Meganom". ArchDaily. 2014-07-04. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  17. ↑ "Luxury Village and Mercury Theatre / Meganom". ArchDaily. 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  18. ↑ "Tatlin Plan #3 Mercury Theatre". tatlin.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  19. ↑ "Tsvetnoy / Meganom". ArchDaily. 2014-06-28. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  20. ↑ "Ether / Meganom". ArchDaily. 2014-06-22. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  21. ↑ "WELLNESS-CENTRE. Russia". Archi.ru. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
  22. ↑ ""Russian architecture is in a transitional state" says architect Yury Grigoryan". Dezeen. 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  23. ↑ Morton, Elise. "Architectural plans released for Moscow ZiL redevelopment". The Calvert Journal. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  24. ↑ "Project Meganom To Remodel Moscow's Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts". ArchDaily. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Project Meganom Wins Contest to Transform Moscow Riverfront". ArchDaily. 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  26. ↑ "OMA wins first round of competition for Moscow expansion". Dezeen. 2012-04-27. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  27. ↑ "Kauchuk Residential Towers / Meganom". ArchDaily. 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  28. ↑ "A New Giant Sets Foot in NYC: Meganom's Skyscraper Design Unveiled". ArchDaily. 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  29. ↑ Young, Michael (2021-11-25). "Activity Resumes on 1,011-Foot Supertall at 262 Fifth Avenue in NoMad, Manhattan". New York YIMBY. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  30. ↑ "Социальные сервисы". www.en.vespermoscow.com. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  31. ↑ THE LUCKY RESIDENTIAL QUARTER, Moscow. "THE LUCKY RESIDENTIAL QUARTER, Moscow". THE LUCKY RESIDENTIAL QUARTER, Moscow (in русский). Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  32. ↑ "Большой в Калининграде". 2011.bolshoi.ru. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  33. ↑ "До самых до окраин". The Art Newspaper Russia (in русский). 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  34. ↑ Амозов, Константин. "«В форме пирамиды»: как будет выглядеть здание Балтийской школы искусств на Острове". kgd.ru (in русский). Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  35. ↑ Revzin, Grigory. "Стена как проблема". Проект Классика. XXIX-MMIX.
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 Kaplya. Architect Alexandra Pavlova. Moscow: MGNM. 2018. p. 23. ISBN 978-5-600-00463-4. Search this book on
  37. ↑ "Meganom • Public Space". meganom.moscow. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  38. ↑ "Strelka Unsettled: A New Future for Moscow's Most Neglected Architecture?". ArchDaily. 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  39. ↑ "Аудитория". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  40. ↑ "MARCH BOARD OF ADVISORS TO INCLUDE LEADING RUSSIAN ARCHITECTS". britishdesign.ru. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  41. ↑ "Tutors: Yury Grigorian". MARCH Architecture School. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  42. ↑ "MA in Architecture and Urbanism". march.ru (in русский). Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  43. ↑ "Мечта-река. Одичание". www.ec-a.ru. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
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  50. ↑ "Дворулица — Dvorulitsa". Дворулица. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  51. ↑ Bronovitskaya, Anna (2015). Architect Leonid Pavlov (in English and русский). Milan: Electa Architecture. ISBN 978-88-918-0570-6. Search this book on
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  53. ↑ "A story of the art of life. Round table and presentation of the book about the architect Alexandra Pavlova". garagemca.org. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  54. ↑ Dushkina, Natalya (2019). David. The Life of David Ashotovich Sarkisyan (in English and русский). Moscow: MGNM. ISBN 978-5-6040023-1-5. Search this book on
  55. ↑ "Round table dedicated to David Sarkisyan". garagemca.org. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  56. ↑ "The Moscow River Age". www.brokennature.org. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  57. ↑ Negatives (in English and русский). Moscow: MGNM. 2019. ISBN 978-5-6040023-2-2. Search this book on
  58. ↑ "Negatives". Галерея «Роза Азора» (in русский). Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  59. ↑ Orlova, Olga (2006). "Yury Grigoryan – an interview". orlova.cih.ru. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
  60. ↑ "Друзья Москвы-реки Moscow River Friends". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-03-21.


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