Kauchuk Factory Club
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| Kauchuk Factory Club | |
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 Melnikov stands in front of Kauchuk Club | |
 Interactive map of the Kauchuk Factory Club area | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | russian avant-garde |
| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Construction started | 1927 |
| Completed | 1929 |
| Client | Chemists' Trade Union |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Konstantin Melnikov |
Kauchuk Factory Club (Russian: Клуб завода «Каучук») is a 1927-1929 russian avant-garde public building designed by Konstantin Melnikov, located in Khamovniki District of Moscow, Russia on the edge of Devichye Pole park and medical campus at 64, Plyshikha Street.
Kauchuk rubber factory, originally based in Riga, relocated to Khamovniki in Moscow in 1915, threatened by German offensive, and was considerably expanded afterwards. Construction of a club was part of a 1920s nationwide drive to replace religion with more appropriate entertainment. Melnikov theorized that "Club is not a stern temple of some deity. We must attain such an atmosphere, that we would not need to drag a worker in. He would run there himself, past his home and past his pub... the club, if it succeeds, will show what the new private life is all about" (Russian: Клуб – не строгий храм какого-то божества. В нем нужно добиться такой обстановки, чтоб рабочего в клуб не тащить, а он сам бы бежал в него мимо дома и пивной… клуб должен, если сумеет, показать, как устроен новый быт).[1]
