The mysterious story of the relocation of the Moscow parliament to the Novo-Ekaterininsky hospital

The mysterious story of the relocation of the Moscow parliament to the Novo-Ekaterininsky hospital

On New Year's Eve, when Muscovites and their city are especially defenseless, builders hired under a state contract broke the law and demolished the old buildings of the Novo-Ekaterininskaya Hospital. On the site of three buildings, one of which is a mortuary, a company subordinate to the FSO was supposed to build a new building for the deputies of the Moscow City Duma. But something went wrong.

Today, when two months are left before the elections to the capital's parliament, the deputies suddenly decided that they could make room and started repairs at home.

While parquet is being laid within the walls of the Moscow City Duma and expensive furniture is being purchased, construction on Strastnoy Boulevard continues to boil. It seems that the deputies will have to choose - to continue their work in close quarters, but not offended, on Petrovka, or to move to the Novo-Ekaterininsky hospital - but with a scandal.

Correspondents of "Novaya" went to the construction site to figure out where the "housing problem" leads.

Behind the green grid

A mustachioed guard with a big belly slowly crawls out of the booth and moves towards us. "What you are doing?" he asks, not expressing a single emotion on his face. “Just filming,” we answer. “It’s not allowed here, it’s a strategic object,” he points to the video camera behind him and turns around to leave.

We do not give up: every person has his weak points, even a Chopovite. “You work a lot…” – we anxiously throw after him. “Yes-ah-ah, around the clock,” he brightens up, “on holidays and weekends ... We hurry. Construction must be completed by September. "What will happen here?" we ask, as if by chance. "Mosgorduma" - says the watchman.

In order to assemble the pieces of the puzzle into a general picture, we go around the building from the side of Uspensky Lane. The guards at the checkpoint mistake us for hospital patients. One of them, which is more chatty, starts a conversation: “Doctors will not return here. Deputies from the Moscow City Duma will sit in their place.” We are interested in demolition. At first the guard says that there was no demolition. Then he admits: there was, but insignificant.

We walk further along Uspensky Lane, climb the fence and see a six-story panel building. If you do not have a plan in front of you, then you will not immediately understand what is happening here. But we have a plan. We peer and understand: three buildings of the historical ensemble have been demolished - a morgue, a laundry room and a garage. In their place, a rectangular administrative building was erected, next to it is another, smaller one - the entrance to the underground parking.

perestroika

The building of the Moscow City Duma, where the current deputies sit, is located on the corner of Petrovka and Rakhmanovsky lane. Its buildings are united by a patio, where official foreign cars are parked and you can smoke. The new section is being refurbished today.

The furniture was packed in oilcloth and taken out into the corridor, the carpet was torn off, the plasma screen in the conference room, which was designed strictly for the previous 35 seats, was filled with paint. Where previously there were halls with paintings and soft sofas, steel frames have been installed - the future walls of the offices of the Moscow City Duma apparatus.

The seal is associated with the fact that in September, instead of 35 deputies, 45 deputies will be elected. That is, at least ten personal offices for deputies and premises for their assistants (and there are six of them for each deputy) will have to be created out of nowhere. The city budget has already allocated 20 million rubles for the reconstruction of the Moscow City Duma. Half of them will go to the purchase of furniture. The cost of a deputy chair will be 24,000 rubles, a chair - 27 (!) thousand rubles.

At the end of 2012, information appeared in the media about the likely relocation of the Moscow City Duma to a new building. Anonymous sources in the Duma and the Moscow government reported that the deputies would be accommodated in a historic building on Strastnoy Boulevard. First, the chairman of the Moscow City Duma, Vladimir Platonov, denied these rumors (“No official documents were received by the Moscow City Duma on this matter, and the Duma did not make any decisions”), then, in July 2013, he admitted that an administrative building was being built specifically for deputies on the territory of the hospital. building.

However, in the editorial office of Novaya there is a document (with a seal, signature and imprint), according to which, back in December 2012, Platonov negotiated with the Deputy Mayor of Moscow, Petr Biryukov, about moving to Strastnoy Boulevard. In particular, he asked the official, in connection with the tight deadlines for the execution of work, “to assist in speeding up the receipt of technical specifications, approvals in the design, performance of work on the removal of networks, etc.”.

They are the power here

Everything happened very quickly.

On December 26, 2012, the "tolerable" commission (its full name is the "Commission under the Government of Moscow to consider the implementation of urban planning activities within the boundaries of places of interest and zones of protection of cultural heritage objects", but the short popular name reflects the essence much better) decided to demolish several buildings on the territory of the Novo-Ekaterininsky hospital.

In the early morning of January 1, 2013, the "outbuildings" were demolished. Including the "morgue, laundry and garage", which, according to the deputy head of the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage Alexei Yemelyanov, were not of particular historical value, but their study could "strongly slow down construction work."

But if they really were so insignificant, why was it necessary to demolish them on New Year's Eve?

Is it because building 4 (the anatomical theatre), which is also the economic building of the estate, built in 1828, according to the documents of 1998, was an architectural monument (the head doctor of the hospital even signed a separate security obligation dedicated to him)? That buildings 4 and 8 - in accordance with the decree of the Moscow government adopted in 2010 - were "objects of the historical urban environment", which also cannot be demolished?

But most importantly, the construction of huge buildings made of glass and concrete in the protected zones of monuments (the fact that the main building of the estate is a monument is beyond doubt even among the capital's officials and parliamentarians) is prohibited. Categorically.

And if nothing was going to be built, then there would be no need to demolish it.

“I still reproach myself for not being better prepared for that December meeting,” says Konstantin Mikhailov, coordinator of the Arkhnadzor city protection organization. - Then the officials did not say a word either about the 2010 decree, which prohibited both demolitions and construction on this territory, or about the fact that the demolished buildings are valuable objects of the historical and urban environment. I learned about all this after that New Year's Eve ...

A couple of interesting facts. On the agenda of that meeting, the need for demolitions was justified not by new construction, but by the need for restoration. A discussion of the fate of the architectural ensemble was cut from the video of the meeting, published on the website of the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage.

How much is Duma

On October 18, Moscow Property State Unitary Enterprise (which had the complex of the Novo-Ekaterininskaya Hospital in operational management) concluded a general contract "for the performance of restoration work with the adaptation of historical buildings <...> for an administrative building with elements of new construction" with FSUE "Ateks" FSO Russia. And the next day (October 19), "Moscow Property" applied to the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage for permission to demolish the "extra" buildings, which became the basis for bringing the issue to the "tolerable" commission.

As can be seen from the name of the contract, the general contractor was supposed not only to restore the main building of the estate and recreate the park on its territory, but also to erect two new buildings - a huge six-story administrative building, frighteningly similar to the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, and another building, which, judging by everything, will be used as an entrance to the underground parking. The parking lot, in turn, will be connected by an underground passage to the main building of the historic estate.

The price of the issue under the contract exceeds three billion rubles, and about half of this amount should be spent on new construction.

However, three billion is not the final price of the issue. The cost of the work "is subject to adjustment after receiving the conclusion of the state examination of the design and estimate documentation," is listed in paragraph 3 of the general contract.

Novaya's sources in the construction industry of the capital believe that the real cost of restoration and new construction work could amount to 6-7 billion rubles.

To make it clear what kind of investments we are talking about: at the time of the start of construction, the cost of the Kazan Arena, a universal football stadium for 45,000 spectators, was estimated at seven billion rubles. True, when the main part of its construction was completed, the cost of the stadium rose to 14.4 billion - that is, more than twice.

change

For the architect Stanislav Maltsev, the story of the Novo-Ekaterininskaya Hospital began even earlier. A few years ago, the city authorities signed a contract with the architectural workshop of Maltsev to create a project for the restoration of the estate with its adaptation to the location of the central registry office.

— We have carried out the whole range of research studies, prepared a restoration project “to the nail” and fully agreed on it. The object of protection was also agreed upon, a document on the basis of which contracts of protection obligations are concluded with users of the monument and for the violation of which the user is criminally liable. All this took a year and a half of intense, painstaking work.

While Stanislav was waiting for the project to be implemented, representatives of the Moscow City Duma came to him. According to Maltsev, he was offered to make changes to the project: instead of the historical 10,000 square meters of development, to agree on ... 30,000.

- I tried to explain that it is impossible to build on the territory of the monument, that this is a criminal offense. In short, we did not find a common language.

And some time later, driving along Strastnoye, Maltsev noticed that work was underway at the facility.

- On the explanatory plate, it was actually written that they were being carried out according to my project - the number and code of the agreement coincided. But in the line "Author's supervision" it was not Maltsev's workshop, but "Mosproekt-2". I began to call, find out and found out that an agreement was also concluded with them for the development of a restoration project. And in the part that concerned specifically the restoration, it turned out to be surprisingly similar to ours - up to errors and typos. And while we were figuring it all out, the plate on the fence of the construction site changed - there was already only data relating to Mosproekt-2.

- While it was about the registry office, - Stanislav continues, - the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage and other authorities took a very tough, but absolutely correct position. Not only ground parking was excluded from our project, but even six separate parking spaces next to the existing driveway on the estate.

And now - new construction and underground parking.

