ГЭС-2, June 2019
06/06/2019
Whilst I was in Moscow, I was super fortunate to visit the building site of ГЭС-2, which is going to be an amazing arts and culture hub, gallery, museum and venue for anything creative in the centre of Moscow. It's on the site of an old power station and storage vault (hit that link to read a better explanation of it all), but it's going to stretch right down to the river and also drastically improve the surrounding road infrastructure. I'm incredibly excited and proud to be involved in it, even in such a small capacity!
The scale of it all is mind-blowing. The main building is 38,000m2, and the vaults are 2,000m2, and there's between 600 and 1,500 people on site 24 hours a day.
The vaults
It's outside the site but I just like this picture. Lots of circles.
It was lunchtime when I visited so there were quite a few people chilling out on their own. Is street photography on a building site a thing?
These ceilings are amazing. They're concrete, but they're made by pressing wood into it as it dries, leaving an imprint. I love the effect.
Inside in the vaults
Yeah, street photography at building sites is a thing.
If I didn't have any other reason to go back to Moscow, I would go back just for this when it's open. I've seen the architect's renders and it's going to be amazing. I really believe it's going to be super important for art and culture in Moscow.