Educational centre in ZILART
- location
- Russia, Moscow
- design
- 2025-2026
- site area
- 6.9 ha
- total area
- 21,487.7 m²
- number of students
- 1 475
- architects
- Anton Nadtochiy, Vera Butko, Petr Alimov, Anastasia Galutkina, Alexey Sorokin, Anna Vorobyeva, Olga Kozak, Ekaterina Kotlova, Maria Lyubinskaya, Ekaterina Treibaks
A new educational centre for 1,475 children is planned for the ZILART district in Moscow. Located on the edge of the ZIL-North development, the project brings together a kindergarten, school and public sports facilities within a dense high-rise residential neighbourhood. The building is conceived as one of the district’s key public facilities, reinforcing the main visual axes of the masterplan and extending the surrounding network of public spaces.
The project is based on a radial spatial structure organised around a central naturally lit atrium. A series of wings extends from this shared core, creating distinct areas for different age groups while connecting them through a continuous system of circulation, recreation spaces and visual links. This configuration allows a substantial programme to be accommodated on a relatively compact site while bringing daylight deep into the building. The curved geometry gives the complex its distinctive form and creates a sequence of courtyards between the wings.
The kindergarten occupies the northern part of the site and is arranged as a three-storey volume around a shared vertical recreation space. The youngest children are located on the ground floor, with older groups on the levels above. Music rooms, spaces for specialist activities and a sports hall are integrated into the same circulation system, giving the kindergarten its own identity within the larger complex.
The school extends along the southern and western sides of the site and consists of three interconnected volumes ranging from two to five storeys. Two wings accommodate teaching spaces, with technology and creative workshops at ground level and specialist and general classrooms above. These spaces are designed to support different teaching formats, from individual study to collaborative projects between classes. The third wing contains the main sports facilities.
At the heart of the building is the multi-height atrium, which forms the main shared space of the educational centre. The library and information centre, dining hall, 500-seat auditorium and principal recreation areas are organised around it. The atrium brings together the main circulation routes and creates visual connections between different levels and parts of the school, allowing the building to be experienced as a continuous spatial system.
The educational environment extends into the landscape. Playgrounds and sports areas are positioned in relation to the corresponding age groups, while the southern part of the site accommodates a larger sports zone, an amphitheatre and outdoor recreation spaces. Together, the building and landscape form an interconnected environment for learning, movement and social interaction.
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