🖼 Atom museum at VDNKh

пр-т Мира, 119, стр. 19А (ВДНХ)

A museum of nuclear power in a glass-and-concrete pavilion: real installations and plenty of interactive exhibits.

Atom opened on 2 November 2023 and was the first pavilion built at VDNKh since the collapse of the USSR.
The UNK Project bureau's design won a competition of 118 entries; the jury included Rem Koolhaas and Massimiliano Fuksas.
The pavilion has three underground floors — the deepest building at VDNKh; the third basement level tells the story of the Soviet atomic project.
The glazed atrium is covered by a 1,000-ton cantilevered canopy, and each of the facade's 50 laminated glass panes weighs 5 tons.
In the hall with the VVER-1000 reactor model, an audiovisual show takes place every hour.
The roof has a landscaped terrace, an observation deck and a café, with views over the VDNKh grounds.
The pavilion stands on the site of the 1960s "Mechanization and Electrification of Agriculture" pavilion, demolished in 2016.

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