1930 · Moscow, Russia

Narkomfin Building

Moisei Ginzburg

A laboratory of the Soviet "social condenser" — a building meant to engineer a new kind of citizen.

• Ribbon windows and pilotis pre-dating Le Corbusier's five points
• Two-level "F-cell" apartments connected by an internal street
• Communal kitchens, gym and library: domestic labor as collective