Sovremennaya Arkhitektura magazines as an example of Russian constructivism idea of household (byt)

The purpose of this study is to investigate OSA’s (Organization of Contemporary Architects) constructivist concept of the household and its development. To do so OSA’s Sovremennaya Arkhitektura magazines (1926 – 1930) were translated and analyzed. The focus of the study is the constructivist view on the household and the solution to the housing problems, presented in the Sovremennaya Arkhitektura magazines. The paper consists of presentation of the selected articles and their textual theoretical analysis followed by discussion conducted from the constructivist and feminist points of view. The paper also includes background presentation of the post-revolutionary Russia and the problems it faced at the time of the publication of the Sovremennaya Arkhitektura magazines. The discussion scrutinizes the importance of functionalism and rational organization in the creation of the architectural forms of constructivism. The constructivists faced an outspoken need to use limited resources, which guided many solutions. Care for the person is fundamental in the constructivist’s ideas. It is evident through the thorough planning of the individual's life and implementation of the collectivization. While emphasizing the idea of freeing the person, constructivists would often put the individual in a limited position of choices, deciding its specific way of being