Tatlin’s Tower or The Monument to the Third International is a grand monumental building envisioned by the Russian artist and architect Vladimir Tatlin, but never built. It was planned to be erected in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, as the headquarters and monument of the Comintern (the third international).
Plans
Tatlin's Constructivist
tower was to be built from industrial materials: iron, glass and steel.
In materials, shape, and function, it was envisaged as a towering
symbol of modernity. It would have dwarfed the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The tower's main form was a twin helix
which spiraled up to 400 m in height, around which visitors would be
transported with the aid of various mechanical devices. The main
framework would contain four large suspended geometric
structures. These structures would rotate at different rates of speed.
At the base of the structure was a cube which was designed as a venue
for lectures, conferences and legislative meetings, and this would
complete a rotation in the span of one year. Above the cube would be a
smaller pyramid housing executive activities and completing a rotation
once a month. Further up would be a cylinder,
which was to house an information centre, issuing news bulletins and
manifestos via telegraph, radio and loudspeaker, and would complete a
rotation once a day. At the top, there would be a hemisphere for radio
equipment. There were also plans to install a gigantic open-air screen
on the cylinder, and a further projector which would be able to cast
messages across the clouds on any overcast day.[1][edit] Evaluations
The Monument is generally considered to be the defining expression of architectural constructivism,
rather than a buildable project. Even if the gigantic amount of
required steel had been available in revolutionary Russia, in the
context of housing shortages and political turmoil, there are serious
doubts about its structural practicality.[1]
[edit] Models
There is a model of Tatlin’s Tower at the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm, Sweden and at Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. A 1:42 model was built at The Royal Academy of Arts, London in November 2011.
[edit] Description
- Native name: Памятник III Интернационалу
- Location: Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
- Status: cancelled
- Constructed: 1920 - ?
- Building uses: monument, communications, conferences, government, other
- Structural types: other, flag, revolving floor, sign, truss
- Materials: glass, steel
- Height: 400 m (1,312 ft)
- It was designed to surpass the Eiffel Tower by a third part of its height.
- Architect: Vladimir Tatlin
- Team "Creative Collective": Iosif A. Meerzon, Pavel Vinogradov, Tevel Markovich Shapiro
- Its tilt is the same as Earth: 23.5 degrees.
- The cube was designed to host the congresses of the Third International and make a full rotation each year. The pyramid would make a spin in 30 days and would be the place for the bureaucracy. The thin cylinder was to revolve in a day and host a newspaper. A radio station was to be placed in the little dome at the top.
- Structure style: constructivism
Palace of the Soviets
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| Palace of the Soviets | |
|---|---|
Дворец Советов General information |
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| Status | Never built |
| Type | Government, monument, office |
| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Coordinates | 55°44′41″N 37°36′21″ECoordinates: 55°44′41″N 37°36′21″E Height |
| Antenna spire | 495 m (1,624 ft) |
| Roof | 415 m (1,362 ft) Technical details |
Floor count |
100 Design and construction |
Architect |
Boris Iofan, Vladimir Shchuko |
The Palace of the Soviets (Russian: Дворец Советов, Dvorets Sovetov) was a project to construct an administrative center and a congress hall in Moscow, Russia, near the Kremlin, on the site of the demolished Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. The architectural contest for the Palace of the Soviets (1931–1933) was won by Boris Iofan's neoclassical concept, subsequently revised by Iofan, Vladimir Shchuko and Vladimir Gelfreikh into a supertall skyscraper.
If built, it would have become the world's tallest structure of its
time. Construction started in 1937, and was terminated by the German invasion in 1941.
In 1941–1942, its steel frame was disassembled for use in
fortifications and bridges. Construction was never resumed. In 1958, the
foundations of the Palace were converted into what would become the
world's largest open-air swimming pool. The Cathedral was rebuilt in 1995–2000.[1]
A nearby subway station, built in 1935 as Palace of the Soviets station, was renamed Kropotkinskaya in 1957.
