Field Museum in Western Russia by Sergey Choban

For more than two decades, Russian architect Sergei Choban has been operating successful offices in Moscow and Berlin, responsible for significant administrative buildings. Recently, however, he, together with Agniya Sterlingov, completed a small museum in a potato field southwest of Moscow in the Kaluga region, paying tribute to local farmers. The slim eight-meter-high hollow cylinder has a diameter of three meters and is topped with a low cube, evoking the archetype of a column with a capital. Only clay and straw were used to construct the museum. The ordinary entrance doors come from a demolished house. Inside, there are wooden tools that were used for everyday work in the countryside. The individual exhibits are hung in a spiral on a rounded wall, creating an almost sacred impression as they ascend towards the heavens. A circular opening in the ceiling allows daylight to flow into the interior. The museum was created as part of this year's land art festival Archstoyanie.

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