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—10.02.2023
Rizhskaya metro station opened

Metro station Rizhskaya (Bolshaya Koltsevaya Line) was opened

—11.12.2022
Committee for Architecture and Urban Planning of Moscow approved the concept of a new club house Sminex-Inteko "Obydensky 1"

Committee for Architecture and Urban Planning of Moscow approved the concept of a new club house Sminex-Inteko "Obydensky 1"

—10.10.2022
Discovery Shopping Center becames the best mall on Arendator Awards 2022!

The project won a prestigious commercial real estate award.

—26.09.2022
Department stores

A department store in a shopping center is a whole world with the architecture based on its own canons.

—15.09.2022
Building of GEOLOG

Construction of the GEOLOG business center by Hutton Development is in progress on Obrucheva St. in Moscow.

—09.09.2022
The decoration of the "Rizhskaya" is 80% completed

Works on the architectural decoration of the Rizhskaya metro station in Moscow have been completed by 80%.

—20.07.2022
The St. Petersburg office of Blank Architects is working on HOLLYWOOD Shopping Center

This year St. Petersburg is waiting for one new shopping center - HOLLYWOOD, the architecture and interiors of which were created by Blank Architects team.

—19.07.2022
Shopping center "Vesna" renovation has been completed

The renovation of the shopping center "Vesna!" located on the Altufyevsky Highway has been completed according to our project: it includes the renovation of public spaces and food court.

—15.07.2022
New 4* hotel in Magadan in details

We found the architectural solution for the new 4* hotel project in Magadan in the harsh northern landscape – with its powerful rock breaks and stunning large-scale views.

—11.07.2022
Hotel in Agoy – new video about the project

The hotel complex in the Agoy Village of Tuapse district is one of our new, but already favorite projects.


Blank Architects strengthens the team

We invites chief, leading and landscape architects, and visualizer.

—27.06.2022
Discovery: grand opening

Discovery shopping center by developer MR Group has been opened in Moscow. The project became the first opened shopping center in the city since the beginning of 2022.

—14.06.2022
Blank Architects won at ArchMoscow

The Blank Architects team took part in the exhibition ArchMoscow 2022 — the main event of the architectural world, annually bringing together hundreds of professionals and experts.

—30.05.2022
Blank Architects at ArchMoscow

Blank Architects will present an exposition dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the bureau's at the exhibition "ArchMoscow 2022".

—23.05.2022
Blank Architects metro project was shortlisted

The project of the consortium BACE (Blank Architects and Clancy Engineering) for the Ostrov Mechty metro station became the finalist of the first stage of the International competition for the development of the architectural appearance of the Moscow Metro stations.

—12.05.2022
How the residential projects may look in future

How the residential projects may look in future and what are the architects ready to offer? The chief architect of Blank Architects projects, Dane Klyakovich, shared the opinion in the author's column for the Portal of Archsovet of Moscow on how the approach to the design of residential real estate will change.

—25.04.2022
Как новая турбулентность изменит торговые центры?

орговые центры в новых условиях закрытия международных брендов столкнулись с оттоком трафика, а эксперты предрекают рост вакансии.

—24.03.2022
New project in Sochi

Another hotel project by Blank Architects - this is a complex in the village of Maisky.

—17.02.2022
Rizhskaya station in progress

Look underground: at the station of BCL "Rizhskaya", which was designed be Blank Architects everything is already prepared for the installation of arched structures.

—15.02.2022
"Tomorrow will come today" is now available on our website

"Tomorrow will come today" is a research and manifesto dedicated to changes in the architecture of the housing in future and our ideas about how we see really comfortable modern homes.

—08.02.2022
Blank Architects made a masterplan concept for the Prokshino cluster in Moscow

Blank Architects has developed the concept of a masterplan for the Prokshino sports and event cluster in Prokshino, Moscow, - a unique project for Russia. The project includes cultural and sports facilities, an event venue, a water park and a 100 m high slide.

—03.02.2022
Branding for NOVAMALL

For an umbrella brand of shopping centers NOVAMALL, we have created a logo, corporate identity and brandbook.

—27.01.2022
Branding

We create real estate projects at all points of contact with the audience: from architecture and landscaping to interior design, way finding and unique branding.

—12.01.2022
The Discovery shopping center by MR Group has been commissioned

The Discovery shopping center by MR Group has been commissioned in Moscow as part of the residential complex. We have created the concept of interiors and navigation in for the shopping area: finishing works and installation of lighting are continuing inside.

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Name
Location
Program
Status
Scale
Central Campus of Aalto University — Competition
Espoo
Program: Office, Mixed, Culture
Status: Completed
Scale: 50 000-100 000 sqm

—31.01.2013
Central Campus of Aalto University — Competition

With our design we aimed to create a hub for business, technology and art to come together and exchange ideas and thoughts in order to enhance the synergy between those branches.

We created a central space for the Ottaniemi neighborhood, a focal point not only for the Aalto University Campus but also for the whole district.

The urban atmosphere was kept in scale with the original Aalto masterplan and its surrounding buildings. The ‘hard’ square acts as a counterpart to the ‘soft’ square and provides a sensation of gatherings,
meetings, activities and relaxation.

Functional Idea — Communication

52 000 sq.m.

-Using local/regional construction materials (local
wood and Finnish granite cladding)

  • Using reclaimed wood / stone cladding
  • Waste collection with recycling

The main square guarantees a proper visualization of the University’s Main Building designed by Alvar Aalto and the new School of Art, Design and Architecture and also provides an entrance area to the campus for the incomers arriving by metro and cars. All the functions of the newly added buildings orrespond and connect to the existing functions, the commercial alley was designed opposite the shopping - pavilion at the east of the plot, the Lumen center connects to the Department of Information and Computer Science.

The design department of the new school is easily accessible by the Department of Wood Research and Mechanical Engineering laboratory. Our design provides lots of covered passages in order to enhance communication during the winter time as well.

The designed building consists of a podium structuren that formulates the sides of a square and incorporates the common, open to public functions such a learning center, exhibition area, a campus information point, a canteen and a main school loop that overhangs and centers all the school departments.

Interior — Path

6 floors

  • Green roofs – rainwater and temperature bufferip>
  • Rainwater harvesting for watering plants
  • Graywater reuse for flushing toilets
  • Water-efficient bathroom faucets

A communication and activities ‘path’ strolls through all the departments and ascends from the main entrance hall to the top level with a cafe from which to view Aalto and descends back to the sculpture courtyard. It organizes the departments and provides a wide range of possibilities for encounters, informal meetings, discussions and integration of all building users and its visitors.

The ‘path’ as a communication route has been designed in a way that exhibits the best aspects of the building and its surroundings. Also steps interlocking with sitting podiums, ramps, and a travolator provide many diversified sensations while moving around.

At every level where the path intersects open spaces such as mini-squares are provided. They are surrounded with generic use functions and with common access while departments’ specialized spaces are located a bit to the side in order to guarantee restricted access.