Museum and Exhibition Complex of the Moscow Kremlin Museums

"Area B" of the Moscow Kremlin Museums, subject to a competitive design, is to occupy the inner yard of the Middle Trading Rows, a cultural heritage object, which fact defined the layout concept of the facility. The façades are to bear a contemporary style, without copying the historical style of the main reconstructed «Area A». Versions of façade design are provided that include references to the architecture of the times when Moscow Kremlin was built. For instance, one of the versions proposed creates an association to the appearance of the market «trading rows». The plan is to create a system of display windows at the lower level, these display windows accommodating multimedia screens with information on the museum permanent exhibition and the history of Kremlin. Other project versions are similar to that one as to the layout but show different approaches to the façades, proposing to create an elaborated structure of windows and provoke an image of defensive walls of ancient Russian monasteries. Thus, according to this project, the inner yard is to become an open-air extension of the museum permanent exhibition. The architecture of the complex is aimed at creating an integral space which would provide for a circular path and fascinate the visitor with the unique museum exhibition.