The tender for architectural concepts of the museum and educational center of the Polytechnic Museum and Lomonosov MSU was announced in October 2012. Projects were evaluated based on a number of criteria such as marketability, quality planning, urban planning, and conceptual solutions, as well as the planned level of spending on construction and operation. The winner of the competition was a consortium of two companies: Massimiliano Fuksas Architetto (Italy) and Speech (Russia). The winners designed a three-story building on the glazed two-level basis, 9.2 m high, with the volume of the upper level making up 25 m, a terrace level that is about 6.4 m high, 2 underground levels, as well as an open-plan lounge with passages to different zones.