Many people want to go there, but we went!
The most famous “unfinished building” in Moscow.
Why "the most"? Firstly, because it’s gigantic: 100 thousand square meters. Secondly, because it is wildly expensive: $100 million was invested in its construction. Thirdly, his story is scandalous and even detective. And fourthly, the building is unusually impressive: a futuristic composition of beveled volumes lined with mirror glass. No wonder he has several nicknames: “blue crystal” or “blue tooth”.
For Moscow in the early 90s, this was a genuine breakthrough. There were no buildings here that were entirely mirrored, or glass pieces of such radical shapes. Although this trend has existed all over the world for a long time and has managed to acquire the flavor of commercial architecture. Academician Aganbegyan discovered the immediate source of inspiration in Italy, it was an office building built by Luciano Perini. Academician, then a great strength, wanted to build something similar in Moscow for his Academy national economy.
The classic of Soviet modernism, Yakov Belopolsky, took up the matter, who (together with the young architect Nikolai Lyutomsky) significantly transformed the original idea, taking it away from the banalities of Euro-modernism to almost Suprematist forms. Of course, if you look at it, there is nothing supernatural in the architecture here, the move is the same everywhere: different volumes are assembled, and then a certain segment is cut off at the top of each. However, the themes that emerged - for example, the grotesque image of a pitched roof - were very funny and anticipated many attempts to modernize national forms (by Eric van Egerath in particular).
The building, located next to the Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station, fit perfectly into the modernist landscape of the 60s and 70s and became, thanks to the novelty of its forms and cladding, a noticeable landmark. Alas, its further fate was tragic; it stands virtually without a roof, rotting - and at any moment it will disappear from the face of Moscow.
The security guard escorted us to the stairs, along which we immediately went up to the 5th floor; we hadn’t taken any photos before.
At the top left you can see a red window, next to which there is an exit to one of the roofs.
Look down.
In some places the curb is knee-deep, not a very pleasant feeling. The guard also warned that you could fall into the elevator shaft... :)
There is a lot of garbage everywhere, the building has been abandoned for 15 years.
Everyone decided to go to the roof.
First we went to the wrong floor and found this window. In general, there is nothing to photograph inside; it’s the same on all floors.
We found an exit to the roof, it turned out to be on the 8th floor. A look back.
Almost a continuation of the previous photo on the right side.
And also, since our people exit through glass, before and after exiting onto the roof, there are heaps of broken glass.
At the bottom left you can see piles of glass and our “entrance”.
Everything on the roof was overgrown, from moss and grass to small bushes and trees.
There are even mushrooms! And there is also the presence of civilization, and a very recent one at that.
The glass in the first photo. Previously, apparently, they climbed through it until they cut another entrance :)
And just like that. Cute, right?)
Houses on Lobachevsky Street, as well as the 31st city hospital.
On the left in the photo there is a small superstructure, there are several of them, we climbed into one of them.
Nothing fancy, on the second floor there are cabinets for equipment and a bunch of scattered wires.
And this is the landscape behind the legs. Entrance to the Academy of National Economy and MIREA.
We begin to move back to the hole in the window to rise higher.
Let's go inside. We look for the stairs and go up the floor, looking for something interesting.
We walked through the floors, somewhere up to 9, but didn’t find anything interesting. We started to climb further, and on the stairs between 9 and 10 (I may be slightly wrong with the numbers), there was a barricade of ventilation pipes, about 2 meters high. It’s good that there was a small reinforcement ladder there. At first it was scary to climb over, because it was completely dark and it was not clear what this barricade was there for and what was underneath it, but then they finally decided to do it. By the way, in front of the barricade, on the wall of the stairs was written in chalk “GO BACK!” :)
On many floors the picture is something like this.
Who, how and why does this is unknown. Apparently people have nowhere to put their energy. If only they would direct it in a peaceful direction... Everyone would live well in Rus')
The view from the windows is basically this...
We walked along this floor to the other side of the building. Almost nothing has changed.
MIREA in the sun.
We decided not to walk around the floors anymore, because it was the same everywhere. The layout is the same, the garbage is the same. In general, we wanted to go up to the roof. There were no more problems with this. The only thing is the 22nd floor up the stairs in the dark.
There is a huge winch on the roof, under which there is a hole with garbage - one beer bottles and cans of cocktails. At first we took pictures carefully, then we climbed onto the winch.
The winch itself.
A piece of the roof on the lower right and a view of the Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station. The large white house on the left is the new building "Elena".
