Kristian Savov - architectural portfolio

K R I S T I A N S AV O V arch ite ct u ral

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KRISTIAN 02.11.1993

S AV O V

christiansavoff@gmail.com

Education UNIVERSITY OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE (VSU) “LYUBEN KARAVELOV”​ - SOFIA Architecture / 2013-2019

CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY - PRAGUE Erasmus+/ 2017

PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Construction technician 2008-2013

Wo r k MIRAGE VISUALISATION Architect/3D Artist 2017-2020 / Sofia, BG

SREBREVA ARCHITECTS Architectural intern 2016-2017 / Sofia, BG

ALEX INTERIORS Interior designer 2016 / Plovdiv, BG

ARCHITECTURE & HERITAGE LTD. Architectural intern 2015 / Plovdiv, BG

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Awa rd s Shortlisted finalist 2018 Resilient Homes Challenge - Build Academy Audiance Award 2018 The City Academy Awards - Railway Depot - Sofia

Wo r k s h o p / Vo l u n t e e r Interdisciplinary Student Workshop Sofia 2019 Mentor DesignMorphine 2018 DREAMFLAKE V1.0

Interarch Laureate 2018 Prize of the Chamber of Architects in Bulgaria

Digital fabrication workshop 2016 Bulgarian architecture in Africa and Middle East

Interarch Laureate 2018 Prize of the Chamber of Architects in Bulgaria

One Architecture week 2015 Events and coordination

Third Award 2018 Isover - MultiComfort House Students Contest Special Award 2016 Velux - Bringing the light to life

Pe r s o n al s k i l l s Architectural design Interior design Leadership

Te c h n i c a l s k i l l s Autocad 2D Drawing Revit BIM Archicad BIM Rhino + gh Modeling 3ds max + vray Modeling + rendering

Teamwork Presentation skills

Photoshop Post-production

Languages

Illustrator Vector graphics

English Bulgarian

Indesign Presentations

Bulgarian Pavilion Expo 2020 Dubai Diploma project Site / Dubai, OAE Mentor / arch. Aneta Slavova, arch. Violetka Slavova Year / 2019 Contribution / Concept, Development, Innovative materials and technologies,,

Drawings, Diagrams, Photorealistic Rendering, Presentation ‫بعشلل روتين‬. ‫نم سانلا‬ ‫ةعيبطلا لجأ‬.

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Along with the subthemes of Opportunity, Mobility, and Sustainability, the theme Áúëãàðñêè ïàâèëèîí íàïðàâåíè îò îðãàíèçàòîðèòå supports the participants in maximising their benefits from Expo 2020 Dubai by developing synergies and interconnections with the visitors, with other participants, and with the Organiser. The masterplan is designed by HOK Architects.

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2. Theme of the Bulgarian Pavilion Nature for the people, people for the nature.

The theme is focused in a worldwide problem, whose solution must unite people and nations. The climate change is not a hypothetical problem anymore, it is happening right now. It is a current problem which affects all the places in the world, even the small countries like Bulgaria.

For more than 10,000 years the nature (greenery, waters, etc.) used to be the most important factor for our existence as a mankind and we are still here because of the nature. But right now the nature needs us and our help to be saved. Deforestation, plastic pollution, air pollution, using non-sustainable materials - these are a few of the problems that actually comes from us and we are the one who can prevent it. The technologies are focusing more and more in the environment and some of them are very suitable for Bulgaria, because of its location (salty water, forests, mountains, etc.)

3. Ocean/sea spraying. Refreezing the poles

Water curtains

Curtain starts opening when you get close

Curtain opens when you are passing

Curtain closes after you pass

One of the most promising ideas for refreezing the poles is to “brighten� the clouds above them. The idea is to pump seawater up to tall masts on uncrewed ships through very fine nozzles. This produces tiny particles of salt which are injected into the clouds, which makes them more widespread and reflective, and so cool the areas below them.

