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| Entertainment Center in Kazakhstan
Why stop at one stunning structure in Astana, Kazakhstan, when you can have two on your resume?!
Sir Norman Foster is set to construct the new Khan Shatyry Entertainment Centre in Kazakhstan’s capital city after the completion of his geometric and eye-catching Palace of Peace and Reconciliation proved to be such a success in its form AND function.
The new structure will sit at the northern end of the new city axis and stand as the highest peak on the skyline at a majestic 200 meters tall. The entertainment centre will house 100,000 square feet of public park, retail, and entertainment space.
Foster has a track record of thoughtful, sustainable building, and Khan Shatyry is no exception, providing both aesthetic focal point and environmentally-sensitive spatial solution.
Developed as a response to harsh weather conditions in both winter and summer, Khan Shatyry is held up by a central mast and clad in ETFE, which allows for a wash of light for interior spaces while sheltering inhabitants from the heat or cold. ETFE is, coincidentally, the material-du-jour we’ve seen being used in everything from PTW’s Beijing Bubble Building to Herzog and DeMeuron’s Olympic Stadium.
The centre will also include an interior park, undulating terraces, a river, wave pool, and waterfall, all lit by a high-tech roof lighting system seamlessly integrated into the structure. Other public spaces include cafes, restaurants, and movie theatres. The pinnacle of the building, literally and metaphorically, will no doubt be its viewing deck terrace, offering dramatic views of the park and city.
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| | Θέμα: Απ: Kazakhstan : Architecture 17.03.09 17:14 | |
| Almaty Sofitel Hotel
Aedas’ architectural designs for the Almaty Sofitel Hotel are progressing and the practice has announced further expansion in the CIS region with the launch of its Astana office.
Commissioned by Oriental Real Estate, part of the KazKommertsBank group, the Sofitel Almaty hotel development is located in the heart of Almaty, adjacent to the financial district. The project will enhance the urban design for one of Kazakhstan’s key centres.
The new development for Sofitel, part of the Accor Group, combines a mix of uses including distinctly designed hotel and office spaces, constructed around a shared podium that accommodates high quality retail units.
Aedas’ design for the hotel and commercial development will result in a striking street frontage on the welltrafficked thoroughfare and corner location. Both the scheme’s orientation and selection of materials will maximise the hotel and office’s views of the spectacular mountain-range to the south. The central podium, which provides the central focus upon which the series of buildings have been organised, supports a raised communal garden for both office and hotel guests. Designed as a ‘floating pod’, the ballroom is located above the conference room. The development sets the standard for Aedas’ international design expertise in this emerging market.
The Almaty Sofitel has 141 standard rooms and 24 suites. The Almaty Sofitel development occupies a site area of 11,190sq m. and a floor area of 69,615sqm. The hotel building height stands at 42 metres and the office building at 28 metres. | |
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| | Θέμα: Απ: Kazakhstan : Architecture 04.05.10 11:16 | |
| Kazakhstan's astounding futuristic pyramid Since 2006, kazakhstan's new capital city of astana, itself an enormous hub of construction since it inherited the title in 1997, has been home to one of the world's most impressive and visually futuristic pyramids, known as the palace of peace and reconciliation. it was designed by british super-architects foster + partners, cost 8.74 billion kazakh tenge (i don't need to tell you bright young humans that this equates to approx. £35m) and was built to accommodate the triennial 'congress of world and traditional religions'. if there was ever a positive to be found for the existence of the idiocy we know and love as religion, this building could be it, as after an impressively rapid 2 years of design and construction, the end product is a masterpiece.  a plan of the pyramid. the interior is just as impressive as the outer skin. this place is like a tardis and below the above-ground pyramid itself sits, amongst other things, an enormous 1'500 seat opera house - see final photo below.  inside the congress chamber, possibly one of the smartest meeting rooms on earth.  the view as you look through the middle of the congress chamber's circular table. walking down to the next level takes you through nearly a whole storey of greenery, below which is the amazing atrium.  above: the opera house beneath the atrium. the domed ceiling sits below the enormous circular table belonging to the room above. for more detailed info about the pyramid i'd suggest reading this article by ellis woodman. | |
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