Moesk Control Center / Arch-group + ABTB

Jul 2009

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Featured , Interiors , Selected , ABTB, Arch-group, Russia

Architects: Arch-group + ABTB
Location: Moscow, Russia
Project team: Krymov M. D., Gorjainov A.V., Bashkaev T.I
Client: Moscow United electricity network company
Total area: 1,500 sqm
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Arch-group

This is project of the reconstruction of the network control centre of electricity- distribution company MOESK. The main space is the control room. There in a space of 320 m2 the we placed a two-level podium made of corian with workstations for six controllers and a wall of video screens. The wall consists of 36 Barco video cubes showing info on the condition of the electricity network.

Other space is decorated laconically. Such decision and dark floor have underlined the dynamical form of a snow-white podium. The wall finish Is perforated BILDEX. The luminescent lamps hidden behind the translucent ceiling – light up the space. Powerful projectors are turned to the workstations.

: floor plan

: section

: podium plan

: podium details

: wall details

: video wall details

32 comments »

spazzo says:

This is incredible! It looks like a rendering, even the way the shadows are casted. But it’s not! The exposed wires are a giveaway. We’ve been duped

# July 16, 2009 at 23:58

André says:

creepy!.. and amazing!

# July 17, 2009 at 00:28

Troy Lemieur says:

Some of them are renders and some aren’t. :(

# July 17, 2009 at 00:43

It doesn’t look like they built the sweet floating conference room.

# July 17, 2009 at 00:44

Architect says:

Thanks for your interest to our project ))
Variant with “sweet floating conference room” is our first proposal, other pictures are photos of realisation. Its construction was completed 2 months ago.

# July 17, 2009 at 04:30

abraham says:

It sure does look like a rendering!

# July 27, 2009 at 12:27

shigeru ban says:

this are all renderings!!!!
what a shame .. do architects need to lie in such a way …?

# July 17, 2009 at 04:36

Terry Glenn Phipps says:

First of all, if your Shigeru Ban then I am Frank Lloyd Wright. Maybe you want to think about posting in your own name rather than defaming Mr. Ban?

The mix of renderings and photographs is confusing. As it so happens I much prefer the project as built to the SPECTRE / Ken Adam version which just seems unnecessary. Also, for what this Corian megalith had to cost, it does seem that something could have been done about cable management. Those details would have made this a far more forceful project.

Terry Glenn Phipps
http://web.me.com/tgphipps

# July 17, 2009 at 05:11

Corian podium whith corian tables and metal legs costed aprox. 90000$. Cable managment was provided by demountable panels of podium and legs.

# July 17, 2009 at 05:22

This is really funny ). If you look at detailes on pictures, like perphoration (which was done awful), wires, dust, blindes e.t.c you can see difference between photo and rendering. Also we can provide photos of process of construction here http://narod.ru/disk/11017585000/photos.rar.html
Try to render this! ))

# July 17, 2009 at 05:17

hj says:

where’s dr.Evil?

# July 17, 2009 at 06:19

William Bell says:

Is this the set for the next Star Trek?
Nice work J.J. Abrams!

# July 17, 2009 at 06:47

Claudius says:

It’s more James Bond like…

# July 20, 2009 at 15:27

polarion says:

eeee…ours rulezzzzzz )))

# July 17, 2009 at 07:37

PanamArq says:

guarantee you this will be in the next bond movie!
this is a question for architect. why is there so much room for so few computers? i know the screen is big, but there is so much extra space behind the workstations, is this for future expansion?

# July 17, 2009 at 08:43

this is main room in large building of company, which controlls all electricity in Moscow. In this room 6 people working 24/7. Working group will not expand, but space is needed for groups of high ranked visitors.

# July 17, 2009 at 09:00

Lite says:

Agreed.
This looks like a tv scenario set.
Too artificial, dark and cold.

# July 17, 2009 at 09:22

mad hatter says:

Oh my, at some point someone’s going to drive in on a black mobility scooter and start plotting world destruction. As soon as we catch a glimpse of the fluffy white cat its all over.
Well it suits, it is in Moscow after all…

# July 17, 2009 at 10:04

Mookie Wilson says:

The whole point of the doomsday machine is lost . . . if you keep it a secret! Why didn’t you tell the world, ay?!

# July 17, 2009 at 10:11

sullka says:

Pretty cool!…simple yet cool.

It does looks like a movie set, actually it reminds me of Men In Black.

Nice.

# July 17, 2009 at 10:31

Timothy says:

James Bond revisited!

# July 17, 2009 at 10:37

yosh says:

I can’t understand how they gonna change lamps behind the ceiling? Do they have to de-install the ceiling each time? Idon’t think it’s much reasonable decision..

# July 17, 2009 at 16:30

urko says:

The idea of lamps behind ceiling/wall surface is not original. The source is Novinsky Plaza entrace halls in Moscow by Art-Blya architects, with almost the same ‘free’ grouping of lamps. The halls have been done about 5-7 yers before, and the lighting is still alive. Obviuosly the screens can be moved away easily.

# July 20, 2009 at 04:08

Dan RS says:

Nice work

# July 20, 2009 at 07:21

In our project we have space behind the stretch ceiling system were people can walk and change lamps (You can see it on image № 7).
In Novinsky glass screens are used, so it is easy to remove them only by removing four screws

# July 20, 2009 at 10:57

patentpolice says: