From a letter to his wife Sophie (1925)
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I’m working on a project for the yacht club [iakhtkluba] on Lenin Hills, and have nearly finished with the basic layout. All of this has been resolved spatially, and I think from this something will result. […]
(8.1.1925)
[…] I’m not racking my brain over the technical aspects or the general problem, but over the art! […] When you look at the sketches now, you see that the most complicated thing is to make them simpler […]. I don’t think could explain it any more basically. The whole complex is located on a steep bank. Three large red horizontals — these are the terraces, corresponding to a lightning zigzag on the diagonal — with a serpentine passage connecting the upper and lower terraces. On the right at the bottom is a large hall. The roof doubles as a platform [tribuna] for viewers during the water regattas.
The basis for this work is the “PROUN” sketch, which I’ll draw for you later.
(8.13.1925)
Я работаю над проектом Ñхтклуба на ЛенинÑких горах, и Ñ Ð¾Ñновной планировкой у Ð¼ÐµÐ½Ñ ÑƒÐ¶Ðµ почти вÑе готово. Ð’Ñе Ñто решено проÑтранÑтвенно, и Ñ Ð´ÑƒÐ¼Ð°ÑŽ, из Ñтого что-то получитÑÑ. […]
(I-VIII-25)
[…] Я ломал голову не над техничеÑкой Ñтороной и не над общей проблемой, а над иÑкуÑÑтвом! […] Когда теперь Ñмотришь на ÑÑкизы, то видишь, что Ñамое Ñложное в том, чтобы Ñтать проще […]. Думаю, что более Ñлементарно Ñ Ð½Ðµ Ñмог бы Ñто изложить. ВеÑÑŒ ÐºÐ¾Ð¼Ð¿Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ñ€Ð°Ñположен на обрывиÑтом берегу. Три большие краÑные горизонтали — Ñто терраÑÑ‹, молние подобный зигзаг диагоналей — Ñерпантин перехода, ÑвÑзывающего верхние и нижние терраÑÑ‹. Справа внизу большой зал. Крыши — трибуны Ð´Ð»Ñ Ð·Ñ€Ð¸Ñ‚ÐµÐ»ÐµÐ¹ во Ð²Ñ€ÐµÐ¼Ñ Ð²Ð¾Ð´Ð½Ñ‹Ñ… регат.
Ð’ оÑнове Ñтой работы лежит «ПРОУл, ÑÑкиз которого Ñ Ñ‚ÐµÐ±Ðµ позже нариÑую.
(13-VIII-25)
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The contrast between old modernist design drawings, which are sometimes rather beautiful, and the actual buildings, which are often monuments to ugliness, never ceases to amaze me. Some architects should have become painters instead.
Many of them started their careers as painters: Le Corbusier, Theo van Doesburg, El Lissitzky, Zaha Hadid. The list goes on.
Too bad they drifted off into less suitable pursuits then.
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