Pushkin Museum

DSA Engineering was appointed to provide an innovative sustainable design and M&E systems design for the multi-phase refurbishment and extension of the Pushkin Museum.  Among a range of new facilities are a 600-seat concert hall, a depository and restoration building, a library, a new underground link to join the existing and new buildings as well as new shops, cafes and restaurants.

The M&E sustainable design includes:

• A snow harvesting facility that contributes to the cooling of the buildings during the warmer months of the year.  This sustainable design has a 4-year payback time.

• An earth connected heat rejection system that eliminates the need for outdoor plant requirement for the existing neoclassical buildings.

• Utilisation of the external colonnades of the music gallery and depository as fresh air paths sufficient to provide the entire fresh air need for both buildings while reducing significantly the internal building riser requirements.