In an effort to define a new function of residents’ co-working space at Dom Tvorchestva Peredelkino, the Client came up with the moniker “Literary Kitchen”, thus drawing, albeit ironically, a parallel between the premises’ history and the present day.
Project Name: Co-working at Peredelkino
Studio Name: Blockstudio
Realization: 2023.
Total area: 226 sq.m.
Authors:
Ivan and Natalia Trofimov, main architects
Daria Gladunova – Kapitonova, architect
Photograph: Daniel Annenkov
Previously, the premises in question had used to be a canteen.
In dealing with the post-Soviet heritage, we sought to preserve not only the artefacts that captured the spirit of the place, but the physical space inherent in the historic architectural design and plenty of natural light flooding the premises through big, typically Soviet, double frame windows.
With the help of pillar bookshelves that created a new grid of axes, we repurposed the original architectural space creating a new function.
