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.
The spatial development patterns of city regions is shaped by the need for central locations of global cities, whereas industrial production capacities, wholesale supplies, and customer services spread out the peripheries, as well as various residential zones. Not only for easy accessibility but also to satisfy the need for face-to-face interactions, have the communicative transport hubs become the iconic meeting places of our era.
Damir Ussenov and his architectural firm Lenz Architects designed a villa in the foothills of Almaty. The main aim of the architect was to create a separate, isolated and safe space, while making it possible to enjoy the wildlife. The unique metal framework allows natural light to enter the interior, bypassing the dense thickets and difficult terrain. The facade consists of dynamic aluminum panels which using an electronic mechanism can close windows and isolate the house from the environment, providing security and soundproofing. Panels are treated with white plaster EIFS (Exterior Insulation and Finishing Systems) which have thermal insulation properties and sanitizers. The house, which resembles a shell, includes a large studio with a kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and a relaxation room. A spiral staircase leads to an open and comfortable guest bedroom.
Why, among visitors of all ages, does it seem instinctive to engage the structure playfully? For instance, to tuck one’s body inside a pleat at the base, assuming a contorted curved form that matches the structure itself. To be inside Minima | Maxima is to be transported to a strange, future, science fiction world, removing us from ourselves and finding within a sense of naive wonder. The project is radically different than the built environments we know. The impulse is to explore, to visually wander. Transformed into a childlike state, visitors can do so without the pretense of reference or concepts, employing instead the potent investigative powers of our senses.
We like to make the house as simple as possible and at the same time interesting. The building is located in a landscape of unique beauty. The main goal was to develop the project without harming the natural landscape. The exterior of the house is conceived, that would look different from different sides and due to this you can enjoy the view of a non-repetitive exterior. Appearance and interior support the same color, emphasizing the severity and unity of the house. Panoramic energy-saving windows from both sides of the house evoke a feeling of complete openness and privacy with nature. The glass has a reflective property from the outside to reflect trees and clouds, so the house merges as much as possible with the surrounding environment. You can go on the balcony in the morning to drink coffee, enjoy a panoramic view of the horizon and fresh air.
Article source: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Astana Expo City 2017, the world’s next international exposition, is now under construction in Astana, Kazakhstan. 28 buildings and the Expo’s master plan were designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) around the designated theme, “Future Energy,” a concept that is aimed at finding ways to achieve qualitative changes in the energy sector, primarily for the development of alternative sources of energy and transportation.
Located south of Bayterek Tower and east of Nazarbayev University, Astana Expo City 2017 is positioned to become a significant new landmark for Astana. The development’s goal is to reduce the site’s energy demand to the greatest extent possible by using both passive and active strategies. The architecture and master plan were designed by using site-specific indicators like solar and wind orientation, weather conditions, and the cultural context, determined from a series of studies with the goal of maximizing energy-harvesting potential and comfort levels.
Villa with modern and volumetric design located in Almaty, Kazakhstan. This is a modern Villa with features seductive modern lines, with a beautiful lake view and a lounge area, this house is ideal for a young couple with two children. Clever design with two floor, ensures that the villa offers a variety of distinct areas, terrace with lounge area and dining area, garden and living room – that also connect to each other. The upper level is dedicated to the bedrooms while the main level accommodates the living rooms. By placement of large windows flooded of light and will look fresh each room. Villa create a perfect ambience for romantic evenings. Beautiful place with amazing view of mountains from one side and beautiful view to city.
Under the Expo 2017 theme \”The Energy of the Future\”, S+A concept proposes an enduring landmark in Astana that integrates renewables, efficiency, clean technologies and sustainability into livable and feasible architecture where \”Energy is Life\”.
Haileybury, one of the Britain’s oldest and most prestigious independent boarding schools, has its Astana Campus situated on a 12 hectares site, with 20 000 m2 closed area. There were three challenges while developing the design idea of this campus: the vast and flat layout of the city, the complexity of the programme and the climatic conditions. The challenge of complexity aroused its counterpart, simplicity, as the main design strategy.
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