According to a source in the Moscow Architecture Committee, the chief architect of the capital, Sergei Kuznetsov, also had a hand in the construction of the new parliamentary center. He put his hand - in the truest sense. On the drawing of the main facade of the building is his signature, and in the column "Head of the team of authors."

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Mosproekt-2 received about 170 million rubles for the development of the restoration project “with elements of new construction”. However, for the past year and a half, Stanislav Maltsev has been suing the organization - he believes that the restoration project was simply stolen from his workshop.

“For me, this lawsuit is not an attempt to make money or assert myself. I sue all restorers, no matter how pathetic it may sound, - explains Maltsev. “Mosproekt-2 lawyers are now trying to prove in court that restoration work is not covered by copyright. And there is no copyright, and there is no influence on the general contractor.

According to Maltsev, architectural supervision in construction or restoration is the only real way to control contractors today. If the work is done poorly, the author-architect simply does not sign certain documents, and that's it - the builders will have to redo everything.

“There is a scientific restoration, and there is an economic method for building garage cooperatives in Mitin,” architect Elena Maltseva, Stanislav's wife, is indignant. - What is happening in Novo-Ekaterininskaya is an economic method. We examined almost every brick ... And now the builders break everything, and then in the wildest way they make formwork from profiled sheets and pour concrete. No, they don't even build garages like that anymore.

In the case of restoration, architectural supervision is very important not only in terms of ensuring the quality of work, but also for financial reasons.

Specialists in the technical supervision of the restoration told us that the restoration always costs 5-10 times more than new construction, this is due to the complexity of the work. And most contractors will strive to make them somehow "simpler" and cheaper. They usually remember that the building on which they were working is an architectural monument only when they submit an estimate for examination ... The difference between the estimated cost of the work and the real one simply goes into their pocket.

In 2010, the head of the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage, Alexander Kibovsky, told reporters that a project had been prepared to restore the building of the Novo-Ekaterininskaya Hospital to accommodate the Wedding Palace, but this project was abandoned due to its high cost - five billion rubles. The current restoration project will cost two billion rubles less ...

This was another argument to insist on the creation of a "parliamentary center", which, let us recall, so far officially costs a little more than three billion.

“But you understand,” continues Maltsev, “the restoration of one building cannot cost more than the restoration and construction of a new one.

So we are waiting for the final amount.

In the dry matter

Six floors of the building of the new Moscow City Duma, built on the territory of an old estate, are already visible from Strastnoy Boulevard. It is not necessary to hope that the Moscow authorities will recognize the illegality of their own actions to coordinate demolitions and construction and decide to dismantle the new building.

Questions remain open: how much the city will pay for this, and whether it made sense to start construction and cripple the monument if the Moscow City Duma eventually: a) repairs its own building; b) goes over to public principles (deputies of the new convocation will work only six days a month)? We believe Muscovites will find out the answers to them in the very near future.

Zinaida BURSKAYA, Diana KHACHATRYAN

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The first options for moving the Moscow City Duma

In 2008, the Moscow City business center was considered as an option for relocation. The Moscow authorities planned to build a complex of administrative buildings of the mayor's office and the Moscow City Duma there, but the project was frozen due to funding problems.

In 2012, it became known about the intention of the Moscow City Duma to buy the building of the Morskoy Dom business center in Rakhmanovsky Lane, but due to the high cost, the idea was not implemented.

History of the Novo-Ekaterininsky Hospital

The Novo-Ekaterininskaya Hospital is a monument of early Moscow classicism, which is located on the corner of Petrovka Street and Strastnoy Boulevard. The building was built in 1776 according to the project of Matvey Kazakov for the prince, real secret adviser Sergei Gagarin as his city estate. In 1802, the Gagarins sold the estate to the English Club, which held its receptions and meetings here for ten years. The house burned down in 1812, and after restoration work under the direction of Osip Bove, the Novo-Ekaterininskaya Hospital was opened in the building in 1833. In Soviet times, the main building continued to house the hospital, which received the name "City Clinical Hospital No. 24" after the Great Patriotic War. In 2009, the building passed into the city's ownership, and the hospital was transferred to Pistsovaya Street. In 2008, the then mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, signed a decree on the reconstruction of the building into the Wedding Palace, but this decision was not executed.

Direct speech

Sergei Sobyanin's press secretary, Gulnara Penkova, advised us to turn to the "primary source" - the Moscow City Duma for comments on the relocation of deputies: "In my opinion, this topic with the Novo-Ekaterininsky hospital is closed. There have been many comments on this subject.

