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Studio S+RK is an award-winning London based collaborative of young design professionals working on expressing their design ideas through the participation in design competitions all around the world. The studio was founded in 2015 by husband & wife team Ramez Khalil & Simona Kuneva.

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The studio’s latest project “Ta’et Nour”, a humanitarian intervention in Assyut where they proposed a mixed-use urban development to move an at risk community of 100 families, has won several international competitions.

http://srkdesign.studio/

SIMONA KUNEVA

RAMEZ KHALIL

Simona is an ARB-accredited architect with over 7 years of experience working at some of the biggest practices in the UK.

After receiving his BA from Newcastle University and his MArch from the Welsh School of Architecture, Ramez has worked for some of the UK’s leading architecture practices on projects of various sizes all over the world, from skyscrapers in London, to urban regeneration projects in Abu Dhabi.

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She is currently employed at Allies & Morrison, where she is the project architect of a large masterplan in Brent Cross, London. After receiving her BA with honours from Newcastle University and her MArch with distinction from Westminster University she cofounded S+RK.

Now he is an RIBA-registered architect currently working at Foster + Partners, where he is the project architect of a large commercial development in Beijing, China. Ramez founded S+RK with Simona when they first met in 2015.

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She is very interested in regeneration projects and the revitalisation of industrial era buildings.

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The ripple is a floating multifunctional piazza that adds a new landmark that celebrates the Drava river and the beautiful city of Maribor. The ripple is designed with the rich festival culture of Maribor in mind offering a floating multifunctional piazza that adds a new landmark that celebrates the Drava river and the beautiful city of Maribor. Being that the brief specifies a square footprint the four triangles leftover from the amphitheatre circular shape are then filled with a lightweight planter mainly made from potted plants to create 4 mini gardens on each corner of the specified footprint.

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For the floating system we chose what we believed to be the most flexible and easy to install/uninstall floating system, which is ‘the rolling barge’ modular system, that us formed from a combination of an easy to assemble steel frame and large empty plastic barrels. The rest of the construction is a simple timber structure with certain elements that are coloured in reference the terracotta pitched roofs that give Maribor its iconic look. Our proposal also allows for both open air & sheltered usage by providing vertical rods on either side of the pavilion that can host tensile shader that could be stored, along with the foldable access bridge within the ample storage space within the seating areas. The versatile nature of the chosen floating system allows for easily moving the ripple to different positions on the river, and the proposed cross-chain anchoring system allows for easily docking it at various locations on the riverbank. The open shape of the pavilion allows for great visibility from the riverbank, when being used as a stage during the lent festival, while also allowing for more intimate performances & experiences during the rest of its usage.

Concept

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Structural Diagram

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Plan 6

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Elevations

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Section A-A 8

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Detail Section

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