Asymptote Architecture has revealed renderings of their design for a new Contemporary branch of the Hermitage Museum, to be located adjacent to a new residential district in the area of the former ZIL automotive plant in Moscow. Presented at the V Saint Petersburg International Cultural Forum by Asymptote Co-founder and Design Partner Hani Rashid, the museum will house a collection of contemporary art from 20th and 21st centuries.

© Asymptote - Hani Rashid & Lise Anne Couture. Courtesy of Archcouncil of Moscow

Asymptote Architecture has revealed renderings of their design for a new Contemporary branch of the Hermitage Museum, to be located adjacent to a new residential district in the area of the former ZIL automotive plant in Moscow. Presented at the V Saint Petersburg International Cultural Forum by Asymptote Co-founder and Design Partner Hani Rashid, the museum will house a collection of contemporary art from 20th and 21st centuries.
© Asymptote - Hani Rashid & Lise Anne Couture. Courtesy of Archcouncil of Moscow

?ZIL will turn into not just a new city district with residential and commercial real estate but will also have a museum as a center of attraction for the city residents,? said Sergey Kuznetsov, Chief Architect of Moscow.The museum design has been separated chronologically ? lower levels have been designated for art from the first half of the 20th centur...