Nikolay Figurovsky, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Moscow City Duma:

— Construction is underway on the territory of the complex of the former Novo-Ekaterininskaya hospital. Official decisions regarding the fact that the Moscow City Duma will move there have not been announced. Sobyanin during an interview said that a decision on this would be made in September. A sign is now hanging at the Novo-Ekaterininskaya Hospital stating that an administrative and office building is being built on the territory, it does not say that this is a complex of buildings for the Moscow City Duma. The decision to move, taking into account the words of Sobyanin, will apparently be made as this complex is put into operation. I don't know how ready he is. It may not be completed by September.

Chairman of the Moscow City Duma Vladimir Platonov refused to comment, believing that Mr. Figurovsky had already told us everything we needed.

Answers of the press service of the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage to questions from Novaya Gazeta

- How will the Novo-Ekaterininsky hospital complex be used after restoration?

- The issue of further use of the complex is beyond the competence of the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage. On this issue, you can contact the Department of City Property of the City of Moscow, about which the representatives of Novaya Gazeta were informed in the working order earlier.

- When should the restoration of the ensemble be completed? What is its cost?

- According to the information available in the Department of Cultural Heritage of the City of Moscow, the estimated completion date for the restoration is September 2014. Restoration work is being carried out at the expense of the State Unitary Enterprise "Moscow Property", the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage has no benchmarks for the cost of work.

— Is new construction being carried out on the territory of the ensemble at present (the territory of the monument was approved by the Decree of the Government of Moscow No. 907 dated 05.10.2010)? Is it legal?

— There is no new construction on the territory of the monument.

— Who is currently supervising the restoration of the monument? Does the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage have any complaints about the quality of the work performed?

- Restoration work is carried out by the general contractor FSUE "Atex" of the Federal Security Service of Russia by the subcontractor organization OOO "Stroykomplekt" under the supervision of the State Unitary Enterprise "Mosproekt-2 named after. M.V. Posokhin" represented by the chief architect of the project A.V. Molotkova. There are currently no claims to the quality of restoration work.

- As far as Novaya Gazeta knows, a few years ago, the Maltsev Architectural Workshop prepared a project for the restoration and adaptation of this object to accommodate the central registry office, the project was approved by the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage. In this connection, the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage refused to implement it? Were the materials of this project transferred to Mosproekt-2 im. M.V. Posokhin"?

— All project documentation for carrying out work to preserve the Objects, developed by the State Unitary Enterprise Mosproekt-2 named after. M.V. Posokhin”, agreed in accordance with the conclusions of the state historical and cultural expertise.

Draft design for the restoration of the object at the address: Strastnoy Boulevard, 15/29 developed by Maltsev Architectural Workshop LLC as part of the implementation of the Moscow Government Decree No. 2363-RP dated October 10, 2008 address: Strastnoy Boulevard, 15/29, bldg. 1 (Central Administrative District of Moscow)”, approved by the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage in December 2010. Further adaptation of the facility was planned for celebrations of marriages.

In 2012, the objects were transferred to the State Unitary Enterprise "Moscow Property", by order of which workshop No. 13 of the State Unitary Enterprise "Mosproekt-2 named after. M.V. Posokhin” a new preliminary design of restoration was developed with a change in the architectural solutions of the facades of the cultural heritage site at the address: Strastnoy Boulevard, 15/29, building 1 in comparison with previously agreed ones. The project, approved by the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage on May 16, 2013, provides for the adaptation of the Facility to accommodate the Moscow City Duma.

Thus, the initial restoration project developed by the Maltsev Architectural Workshop LLC with adaptation to accommodate the Main Wedding Palace, and the new project developed by the State Unitary Enterprise Mosproekt-2 im. M.V. Posokhin” with adaptation for the placement of the Moscow City Duma, are completely different projects in terms of functional content, with a change in the architectural design of the facades of the Object.

Additional information provided by the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage:

On May 16, 2013, the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage approved a project for the restoration of a cultural heritage site of federal significance “Catherine’s Hospital at the Petrovsky Gates (Gagarin’s House), 1774-1776, architect. M.F.Kazakov, early 19th century, arch. O.I. Bove.

On October 24, 2013, the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage approved the project of adapting the object of cultural heritage of federal significance “Catherine’s Hospital at the Petrovsky Gates (Gagarin’s house), 1774-1776, architect. M.F.Kazakov, early 19th century, arch. O.I. Bove.

On November 28, 2013, the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage approved the project documentation for the preservation of the identified cultural heritage sites “Temple in the name of St. blg. Prince Alexander Nevsky in the courtyard of the New Catherine's Hospital near the Petrovsky Gates, 1836, 1872, architect. A.A. Nikiforov, 1876 and "Fence on the street. Petrovka, con. XVIII-early XIX centuries, 1973, arch. E.E. Nasedkin.

On March 28, 2014, the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage approved a project for the restoration and adaptation of the identified object of cultural heritage "Wing, XIX century." at the address: Uspensky lane, 14, building 2.