charlie: this is near gorky park? rem: inside gorky park. it was being completely renovated.t is part of the modernization. charlie: you describe this as not restoring the building, but preserving its decay. why a building becomes in ruins is interesting. whether then making everything -- charlie: what is that? rem: it is a form of plastic that has a beautiful effect. it is reflective and it is also translucent. it is a great abstract version of what you see outside. if you are inside, you are aware that you are in the park, but you do not see the detail of the park so you can focus what is on the inside. charlie: next slide. look at this. rem: this is what i meant with preserving decay. mural.as a soviet it conveyed a happy since of communal -- sense of communal life. it was not entirely intact anymore. rather than restore it in its we wanted all to see what the building had gone through. charlie: this is the place that inspired you to be an architect. rem: moscow. i feel really privileged to be able to witness over such a long time how it changes. charlie: how would you cha

. >> rose: this is near gorky park. >> within, inside gorky park. and gorky park at the same time was being completely renovated and reimagined. so it is part of the a being becomes in ruin is also an interesting historical question. so rather than making everything new, we clad the building in a skin of polly carbon eight which is really translose ent. >> rose: what is that. >> it is a form of plastic that actually has a beautiful effect, it's reflective but also translose ent. and it kreetses an ak stract version of what you see outside. so if you are inside, you are aware that you are in a park but you done see the detail of the park. so you can focus on what is inside but still are you aware of the entire environment. >> rose: next slide. now look at this. >> so this is what i meant or what we meant with preserving decay. in that kind of building there was a soviet mural that represented one of the seasons. and which in general kind of conveyed happy sense of communal life. and it was kind of not entirely in tact any more. you see the kind of pa