ARC / BERNASKONI

Architects: BERNASKONI
Location: Nikola-Lenivets, Kaluga Oblast, Russia
Project Team: Boris Bernaskoni, Alexander Schamenkov, Stas Subbotin, Ksenia Trofimova
Contractor : Alexey Kleymenichev, Srub fm
Area: 72 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Yuri Palmin

From the architect. ARC is an architectural and spatial research; it is built on the border between forest and field. It’s a hybrid that performs several functions: a portal, a triumphal arch, an observation deck, a bar, and a well.

You can climb up the spiral staircase. A narrow staircase with one stop in the “Artist’s room” goes downstairs. Every year the room space is transformed into an art installation.

ARC is made of six-meter board according to the principles of non-waste production. All cuttings are used as structural elements. ARC has a rectangular form both on the plan and facades, the portal has an acute angle cut, construction is painted in black.