Bronze Architecture · 2017
Equitorus Equestrian sport center
by Polina Nozdracheva - ALPN Ltd
- Bronze A' Design Award 2017 in Architecture
- CLIENT: ALPN / Architectural laboratory of Polina Nozdracheva Ltd
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 19,493
- Verification code A4F2C450F3 · Verify this award
Colors
About Equitorus Equestrian sport center
Equitorus is required to meet all stringent sanitary & technological requirements for maintenance, training & prepation of horses competing at highest level. Complex has contain entire infrastructure necessary for living & recreation needs of horse owners during their spare time. Most remarkable element of complex is its large indoor arena made of glued wooden structures & featuring an L-shaped gallery with spectator seats & cafe. Object is perceived as a contrast in relation on natural environment. It seems as if someone had spread a colourful homespun mat on ground.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
Equitorus Equestrian sport center is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Equitorus Equestrian sport center is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Equitorus Equestrian sport center splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Separate complex buildings, picturesquely scattered on site by type of Russian manor irregular layout, in fact, clearly fit into rigid scheme of functional zoning. Pitched roofs silhouettes of different heights & lengths look organically at background of forest close to its picturesque mass of tree crowns. Wooden facades trim emphasizes connection of new construction & surrounding landscape. Carefully traced details, smooth curves of large radii & detailed colors of buildings reproduce poetics of national architectural style without copying directly forms & patterns of last century.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Total land area of 2.54 hectares / 100%, of which:
Equestrian Center - 1.35 hectares / 53%
Hospitality and entertainment venues - 0.37 hectares / 15%
Recreation area - 0.82 sq.m / 32%
Built-up area - 4350.0 sq.m
Area under the parking lots - 480.0 sq.m
Area of green spaces - 7937.4 sq.m
Water surface area - 584.4 sq.m
Number of floors - 2 - Tags
- equestrian complex, equestrian sport center, stables, wooden architecture, indoor sport arena, riding manege, equitorus, horses, large-span glued wooden structure, sustainability
- Production Technology
- Idea of giving an emotionally saturated image for a purely utilitarian object has been realized through the use of two-colored roofing & facade rhythmically organized geometric decor. Object is perceived as a contrast object in relation to natural environment. It seems as if someone had spread colorful homespun mat on ground. Huge glass planes work on contrasts,emphasizing arches end facades & connecting interior with exterior together. Facades of complex are lined with wooden planks of varying widths. These boards,creating a unique decoration on facades, are painted in different shades.
- Design Challenge
- Almost half of total area of Pushkin district is covered with forests. Exceptionally favorable combination of natural factors & absence of large industrial enterprises let to think about area as one of the most environmentally friendly in suburbs (museum-estate Muranovo - famous poets Baratynsky & Tiutchev; Museum-Reserve Abramtsevo, where in 70-90's of 19 century - Abramtsevo artistic circle-one of places of origin & formation of so-called "neo-Russian style"). Natural environment & unique history of neighboring villages predetermined integrated approach in formation of concept of urban development.
- Research
- Main goal-creation a unique complex that met all the stringent sanitary & technological requirements for post, maintenance & preparation of horses for participation in competitions of the highest level. Also, complex must contain the entire infrastructure necessary for living & recreation of horse owners in their spare time from training & competition. Another goal-customer set up before creating the complex was conducting hippotherapy sessions for social, psychological & physical rehabilitation of disabled people.
- Inspiration
- The natural environment and the unique history of the neighboring villages predetermined the integrated approach in the formation of the concept of urban development. In the one project it was necessary to immediately solve three tasks: functional, ecological and cultural identity.
- Project Duration
- Pushkin district, Moscow region, Russian Federation
- Operation Flow
- The key areas of activity & socio-occupational importance to design and implement Equitorus: Promotion & development of equestrian sports and horse breeding; Promotion of horse breeding & equestrian sports industry - the possibility of introducing children to a healthy lifestyle; Support for equestrian sports, by virtue of its social significance - a promising area of charity; Master classes by leading domestic & foreign competitors; Junior School with affordable training policy; Conducting competitions, including the Olympic disciplines.
- Patents
- For copyrights: ALPN Ltd
- Image Credits
- main image: Main facade.
optional image#1: indoor sport arena and large-span glued wooden structure.
optional image#2: general idea and total view.
optional image#3: second floor with different public spaces.
optional#4: horse stable.