On the basis of one of Moscow oldest power plants HPP-2 will house a new Museum-образовательный complex of contemporary art

On the basis of one of Moscow oldest power plant HPP-2 on Bolotnaya embankment will house a new Museum and education center of modern art by Renzo Piano, the designer of the Pompidou Centre in Paris. The project has been presented on 7 October the mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobjanina@

it is planned To create Academy of contemporary art with a total area of 30 700 sq. m. providing for the restoration of cultural heritage — buildings of the Central power station of the city tram, renovation of buildings and new construction area of 11 100 sq m@

the Main emphasis in the space is to be laid on the training and the awakening of interest in modern culture. Educational orientation will correspond to an extensive exhibition programme. It is expected that the new complex will start till 2018 and will receive up to 750 thousand people in God@

Central power station of the city tram — later GES-2 was built in the years 1904-1908 by architect Bashkirov and was situated near the Small Stone bridge, on the Bank of a Drainage channel. Before the construction of the massive "House on embankment" the architecture of the composite plant was connected with the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and the Kremlin. In his works, the architect Bashkirov often turned to the motives of the neo-Russian style, the elements of which he used and in the treatment of the building facades elektrostantsii@

To its original form power plant complex continued to the late 1920s. Then throughout the twentieth century, the appearance of the station was subjected to repeated changes and have added new buildings, technological facilities, had lost the decoration of the facades and pointed turrets end with Kasami@

In November 2009 the building of hydroelectric power station-2 was granted the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional value "the Central electric station of the city tram, 1904-1908,, architect V. N. Bashkirov".

a decision on the decommissioning of the HPP-2 was adopted in 2006. The reason for the closure of the station has become a moral and physical wear of equipment, high cost of manufacture Energie@

Source: kultura.mos.ru