Jakow Georgievich Tschernichow

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Water tower of the factory "Der rote Nagelschmied", architect: Jakow Tschernichow (1928)

Yakov Chernikhov ( Russian Яков Георгиевич Чернихов , born December 5 . Jul / 17th December  1889 greg. In pavlohrad , yekaterinoslav governorate , Russian Empire ; † 9. May 1951 in Moscow ) was an architect and designer of the Soviet Constructivism .

Life

Jakow Tschernichow studied from 1907 to 1914 painting and architecture at the art school in Odessa . In 1917 he completed the higher pedagogical courses at the Academy of Arts in Petrograd . In 1925 he finished his training at the Leningrad WChUTEIN . From 1930 he was the main architect in the Leningrad branch of the Giprochim project planning institute .

In the 1930s, Chernikhov taught at various architecture and engineering schools in Leningrad and Moscow.

During Stalinism, like many of his colleagues, he abandoned the functionalist formal language, but no longer carried out any projects. Chernichov also worked as a painter privately.

Publications (selection)

  • Iskusstvo načertenija (The Art of Design), 1927 (Russian).
  • Geometričeskogo čerčenija course (Geometric Drawing Course), 1928 (Russian).
  • Основы современной архитектуры (Basics of Modern Architecture), Leningrad 1930 (Russian).
  • Ornament , 1930 (Russian).
  • Construction of architectural and machine forms , 1931. (German). Reprint Wasmuth 1991.
  • 101 архитектурные фантазии (101 Architectural Fantasies), Leningrad 1933 (Russian).

Works (selection)

  • 1926 Foundry of the "Labor Banner" plant in Leningrad
  • 1928 Buildings in the “The Red Nail Blacksmith” plant in Leningrad
  • 1929 Beloreck metallurgical plant
  • 1929 competition design for the monument of Christopher Columbus in Santo Domingo (not realized)
  • 1931–32 department store in Lesnoi (Leningrad)
  • 1931–32 residential area in Petrozavodsk
  • 1934–41 series of abstract architectural designs Dworcy kommunisma (palaces of communism)

literature

  • Carlo Olmo / Alessandro de Magistris: Jakow Chernikhov: Soviet modernist architect. Documents and images from the archive of Aleksej and Dimitrij Chernikhov , Arnold, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-925369-46-5 .

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personal data
SURNAME Tschernichow, Jakow Georgievich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Чернихов, Яков Георгиевич
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian architect
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Pavlohrad
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1951
Place of death Moscow