Design House

PrizeBronze in Architectural Design / Commercial Architecture, Silver in Interior Design / Public Spaces, Gold in Landscape Architecture / Commercial
University/SchoolUniversity of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy - Sofia

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. Design is the oxygen of architecture. Architecture not just as form & function, but also as a cause. DESIGN HOUSE (DH) symbolizes “The Path” of Design: from the birth of an idea, sketches, drawings, models, through the Mock-Up, to the public presentation. There are also workspaces(offices) for young artists, impressive restaurant “in the air”, multifunctional spaces, bookstore, library, bar, interaction-new technologies. Development of the Product design will affect the national industry, politics, marketing. Situated in Sofia, Bulgaria. There’s also attention to the other Design: graphic, typography, fashion. DH will be a “prelude” between university and the dream career – to avoid trap of 'nothingness' after graduation. A park – to feel connected with Nature, to express, impress, show design innovations. Symmetry, balance, air. Steel construction-graceful design, ethereality, recyclable. Steel frames, diagonal bracing, trusses, beams, columns. Reinforced concrete – underground level. Interior – dynamic foyer and restaurant. Once we have the Arch - something to go through. There is symmetry. There is air. As in nature. There is equality, but loftiness. But we can assume that we have a framework - in line with the selected construction system, but also with the stability. There is a lower part - the link with the land, people, before they decided to rise to the clouds. Three- dimensional cardo-decumanus: upwards (the plane of the arch) and forward (the lower body). In these two directions we need to go – We, Design and Bulgaria. Intermediate connection (the restaurant), remaining slightly in the shadow of the arch- frame: “a bridge” - for better communication, better results, “a pause” on the way up. DESIGN HOUSE is the first project in UACEG and Bulgaria, presented with Virtual Reality technology. New road is built tough, but leads to new places. They give new meaning and direction of the society.