The work on this intentionally “not-designed” garden of the iconic house of Russian modernist architect Konstantin Melnikov is facilitated by the museum and local volunteers. In 2018-19 we designed a vegetable garden drawing plant lists from the museum archives: dairies, photos, paintings and oral memories of the architect's family. More planting is to follow next season.
Client: State Museum of Konstatin and Viktor Melnikov (the Melnikov House).
Archival research done by the Museum Team: Anna Kistanova, Dina Sakhno, Pavel Kuznetsov
Alphabet City Team: Anna Andreyeva, Alexandra Kormushina, Maria Ashkova, Anna Sodaz, Boris Kondakov
Volunteers: Faina Rogacheva, Alena Tolstikova, descendants of the architect Natalia & Kostya Melnikov, museum’s staff Nikolay & Oksana Melnik
The Museum Kiosk (reconstruction of the Mellnikov Shed): Alexander Brodsky Bureau and Bureau Rozhdestvenka
Special thanks: Pavel Kuznetsov, museums’ director, Elena Melnikova, granddaughter of the architect, Svetlana Andreyeva, Ekaterina & Alexander Zhukov, Wild Grasses Nursery, Anna Morozova, Nikolo-Lenivets Farm, Olga Malina, Tsvetochnaya Polyana Nursery.
Year built: 2018-19 (Stage I)
Area: 350 sq.m.