Margot Krasojević Unveils Plans for Hydroelectric Sculpture Gallery in Russia

Back in 2017, architect and psychologist Margot Krasojević revealed plans for a futuristic bridge that could relocate itself by sailing across water. Known for her experimental structures and designs, Krasojević recently unveiled plans for a hydroelectric sculpture gallery in Sochi, Russia that uses renewable energy to redefine typologies in architecture and the built environment.

Krasojević’s project merges a small power plant — aimed to supply energy to 200 households in the vicinity — with a sculpture gallery. The dynamic building generates its own electricity using the oscillating water column principle and engages with nature’s forces instead of submitting to them. “I do not believe in architecture that takes over environments, landscapes or immediate contexts at the cost of destroying the fundamental criteria driving this program…” Krasojević explains. “Preservation of the environment should be embraced using the environment efficiently and working with it to sustain us and itself.”

Inspired by how Russian Constructivism reflected the modern industrial world, Krasojević brought together two different programs to work “in sync like the crashing waves that sustain it.” “I do not believe we need to be too cautious with the environment by making minimal design interventions,” Krasojević continues. “We need to understand the environment, and though it can certainly be hostile, we must build to exist with it and not to be subservient to it or destroy its nature.”

Take a look at the design for the hydroelectric sculpture gallery above and head over to Margot Krasojević’s website to check out the firm’s past projects.

In other design-related news, Bourgeois Lechasseur Architects designed a triangular cabin in the Charlevoix region of Québec.