POLITICAL PALACES

RILINDJA GOVERNMENT BUILDING OF KOSOVO

Political Palaces

Prishtina, Kosovo | 2009

Rilindja, meaning “rebirth” is a 20-story tall building reconstructed by Mabetex Group consisted in the renovation of all of ces and the Governmental main hall. The Rilindja building was initially constructed in 1978 by the then Autonomous Province of Kosovo’s government. The former Rilindja building located on the corner of Garibaldi Street and Luan Haradinaj Street was veiled for construction, after the Mabetex Group, won the government-issued tender for the reconstruction of the building. Mabetex was the only national business to compete in the tender, which included various European construction rms.

300 members of staff have been working three separate shifts for 24 hours a day to complete the building, and it will be completed on time. Mabetex employed hundreds of Kosovars, increasing the social welfare of many families The auditorium was not included in the approved project plan. Instead, Mabetex Group decided to donate it to the government as a gift for their future endeavours. Four elevators bring to the of ce space, which is surrounded by windows showcasing immaculate views of Kosovo’s capital.

The ceremony of the ribbon-cutting was held in 2010 at the presence of Afrim Pacolli, the Prime Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaci and President of Kosovo Jakup Krasniqip.

CENTRAL CONCERT HALL

Theaters

Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | 2009

The Concert Hall is a center for performing arts in Nur-Sultan, the capital city of Kazakhstan.

The Concert Hall is a center for performing arts in Nur-Sultan, the capital city of Kazakhstan. It was inaugurated by the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev on the nation’s Independence Day, the 15th of December 2009. The Nur-Sultan State Auditorium lies on the south of a historic organizational axis leading to the Presidential Palace with the Senate House opposite to the auditorium. The form of the building was generated from an analysis of a native ower. The music which the building envelopes, re ects in the dynamic form and colour of the envelope. The built form, envisioned as a “Flower of the Steppe” contains a system of plazas housing shops, balconies, restaurants, two cinemas and Auditorium Concert Hall. The hall is a wood clad shell from within and outside seated deep within the swirling envelope of the building. This womb-like space symbolises a native Kazakh musical instrument ‘Dombra’. The multileveled plazas within the building integrate with the system of plazas on either side of the central axis.

The concrete frame of the envelope is clad with glass to protect the inside from harsh extremities of the climate of Nur-Sultan while re ecting the changing landscape. The building’s shape evokes the dynmism of a ower’s petals as a metaphor for the dynamism of music itself. The building’s external structure comprises a series of curved inclined walls made of concrete with a blue back painted glass panels cladding. Those structures protect the building’s interior functions from Nur-Sultan’s harsh weather conditions. The building features a thirty-meter-high foyer which extends over 3.000 square meters, which is intended to create an urban-scale internal public square that could welcome the citizens of Nur-Sultan throughout the entire year.

REPUBLICAN DIAGNOSTIC CENTER

Hospitals

Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | 2010

The Center is an investment project carried out on behalf of the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev and created in accordance with the decision of the Government of Kazakhstan. Turnout of the Center is 500 visits per shift.

The Center is equipped with an exclusive diagnosticequipment (of world leaders in Europe, USA and Japan) which complies with world standards. The Center employs highly-quali ed specialists from various elds of medicine which have been trained at leading clinics of near and far abroad.The center serves patients from all over Kazakhstan as well as the neighboring regions.