Integrating the technology into the project: TThe whole pavilion is surrounded by nozzles that sprays straight water jets. It shots the water from bottom to the air, it reaches between 5-8 meters and that forms a water curtain around the pavilion. As soon as someone approaches the water - the nozzles stop and let him/her pass. The constant visitors flow is going to start and stop the water at different parts, and it will make the facade (curtain) change constantly.

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4. Building with seawater TU Delft professors researched a new building technology based on a mixture made of salt (from seawater), starch, water. The preferred method is to 3D print the mixture, but it can also be produced as salty bricks. These structure is as solid as a masonry. The biggest disadvantage is its lack of water resistance. In the case that the pavilion is going to be surrounded by water sprays - it might need a protection. The usual option is epoxy resin but it is a non-sustainable material.

The solution: The walls are going to be 2-3 times thicker than usual and they are going to self-degrade for the whole Expo 2020. This is going to make the building change every day and at the end of the expo - there will be no walls, which is going to cut the disassembly cost by 30+ % http://buildingwithseawater.com/

Expo 2020 Opening

Saltwater algae Neochloris

Salt pans

After 3 monts

Starch

Salt collection & storage

After 6 months

Blending salt & starch

Salt grinding

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Option 1: pouring in mould

Option 2: 3D printing with D-Shape printer

Heating & hardening

Coating

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Anti-pollution:

Self-cleaning

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Water resistant

Anti-odorous

The fabric reduces harmful airborne pollution

The fabric is designed to dissolve airborne dirt

The fabric’s fibres prevent moulds or fungi from growing (even in north facing locations)

Protects buildings from rainfall whilst works are undertaken

Absorbs localised unpleasant smells

https://www.urbanvision.com/the-breath/

6. Ocean greening The algae absorbs CO2 from the air via photosynthesis

Iron particles dropped into sea by ships This produces massive algal blooms on the surface

Iron stimulates algae

This technology transforms the iron particles dropped into seawater by ships into algae and seaweed to absorb carbon dioxide.

The technology includes greening the oceans so they can take up more CO2.

Such schemes involve fertilising the sea with iron salts which promote the growth of plankton.

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Bamboo homes Resilient homes Challenge (Designboom publication) Site / Nepal Competition / Team project Year / 2018 Contribution / Leadership, Concept, Development, Bamboo structure,

Drawings, Rendering, Presentation Total estimated cost

Estimated cost per 1m2

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Budgeting approach used (standardized vs researched rates / mix)

The budget is calculated by a mixed approach. The total cost is mainly based on the standard rates that were provided.

We looked at the material costs in Nepal and researched the approximate bamboo rates in the region. The rate of bamboo was calculated by approximating the number and size of the pieces needed for the main structure of the house.

Strategies used for cost optimization To optimize the cost we aimed at using strictly local materials that would minimize the transportation costs. The bamboo was chosen as the main wood material due to its abundance and therefore low price in Nepal. Another aspect of the design is the relatively simple to construct joints. The goal is to optimize the construction time and reduce the labor cost.

Assumptions made in budgeting process The assumptions of the cost are rooted in the labor cost since the construction time and pay rate are based on research.

Some of the construction is assumed to be done by the house owners as well. As for the materials the bamboo cost is based on a research of the most widely spread sizes per piece.

The roof is done in split bamboo that acts as roof tiles. The amount and cost of that is also based on a rough estimate.

Masterplan Community aggregation Residence School Health center Residence

School

Health center

Library

Community center

Library Community center

We have collaborated to create resilient bamboo homes for earthquake stricken regions of nepal. The solution envisions a sustainable, easy to build structure that provides a cost efficient system for housing and living in newly rebuilt towns. The design uses vernacular materials and a modular arrangement that can be multiplied and combined into units of various sizes. The focus is on quickly rebuilding houses for fast emotional and economic recovery of the affected areas.