Several photos from another camera, so they differ in both quality and resolution.
Bus depot, followed by a market. On the right is also a new building, which, in my opinion, does not fit anywhere at all.
Construction site near MIREA, Gazprom building. View of Vernadsky Avenue towards Lobachevsky.
Closer.
"Crosses" on Koshtoyants Street, Moscow State University and other famous new skyscraper buildings in the background.
Well that's all, thanks for your time! :)
Hello.
Not far from the station. m. Yugo-Zapadnaya there is an extremely popular place - the unfinished business center "Zenith". The building has been abandoned almost since the 90s, during which time an insane number of people visited the Zenit business center. Naturally, the building has become overgrown with many local legends and unofficial nicknames: “Blue (blue) Tooth”, “Crystal”, “Lump”, “Bluetooth” :) There is a lot of information on this object on the Internet, even more than one person has written about it in the media twice, so I won’t describe in detail the footage of the building and the history of construction, because... firstly, it’s not interesting, and secondly, everything is Googled. Let me just say that good old Bluetooth still amazes with its huge size and underground atmosphere.
The object is guarded. A few years ago, when there were no guards inside the Zub, it was not difficult to get there for free. Then, according to rumors, a couple of corpses were taken out of the elevator shaft, some of the new stalkers were severely bitten by stray dogs, and the guards moved to the first floor of the Cob. Of course, the access regime has not become much stricter, but now you almost always have to pay.
Why did we go there? Well, I used to climb a lot. Then he grew a little and practically stopped, but my brother started climbing :) Then he also grew a little, some time passed, and this spring he and I decided to climb old objects. Moreover, I continue to experiment with the cross-process, and such trashy shots require suitable interiors.
In general, since there are already a lot of people going to Zub, it’s okay if I write how to get there, so that the pioneers don’t rack their brains.
I’ll say right away that we were not prepared at all. Not only did I run out of film, and I filmed practically nothing, but I also got caught by the wrong security, and as a result, I was banned for nothing. That is, in fact, they didn’t get off successfully.
Now, in order.
How to find. We leave the metro to the metro station. Southwestern. We are looking for McDuck. The block is already clearly visible from McDuck (and, in general, visible from the metro).
There are three ways to get into the Tooth.
The first way is to not pay anyone anything. You can enter the territory through the fence from the street. Academician Anokhin (in the summer the grass is trampled in this place, and in the winter there is a path in the snow :)) Then we walk through the territory, pretending to be a shoe, without being scorched, we go around the Lump on the right. We see a rather low fence, an abandoned UAZ type Bukhanka, and a staircase that leads inside the Zub. We go inside, then the main thing is to quietly go upstairs without meeting the guards. The route looks like this.
The second way is to pay everyone. On the street Koshtoyants we approach the checkpoint, negotiate, go into the territory, then we break directly to the guard of the Tooth, negotiate, go through. The route looks like this.
The third method is combined. We climb over the fence, already inside the Zub we look for guards and come to an agreement. We used exactly this method.
Now the report itself.
The tooth is beautiful)
Both outside and inside.
Since Glyba is a huge atrium with mirrored windows, not much light gets inside, especially in cloudy weather, and electricity is not supplied everywhere) In general, a tripod can be useful. They can still brush off dogs, so it’s better to take them, of course. And a flashlight! Don't forget the flashlight!)
Despite the fact that everything is beaten up and stolen, the place is extremely interesting.
In short, wander around to your heart's content. The view from the roof, in my opinion, is not very good, since the area is not the most picturesque, but inside the building, of course, is impressive.
Now a few words about how we were kicked out of there)
We entered the Zub, found the security room, and went to negotiate. We look: there is a home-made punching bag hanging from the ceiling, some kind of dog is bristling and it’s generally not comfortable) Well, we shouted, called the security - no one came out. It was scary to get closer because of the dog.
We spat, feet in hands - and up. That's when they removed us :) The security downstairs didn't respond, because... I went upstairs to walk around the building. In general, when we came face to face with them, it was already difficult to explain what we supposedly wanted in an amicable way) It was not possible to come to an agreement with them, and we were escorted to the exit. The security guys, both big and goofy, escorted us out in a surprisingly civilized manner, without even swearing.
So we weren’t able to climb thoroughly, but we weren’t particularly upset, since we’d already been there and didn’t expect to find anything new.
In general, we ended up with the wrong guard, but experience tells us that there are usually no problems with them.
