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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Covered Athletics Complex in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan by INK ArchitectsSeptember 19th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: INK Architects The Covered Athletics Complex, designed by INK Architects for the BI Group, locates on a 10 ha land lot between streets of Turan and Bukhar-Zhyrau in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. The arena is expected to be completed by early 2020. It is going to be the second stadium suitable for the Olympic games in the country after ‘Olga Rypakova’s Athletics Center’ in Ust-Kamenogorsk. The core project objective is to create a sports centre that would integrate into the existing context, contribute to training athletes in an environment close to the Olympics Games, attracting talents to the sport, and promote a healthy lifestyle among the citizens. The project is sited within the cluster of sports centres such as hockey arena “Barys”, football stadium “Astana Arena”, ice stadium “Alau”, cycle track “Saryarka”, and a wrestling centre completing soon. Being next to existing sports centres helps to reduce the environmental impact by sharing infrastructure and facilities. The venues could also be used as concert halls, events centre, and convention centres in the future, ensuring a long-lasting and sustainable neighbourhood development.  Image Courtesy © INK Architects
 Image Courtesy © INK Architects The building has a footprint of 156.5m x 147.6m, enough to accommodate media, public, athletes, technical, and VIP zones. The programme includes closed competitions, public training sessions, and athletic contests. The Covered Athletics Arena can accommodate Olympics-level games for long jumps, triple jumps, high jumps, pole jumps, 60 metres hurdles, 200 metres running track, and 4×200 metres relay. The athletic complex in Nur-Sultan has a spectacular silhouette, rich texture, and a colour palette with bright accents. The building’s design implements the artistic illusion techniques to its` large surfaces to reflect the dynamism of athletic sports.  Image Courtesy © INK Architects The facade looks moving and plastic due to the choice of materials, perforation angles and sizes, and the lighting strategy. The clear spatial rhythm of the lamellas is a metaphor for breathing or pulse. Meanwhile, the sharp, precise edges of the faces represent the strength or vitality. The same principle was used for the interior to create a festive atmosphere and adopt the visitor’s mood to the event. Moreover, it has also served the navigation purposes in the interior.  Image Courtesy © INK Architects Due to the concept, the buildings have a complex spatial structure and has to comply with strict regulations and norms of IAAF and the local construction legislation. Guardian Sun Guard HP glazing and KALZIP facade systems were chosen for their characteristics, suitable for the second coldest capital in the world. The alternative constructional scheme of the building was adopted according to the initial architectural concept. We have also considered different options for the supporting skeleton among metal frames and monolithic reinforced concrete.  Image Courtesy © INK Architects  Image Courtesy © INK Architects  Image Courtesy © INK Architects  Image Courtesy © INK Architects  Image Courtesy © DAN-Ko  Image Courtesy © DAN-Ko  Image Courtesy © DAN-Ko
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Tags: Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan Categories: 3dS Max, Autocad, complex, Photoshop, Revit, SketchUp, Sports Centre, Stadium |
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