A singular housing unit is comprised of three different functions of living, cleansing and resting. The 3x6 modular system can be freely rearranged, or expanded, while preserving the light quality and the natural ventilation of the interior space. The partition walls function as a core inside the open space of the house. The finishing materials are specified as steel sheets and bamboo woven walls, which are familiar and typical for nepal.

However, these materials serve as a canvas for self expression and ‘customizability’ as color can be introduced by the users.

The rigid frame of the bamboo structure is divided into triangles to make the unit flexible enough to withstand the lateral forces of earthquakes. the use of bamboo was selected due to the abundance of the material in nepal, india and peru, and the local proficiency in using it for construction.

It is also lightweight and flexible, making it easily transported and financially feasible for the budget of the 3modular project.

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3M - SYMMETRIC LOADS DISTRIBUTION ON A GRID STRUCTURAL REDUNDANCY STIFFER CORNER

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Pavilion of the Seven Kairo Looro Competition 2017 Site / Tanaf, Senegal Competition / Team project Year / 2017 Contribution / Concept, Development, Rendering

SQ1_ROOF with 7 LIGHT SLITS

SQ2_PRAYER HALL

SQ3_PREPARATION SPACE

Community aggregation Historically, the most monumental and significant structures have been the places of worship; they have been represented as the combined effort of structural advancement, material diversity, artistic and aesthetic pursue. Most of these structures can be seen as a case study of the significance of their age and location by reflecting the political, economic and intellectual stage of their time and space setting. Creating a place of worship, however, cannot be purely seen as an aesthetic effort, it also needs to carry on the philosophical ideology and create such an environment that would signify the aspect of worship.

Looking back to the origins of worship and religion, one would notice that it was a moral system, a means of gathering people together around a common value system to build social order and stronger interpersonal relation and organized community. This creates homogeneity but also builds the stage for social interaction and the emergence of conversation, discussion and therefore new ideas for further development of the intellectual whole.

This project presents the problem of creating space for that social interaction which becomes meaningful and valuable for the whole community by answering the needs for a space that is to hold program and activity. After a careful analysis the program can be broken down through the philosophical organization of Islam and Christianity. Although, the structures that emerge to serve those religions look drastically different, they both follow similar programmatic sequence: cleansing space, preparation space and finally room for prayer or worship that build hierarchy of the space; travel of the body to the self.

These three areas address religion directly. However, the most basic function of religion is to generate interaction, much like the plaza in the city fabric. In that sense the project addresses the problem of the stage in the city, the plaza, the space for gathering and interaction. The religious function becomes

SQ4_EXTERIOR WOOD ENVELOPE

SQ5_MAIN GATHERING HALL

SQ6_WATER FOND

SQ7_EDUCATIONAL SPACE

raised up to open space for public activity. In this manner the space program and the sequence becomes layered rather than having a planar linear sequence. The language of lifting program up establishes a language of hanging functional areas around the central plane, the stage which takes a central place between the underground educational space and the worship space. The water becomes another layer to connect and reflect the earthly and the divine, the submerged and the elevated.

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The layering concept can be read through the floor plan with the spatial organization in which all areas overlap to create space below and space on top. The faรงade is composed of layers where structure and envelope are clearly differentiated. The four entries embody the four gates to Jerusalem. They are strategically positioned in a manner that creates space for more personal meditation in the misty light coming through the faรงade. They are also points of opening up the faรงade to see though both ways: outside in to the darker inside and inside out to celebrate the sunrise and sunset.

The building plan makes use of the geometry of seven squares, a concept present in bots the Bible and the Curran. The symbology of the number seven is expressed through the seven days of the creation. Each of the events in them begins to influence the function of the spaces in the pavilion. The first day is marked by the creation of light to oppose the dark. This is the divine light that gives the ability to see. The second day is the day of the two heavens- sky and earth therefore creating space. The third day is dedicated to the life: the plants and sea. The next day came the sun, moon; day and night. The fifth day brought birds in the sky and fish in the sea. On the sixth day people were created. The last day is dedicated to the rest. These seven themes translate in the pavilion with their abstraction: 1. the ability to see; 2.heaven and earth (underground space still open to the sky); 3.the tangible, the matter; 4.day and night or the measure of time; 5.animate and the water and air; 6.the human with the assigned qualities of intelligence and higher order; 7.space for rest, meditation and contemplation. These seven squares also translate on the geometry of the roof pattern. The slits allow light and rain in extending the concept of heaven and earth but also bringing indirect light from above in a controlled manner. The space of the prayer area is darker and more mystic.

