Palace of Schoolchildren
PALACE OF SCHOOLCHILDREN
Studio 44 Architects
ARCHITECTS
Studio 44 Architects
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION
ТОО «Bazis – Proekt LTD» (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
PROPOSED YOUTH CENTRE CAPACITY
10 000 people
GLASS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
A&G Technology Co. LTD (Thailand)
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Bazis A Corporation
STRUCTURAL VOLUME
205 000 cub. m
PHOTOGRAPHS
Margarita Yawein
OPEN CAR PARKS
250 cars – 7 000 sq. m
GFA
46 550 sq. m
USEABLE ARE
34 600 sq. m
PROPOSED AREA
26 000 sq. m
AREA
18700 m²
YEAR
2011
LOCATION
Astana, Kazakhstan
CATEGORY
Youth Center, Recreation & Training, Swimming Pool
The design of the Palace has double coding – it provides allusions for both Suprematist composition and also for local traditions of dwelling construction that is accentuated in the slogan for the project “Khan Shangyrak. Shelter for the youth”.
In our project, this sacral element of a Kazakh traditional dwelling is reinterpreted as a cylinder 8 m in height and 156 m in diameter.
The giant disc has openings and skylights providing natural light inside the building, into a central atrium space.
It covers stepped compositions of rectangular “boxes” each containing a functional element – skating rink, museum, shooting gallery, theater, etc.
Embellished with national ornaments, the “boxes” are placed on each other reminding the viewer of felt suitcases (shabadan) – a feature of nomadic lifestyle and traditional decorations of yurt interiors.
The space of the disc accommodates various hobby groups and departments of the youth centre, while the flat green roof of the building is interpreted as a walking.
The Shangyrak is a wooden crown doming a Kasakh yurt with a central opening over the fireplace. And panoramic-view platform, simulating steppe landscape in the centre of a high-rise city.
