The Hospital Town of «the First Garden City in Russia» near Prozorovka: the History of Design and Construction (1912-1930)
The article is devoted to the buildings of the hospital town an implemented fragment of one of the most famous town planning projects of early 20th century. «The first Garden City in Russia» at Prozorovka (now Kratovo), which was to include not only the hospital town, but a set of other major pub...
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an implemented fragment of one of the most famous town planning projects of early 20th century. «The first Garden City in Russia» at Prozorovka (now Kratovo), which was to include not only the hospital town, but a set of other major public buildings, was designed by civil engineer V. N. Semyonov, by order of the Board of Directors of Joint-stock company of the Moscow-Kazan Railway for this company employees. The initiator of the project was the Chairman of The Board of Directors N.K. von Meck. The article on base on a wide range of archival sources, recreates the history of designing the hospital town in 1912-1913 and contains previously unknown facts and materials. Among these materials is the original project of the hospital town (primary drawings of this project published in the article the first time) and the discussions papiers of the project in the Ministry of Railways in 1913. It also provides information about the construction process of the buildings of the hospital town in 1915-1918. For the first time on archival documents is fixed the condition of buildings at the time of completion of the first constructions phase in 1918. Special attention is paid to the hospital complex fate in 1924-1930, when the buildings were rebuilt and adapted for accommodation of the tuberculosis sanatorium of Cusstrah No. 1. The revealed papiers make it possible to understand how during completing of the buildings in the second half of the 1920s, there preserves neoclassical facades, designed by architect A.I. Tamanov (Tamanyan) in 1913. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-271800217efd40cfb725c0451a8346f92022-12-21T18:28:36ZrusRussian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences (RAACS)Academia: Архитектура и строительство2077-90382018-06-01210.22337/2077-9038-2018-2-40-49The Hospital Town of «the First Garden City in Russia» near Prozorovka: the History of Design and Construction (1912-1930)Yulia D. Starostenko0Senior researcher of the branch of FGBU "TsNIIP Minstroy of Russia" Research Institute of Theory and History of Architecture and Urban Development (111024, Moscow, Dushinskaya st, 9. NIITIAG)The article is devoted to the buildings of the hospital town an implemented fragment of one of the most famous town planning projects of early 20th century. «The first Garden City in Russia» at Prozorovka (now Kratovo), which was to include not only the hospital town, but a set of other major public buildings, was designed by civil engineer V. N. Semyonov, by order of the Board of Directors of Joint-stock company of the Moscow-Kazan Railway for this company employees. The initiator of the project was the Chairman of The Board of Directors N.K. von Meck. The article on base on a wide range of archival sources, recreates the history of designing the hospital town in 1912-1913 and contains previously unknown facts and materials. Among these materials is the original project of the hospital town (primary drawings of this project published in the article the first time) and the discussions papiers of the project in the Ministry of Railways in 1913. It also provides information about the construction process of the buildings of the hospital town in 1915-1918. For the first time on archival documents is fixed the condition of buildings at the time of completion of the first constructions phase in 1918. Special attention is paid to the hospital complex fate in 1924-1930, when the buildings were rebuilt and adapted for accommodation of the tuberculosis sanatorium of Cusstrah No. 1. The revealed papiers make it possible to understand how during completing of the buildings in the second half of the 1920s, there preserves neoclassical facades, designed by architect A.I. Tamanov (Tamanyan) in 1913.http://aac.raasn.ru/article/view/32garden city, hospital, sanatorium, Neoclassicism |
| spellingShingle | Yulia D. Starostenko The Hospital Town of «the First Garden City in Russia» near Prozorovka: the History of Design and Construction (1912-1930) Academia: Архитектура и строительство garden city, hospital, sanatorium, Neoclassicism |
| title | The Hospital Town of «the First Garden City in Russia» near Prozorovka: the History of Design and Construction (1912-1930) |
| title_full | The Hospital Town of «the First Garden City in Russia» near Prozorovka: the History of Design and Construction (1912-1930) |
| title_fullStr | The Hospital Town of «the First Garden City in Russia» near Prozorovka: the History of Design and Construction (1912-1930) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Hospital Town of «the First Garden City in Russia» near Prozorovka: the History of Design and Construction (1912-1930) |
| title_short | The Hospital Town of «the First Garden City in Russia» near Prozorovka: the History of Design and Construction (1912-1930) |
| title_sort | hospital town of the first garden city in russia near prozorovka the history of design and construction 1912 1930 |
| topic | garden city, hospital, sanatorium, Neoclassicism |
| url | http://aac.raasn.ru/article/view/32 |
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