Light becomes a driving force of the project. The volumes are juxtaposed and rotated in a way that creates dimmed cool space inside to contrast the bright outside sunlight. The angle of rotation makes the building directed to Mecca while the water footprint recognizes the orientation of the neighboring structures and thus makes the project fit the site. The main gate is oriented to the main road and presents a welcoming entrance to the pavilion. The entry sequence becomes an ascending travel through the layers of the building: from the exterior through the water and the light envelope layer, the thick structural rammed earth wall to the interior. The space inside is an equivalent to the plaza- a stage floating on water and well shaded.

Program above and below

Building and site environment

North elevation

West elevation

DhowDunes Isover Competition 2018 Site / Dubai, OAE Competition / Team project Year / 2018 Contribution / Leadership, Concept, Development,

Drawings, Rendering, Presentation

Masterplan

The project site is located in The United Arab Emirates, Dubai. The place used to be an important shipyard for the typical for the area - Dhow boats. Our site is on the creek bank, divided only by a pedestrian avenue, and then there is a festival city on the other bank. All the area around us is empty but the municipality of Dubai accepted a project for a library right next to our site and it means we are going to be surrounded by different types of arts. We had no choice but to take part of the new art and cultural neighbourhood and be art itself.

The main task of the brief was to make a sustainable community that contains 242 apartments mostly for artists. In our proposal we built two volumes (wider/shorter and more narrow/higher). We tried to save the genius loci of the site by dividing the buildings with horizontal wooden stripes that remain of the typical Dhow boats. These louvres also provide a shade of the inhabitants and protect the buildings from overheating. On the borders of the site we spread different public stores and activities, which created an open hybrid space in the core, full of arts and vegetation . That space invites the artists to work in the open area in front of visitors and locals or to promote themselves with exhibitions.

During the day the public spaces in Dubai are completely empty if they are not protected from the sun. Because of that we covered all the public areas and we provided a multi-comfortable ground floor for everyone. But we couldn’t rely on a flat slab, we wanted to make it attractive for the people. Dubai’s relief is almost flat and making something morphological is going to be noticed. We wanted to make something noticeable but also something that’s not going to be out of place and we started looking for a local element that can complete our idea. At the end we came up with the idea for the dunes - they are all around Dubai, they have a relief that we exaggerated for a better effect and the idea of going inside of the dunes is attractive for locals and foreigners.

The construction is contemporary and even more challengingly with the holes on the top that emphasise the exhibition on the ground floor.

The buildings are facing East and West which is not the best orientation for Dubai but we wanted to have as much view of the creek as possible . To protect the building from the eastern and western sun we transformed these horizontal stripes to a dynamic facade that everyone can open and close whenever they want. With this action we protect not only the overheating but also the history of the place the old shipyard of dhow boats.

In the wider building - the atrium core full if vegetation refreshes the air and lets the sunlight in. The terraces are full of trees in plants in pots that turns the dry air into a fresh one for a natural ventilation.

Masterplan

Ground floor (public spaces)

Residential floors (apartments)

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Railway depot - Sofia University project Site / Sofia, Bulgaria Mentor / Arch. Dimitar Gochev Year / 2018 Contribution / Leadership, Concept, Development,

Drawings, Rendering, Presentation

Masterplan

Over time and lack of care and function, the building was left in the hands of nature and time. Even with the first visit of the site, it was impossible to ignore the vegetation that penetrates the concrete floor. It was significant to us that nature wants to be part of the future project and development of this historical gemstone.

