COSMOS CINEMA - CULTURAL CENTER / Competition
Location: Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Programme: renovation of the cinema building, finding a new function as cultural center
Architect: Aleksandar Shinolov
Client: Municipality of Plovdiv& Chamber of architects, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Year: 2012
Site Area: 2470m2; Bldg. Area: 1100m2; Grоss Floor Area: 2750m2; Bldg. Scale: Stories above Ground 2, Stores below Ground 1; Structure: wood and steel; Materials: wood, plaster, alu glazing; Max. Height: 12.00;
Cinema Cosmos - a place for creative schools
The project envisages preserving the authentic image of the cinema, as changes occur in the interior of the building - without removal, but with an addition of function and matter. An exception is the making of an opening of the roof of the hall- a part of the original concept of the Cinema project. Here starts a "whirling movement" which brings in extrenal, foreign elements. Being in the interior space they arrange and form a structure that admits the new function.
