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.

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• Architects: INK Architects (concept and developed design) in collaboration with DAN-Ko (technical drawings)
• Project: Covered Athletics Complex
• Location: Nur-Sultan (Astana), Kazakhstan
• Software used: Revit, Autocad, 3dS Max, SketchUp, Photoshop
• Lead Architects: Nurlan Kamitov
• Gross Built Area: 19 660 m2
• Completion Year: Planned end of 2019

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