The design is based on the transformation of the railway depot into a botanical garden. The main halls are divided into different climatic zones, emphasizing the vegetation and the feeling in the area - Tropical Forest, African Savannah and Japanese Garden. In addition, in the center there is a hall for official celebrations (weddings, proms, etc.), and the rest of the parts will be used for photoshooting and rest. These events are served by a large restaurant, also located in the central part, which is supplied with on organic products grown in a secondary hall - the Bulgarian Garden. The interior and the exteriorof the restaurant can also be used by everyone, and there is a rose garden in addition to the water mirror in addition to the water mirror.

A newly constructed underground floor provides parking and air conditioning for the specific rooms. On the second floor is the administration with a laboratory.

Ground floor (botanical areas: tropical, savannah, japanese, bulgarian garden)

Upper floor (office, Laboratory, event center, restaurant)

Underground (68 parking lots, HVAC and technicals)

Tropic The tropical rainfall and humidity, typical of the tropics, is recreated in the hall and visitors feel like they are in a real tropical forest. The walkways are made of wood and earth, surrounded by palm trees and noisy creek that lead to a stormy waterfall. Entering the room, every visitor can try the taste of the fresh fruits that are growing in this hall Savannah The desert and dry hall of the African Savannah is more focused on sensation than on vegetation. The leading flow directs to an unreachable oasis, visible from specific points in the hall. As we approach this “paradise� nook, the walking of the uphill ramp begins, and again we move away from it, and the oasis remains reachless. At the entrance, fresh coffee is prepared for each visitor to adapt to the climate zone.

South Elevation - before

South Elevation - after

North Elevation - before

North Elevation - after Japanese Garden The blossoming Japanese cherry at the entrance shows the beginning of peaceful Zen journey through the hall, accompanied by the white noise of the high waterfall. Walking on the flat greenery and water areas we reach a bamboo forest that surrounds us and we feel complete privacy.

Spread and grouped rocks and stone elements break the green lowlands. Throughout the trip to the Japanese garden, the visitor can enjoy the taste of match tea.

Facades On the facades the authentic raster with new color and the changed windows is preserved. Elements of corten steel and hanging vegetation are added to the administrative block.

LIVE ON WATER Archistart / Floating Room Competition Site / Iseo lake, Italy Competition / Team project Year / 2017 Contribution / Leadership, Concept, Development,

Drawings, Rendering, Presentation

Single closed house

Extending the space by opening the windows

Closing the lower floor

Transforming the kitchen envelope to furnitures

Gathering with friends

Connecting the coasts

LIVE ON WATER is a living-space module, designed to meet simple everyday-life necessities in an unusual context – Italian lake ISEO. The structure intention is to escape the ordinary urban atmosphere by bringing it in a different environment – surrounded by water on all four sides, it isolates people from the noisy city – scape and brings something absent in their lives – nature.

SCENERY RELATIONSHIP The bond between the landscape and the inner space of the module is exaggerated by the sliding floor-to-ceiling windows. They carry the tranquility of the outside world in, while protecting it. That gives the occupants a new point of view, different from the closed environment of an ordinary hotel room.

The setup is distributed in two parts, connected by a staircase. One is on water level (±0.00) and one under water (-2.10). The goal is to separate the diverse functions of the module.

OPEN SPACE All of the windows can be opened and stored in an appointed corner – that creates a big covered deck that combines the inner space and the exterior. That deck can be further enlarged by covering the staircase opening with the light mobile wall next to it – it falls down on top and closes it.

CONNECTING PEOPLE If there are two or more modules they can be connected on each side of the platforms – that also binds more people, bringing them together, whether it is for a quiet evening with close friends or a big party in the middle of this secluded place.

ARCHITECTURE LIVE ON WATER’s purpose is to provide a unique experience to its residents without compromising the landscape – hence the openness to the outside world. The see-through feeling it creates helps people build a strong relationship with the scenery that circles around them and influences each and every ordinary daily activity from waking up in the morning to going back to sleep in the night.