Educating the masses

The school is part of the Zilart mixed-use complex in the south of Moscow built on the site of the Zil lorry factory. The 40,000 sqm educational complex was designed as a European-style campus. The centre also offers a number of extracurricular lessons in the arts, , IT, medicine, engineering and biochemistry. The centre includes an auditorium with seating for 1,100 people, two ballet halls, two gyms and a fitness room as well as a large, 1,000 sqm sports hall. The school’s two libraries have almost 120,000 books and include a conference facilities, a reading room for 220 people and a multimedia library. Each of 2,500 pupils has their own locker. A school canteen is also to be built which will eventually serve 22,000 meals a day. The entire complex has CCTV surveillance and its own security service.