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Work on the restoration and adaptation of the building began in 2018. The key principle of the architects in working with the factory’s interior spaces was carefully identifying and conserving all of the surviving original elements of interior decoration in the form in which they were found. In other words, the restoration preserved all the various layers of time, showcasing not only the original constructivist architecture of the building, but also how the building has transformed due to operation processes, as well as shifts in eras and owners.
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Three residential towers have been built on the territory of the former bakery around the monument of constructivism. It was the close proximity to the building of the avant-garde era that predetermined the composition and architectural and planning solution of the multifunctional complex – the principle of ray composition is the basis of its master plan. The historic bakery building is interpreted as the central element of the entire composition, the counterpoint of the new pedestrian square.
On the first floor of the former breadfactory building one can see the original brickwork of the walls, in some places filled in with sand-lime bricks during the 1990s, and the concrete ceiling with its numerous "patches". The upper level has retained the cylinder of the former conveyor (its cladding of white glazed tiles observed at the time of restoration remains and the damaged places are marked by plaster) and the wood ceiling there is now painted with just a single-layer of white, which made it possible to show and emphasize the texture of wood and at the same time ensured the visual unity of the space which today serves as a lecture hall.
The basement floor of the former production building (the cylindrical building) now houses technical, utility and storage facilities (including the ventilation chamber, electrical panel room, storage, pump room, refrigeration system, etc.). On the ground floor there is a so-called forum – a universal common and exhibition space open to the public. Exhibition halls are located on the second and third floors. The nearly pillarless circular spaces allow for a wide range of possibilities for exhibiting works of art, including large-scale installations and sculptures, and transformable partitions will make it possible to implement exhibition projects of various sizes. Also significant is the fact that all utility communications have been placed under the floors and in the former conveyor cylinder area on the second and third floors, which made it possible to provide an optimal microclimate in the exhibition halls and at the same time preserve the original concrete coffered ceiling of the factory and make it part of the new museum’s interiors.
Today, the building of the automated bread factory No. 5 serves as the compositional center of a new multifunctional residential complex, one of the high-rise dominants of contemporary Moscow and as a key point of attraction.
SPEECH architectural office is one of the largest and most successful architectural companies in Russia. SPEECH creates residential and mixed-use buildings, urban design projects as well as cultural and exhibition projects which have been successfully completed in many cities of Russia and abroad. Many of projects by SPEECH have been awarded many Russian and international architectural awards.
