Barvikha Villa, Moscow, Russia
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Zaha Hadid Architects



BARVIKHA [MOSCOW, RUSSIA]
2006-TBC
CLIENT: Capital Hill



The project is located on a north-facing hillside in Barvikha, Russia, within the pine and birch forest where the trees can reach a height of 20m.



The programme of the villa is divided into two main components. The first, lower component is merged with the sloped landscape, while a separate volume floats, 22 meters above the ground to benefit from the panoramic views above the treetops of the Barvikha forest.



The form for the villa comes from the natural topography of the unique site. Adapting the fluid geometries described within the geology of the site and the organic forms of the forest’s vegetation, the building emerges from the landscape, remaining partially
embedded in the hillside, in order to articulate the existing surroundings with the artificial landscape. This concept of organic interarticulation leads to an intricately layered spatial formation that presents itself as a unifi ed whole with each component referring to its local topography.





ARCHITECT: Design Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher
Project Architect [Initial Stage] Tetsuya Yamazaki
Project Architect [Current Stage] Helmust Kinzler
Project Team Mariana Ibanez, Daniel Fiser, Marco Vanucci,
Lourdes Sanchez, Ebru Simsek Anat Stern,
Daniel Santos, Thomas Sonder
CONSULTANTS: Structural Engineering Ove Arup & Partners

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