Press Release
Kalloyan Kollev Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Arena Shumen Multifunctional Sports Hall in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Kalloyan Kollev recognized for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Arena Shumen Multifunctional Sports Hall by Kalloyan Kollev, designed for Atek Design, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About Arena Shumen Multifunctional Sports Hall
Arena Shumen is a part of an ambitious project for the development of a multifunctional residential complex built around the sports hall and a five stars hotel. The site with an area of 55 decares is located in an attractive zone at the entrance of Shumen. The building has several functional areas - an area for spectators, a sports and training block, an area for press and a technical zone and is designed as a multifunctional sports hall for up to 2400 spectators. It can be used for variety of events and corresponds to all the international sports federations.
About Kalloyan Kollev
We are ATEK DESIGN - an architectural design bureau founded in 1991 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Throughout the over 30 years of experience we succeeded to form a team of talented and devoted specialists and completed meny significant projects.
Award Record
This recognition makes Kalloyan Kollev a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award
The A' Architecture Design Award is an international architectural design competition recognizing good architectural designs by best architects worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to architectural design studios, building contractors, structural engineering firms and architecture and design consultants from all countries. Typical entries include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. The awarded architectural projects are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/architecture
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/149914
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/149914
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!149914
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/343602
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://atekbg.com
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Arena Shumen Multifunctional Sports Hall
- Function
- Multifunctional Sports Hall
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Steel Blue, Cornflower Blue, Gainsboro, Sky Blue and Light Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Atek Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Kalloyan Kollev
- Country
- Bulgaria
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #149914
Credits
- Team
- Arch. Kalloyan Kollev
- Image Credits
- All the images are taken by arch. Kalloyan Kollev
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Arena Shumen is an implementation of a complex, functional flexibility in a recognisable, architectural shape. The site is excellently connected to the urban structure and is intended to be a part of a new, vital, secondary urban center with an area of 55 decares, with a hotel complex, residential buildings, retail outlets, open-air children's and sports playgrounds etc.
- Inspiration
- The intended vision of Arena Shumen is an organic, iconic, memorable image that will become one of the symbols of the city. A basic principle in shaping is the economically feasible expression of interior spaces into exterior volumes.
- Research
- The concept design went through analysis of variety of factors - international sports federations standards, local teams, terrain condiotions, budget etc. The main goal was to satisfy all the regulations in a magnificant architectural form. A large team of more than 30 designers, engineers and artists participated in the process.
- Challenge
- It was a challenge to create a modern multifuntional building on such a place - full of historical layers and social commitment. We wanted to create an emblematic building that would become a symbol of the city.
- Realization and Technology
- The building has a monolithic, beam reinforced concrete construction, on which steps on a steel roof. The curved facade walls, brought out in front of the contour of the slabs, are solved with metal construction attached to the reinforced concrete structure of the building. The roof structure is made of steel with max support distance 45.50 m.
- Operation and Interaction
- Right after the opening, Arena Shumen turn out to be one of the most interesting and vital building in the city of Shumen. Community use it not only for sports, but for variety of social activities and exhibitions.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in February 2017 in Shumen and finished in May 2018
- Specifications
- Total area (m2): 5600m2 Site area (m2): 55 600m2
- Keywords
- Multifuntional sports hall, Arena Shumen
