The monument to Prince Vladimir risks becoming restless – BFM.Ru

Now architects and gradozaschitniki opposed its placement on Borovitskaya area

Russian architects and gradozaschitniki sent a letter to the Government of the Russian Federation with a request to prevent the erection of the monument to Prince Vladimir on Borovitskaya area, reported on Wednesday “Interfax” in the social movement “Arhnadzor».

The drafters of the document expressed distrust RVIO conducted an online survey. “Internet poll for choosing a site for the monument, which refers to the initiator of this project RVIO, law has no legal force and should not affect the adoption of professional decisions, translating the complexity of expert tasks in the plane of the populist,” – said the authors of the letter.

The experts consider unacceptable to place a memorial on Borovitskaya area, as it would violate the historic urban landscape of the center of Moscow. “Multimeter figure on a pedestal, comparable to the height of high-rise building, inevitably come into conflict dissonant with the environment” – explain the authors of the letter.

They insist that “the town-planning activity in this area should not agreed Only national authorities in heritage protection, but also in the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. ” “The need for compliance with legal regimes on Borovitskaya area is the international requirements and obligations of Russia”, – they write.

See also: Prince Vladimir took place on Borovitskaya area Gradozaschitniki remind that the newly approved by the Government of the Russian Federation the project areas for protection of the Kremlin as a monument of federal importance and the World Heritage site, “registered” zero “(height, density, capital and ‘other “Construction) Regulations of this section, and change it due to the hasty decision to install the monument would be incorrect.” Also, the authors of the letter say that the site contains a multimeter cultural layer, “archaeological site which should be academic in nature, incompatible with the tight schedule the installation of the monument».

The document was signed by 80 professional architects, artists, restorers, historians.