Alexander Sawwitsch Brodski

Alexander Brodski (2009)

Alexander Sawwitsch Brodski ( Russian Алекса́ндр Са́ввич Бро́дский , scientific transliteration Aleksandr Savvič Brodskij , internationally often also Alexander Brodsky; born May 9, 1955 in Moscow ) is a Russian architect and artist .

life and work

Brodski was born on May 9, 1955 in Moscow in a family of artists (son of Sawwa Grigoryevich Brodski ). 1968–1969 he was a student at a middle school specializing in art . In 1978 he graduated from the Moscow Architecture Institute . He achieved international fame from the late 1970s onwards through participation in architecture competitions and the publication of architectural designs that were not built. He is considered one of the main representatives of Soviet paper architecture - together with Ilya Utkin , he is the author of numerous utopian architectural designs. After 1991 he emigrated to the USA, where he made numerous drawings and sculptures as an artist . In 1999, however, he returned permanently to Moscow, where he has lived and worked ever since. He has been running his own architecture office in Moscow since 2000 . Because of his imaginative, extraordinary designs, Brodski is considered to be one of the most colorful and well-known contemporary Russian architects.

Most important buildings

• Restaurant "95 °", near Moscow, 2000.
• "Uliza OGI" bar / restaurant, Moscow (interior work), 2002.
• "Apshu" bar / restaurant, Moscow (interior work), 2003.
• Vodka Ceremony Pavilion, near Moscow, 2003.
• Conversion of a former spirits factory into the "Winzavod" art and culture center, Moscow, 2005–2006.
• Single-family house near Tarussa , Russia, 2006.
• Bus stop building as part of the BUS: STOP project in Krumbach (Vorarlberg) , 2014.

Works of art in the collections of

• Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow .
• Museum of Modern Art, New York .
• German Architecture Museum, Frankfurt am Main .
• Duke University Museum of Art, Durham , USA .
• Nancy and Norton Dodge collection, Zimmerly Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA .

Solo exhibitions

• 2015 : Alexander Brodsky - Works. Museum for Architectural Drawing , Berlin
• 2006 : Solo exhibition in the Russian Pavilion. Architecture Biennale. Venice
• 1997 : "Vanishing points" ("Точки исхода"). Shchusev Architecture Museum, Moscow .
• 1997 : "Futurofobia". M. Gelman Gallery. Moscow .
• 1996 : "Visible Parts". R. Feldman Gallery. New York .
• 1996 : "Canal Street Subway Project". New York .
• 1995 : «Utopian sewerage» («Утопическая канализация»). Gallery «Rijina». Moscow .

Selected awards

• 1988 - 1st prize (architecture), "East Meets West in Design". Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, USA.
• 1987 - Special Prize, Central Glass Company Competition: "The Intelligent Market", Tokyo, Japan.
• 1986 - 2nd prize, Central Glass Company Competition: "A Glass Monument to the year 2001", Tokyo, Japan.
• 1985 - 2nd prize, Shinkenchiku Competition: "Bulwark of Resistance", Tokyo, Japan.
• 1984 - 2nd Prize, Central Glass Company Competition: "Crystal Palace", Tokyo, Japan.
• 1983 - 3rd Prize, Shinkenchiku Competition: "A Dwelling with Historism and Localism", Tokyo, Japan.
• 1982 - 1st prize, Central Glass Company Competition "Crystal Palace", Tokyo, Japan.
• 1978 - 2nd prize (together with G. Solopov), OISTT Competition: "Theater for Future Generations", Paris, France.

Web links

• Kirsten Angermann: Paper architects, in: ModerneREGIONAL 16.3
• Exhibition with drawings by Alexander Brodski, Shchusev Architecture Museum, Moscow
• Bureau Alexander Brodsky Web presence of the architectural office of Alexander Brodski.
• Videos by and about Alexander Sawwitsch Brodski in the AV portal of the Technical Information Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ First enjoyment of art, then bus connection in FAZ of July 30, 2015, page R4