Shot on Fujichrome Velvia 100F
"Blue tooth"is a building 22 floors high and total area 100 thousand square meters. The building is located near the Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station and is clearly visible from the surrounding areas. The building consists of metal, concrete and blue glass, which is the cladding of an unfinished high-rise building. The Blue Tooth is 85% complete but is an extremely dangerous place for any visitors. The unfinished building contains many unfinished elevator shafts. At almost every step you can come across pieces of protruding reinforcement and unexpected cliffs. Together with the lack of lighting in the building, the Blue Tooth poses a danger even to adults. In this regard, the building is surrounded by a fence and has 24-hour security.
The name "Blue Tooth".
The official name of the unfinished high-rise building is the Zenit Business Center. Popularly, this building has many unofficial names. The most famous of them is Blue Tooth. The names “Crystal”, “Iceberg” and “Icy Ice” are also known. All names are associated with the extraordinary artistic design of the building, made in the manner of European high-rise buildings.
Plans for using the Blue Tooth.
On at the moment, "Blue Tooth" is owned by the Russian Federation and is offered for sale. The amount of possible redemption of the abandoned building is estimated at 150-250 million dollars, and the cost of completion at 50 million dollars.
Interesting facts and rumors of the Blue Tooth.
At least several fatal accidents that occurred on the Blue Tooth are reliably known. Most of them relate to falls from high altitude.
- Previously, there was a crane next to the building, large size. After several base jumpers, it was decided to dismantle it.
- “Blue Tooth” has long been favored by vandals. A lot of glass was broken, the building was covered in graffiti, and all construction materials were stolen within 1 year.
One of the most famous “unfinished buildings” in Moscow.
Why "famous"? Firstly, because it is gigantic: 100 thousand square meters. Secondly, because it is wildly expensive: $100 million was invested in its construction. Thirdly, his story is scandalous and even detective (see below). And fourthly, the building is unusually impressive: a futuristic composition of beveled volumes lined with mirror glass. No wonder he has several nicknames: “blue crystal” or “blue tooth”.
For Moscow in the early 90s, this was a genuine breakthrough. There were no buildings here that were entirely mirrored, or glass pieces of such radical shapes. Although this trend has existed all over the world for a long time and has managed to acquire the flavor of commercial architecture. Academician Aganbegyan discovered the immediate source of inspiration in Italy, it was an office building built by Luciano Perini. The academician, who was then in great power, wanted to build something similar in Moscow for his Academy of National Economy.
The classic of Soviet modernism, Yakov Belopolsky, took up the matter, who (together with the young architect Nikolai Lyutomsky) significantly transformed the original idea, taking it away from the banalities of Euro-modernism to almost Suprematist forms. Of course, if you look at it, there is nothing supernatural in the architecture here, the move is the same everywhere: different volumes are assembled, and then a certain segment is cut off at the top of each. However, the themes that emerged - for example, the grotesque image of a pitched roof - were very funny and anticipated many attempts to modernize national forms (by Eric van Egerath in particular).
UPD: end of June 2012: ATTENTION to all beginners and experienced, c. including those under 18! The object is fully protected. This building belongs to the Academy of National Economy and State. presidential services Russian Federation. By penetrating this object, you cross two territories at once! Sensors are installed inside the building, and when triggered, video recording from the cameras begins. They are invisible, only if you look very carefully can you see them. The security there is made up of several people (more than 7 for sure), after they notice you, they take you to a separate office and hand you over to the cops. Money and tearful prayers are not accepted. This guard appeared a month ago, before them, according to them, at least once a week the corpses of people aged 11 years and older were taken out of the building. These are not jokes or provocations; the author of this description had a conversation with the shift supervisor. He doesn’t invent anything (the person is completely adequate and will not just scare you). There were many cases when boys dragged girls and pestered them under the fear that the girl would fly out of the window. Many suicides try to settle their scores here. They catch them day and night!
Regarding the unfinished building itself: it will soon be demolished. The demolition project is in development and will soon become a reality. Visiting this building has become life-threatening! The building is skewed with a difference of one floor (!), this is visible only from one side, but the building is “creeping” faster and faster. Please think and don't go here! Have mercy on the guards and, first of all, on your life! And your parents.
02/10/13 Penetration is free, through a hole in the fence. The security guards saw two men, about 40-50 years old, walking along the first floor.
12/21/17 There are no private security booths, climb through a hole in the fence. The hole is closed daily from 12 to 14, but it is easy to do again. According to rumors, the booths will be returned at the beginning of 18.
