Bronze Architecture, Building and Structure Design · 2024
Dot Sofia Event Space and Residential Architecture
- A' Design Award 2024 Bronze Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Awarded April 15, 2024
- CLIENT: I/O architects
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 14,890
- Verification code 44B6525F47 · Verify this award
About Dot Sofia Event Space and Residential Architecture
Dot Sofia is a mixed use building for events and urban living in Sofia, Bulgaria. The two volume structure holds a contemporary art and events space, a signature restaurant and residential units. Dot Sofia stands in the historic market district, an area long linked to trade and neglected in recent decades. The facade is made of rusted steel and recalls the aged materiality of the neighborhood. Oversized shutters open and close, following the rhythm of market life. The building was completed in 2023 and has a gross floor area of 1576 square meters.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Embedded in the urban complexity of the biggest street market in Sofia the simple two volume structure of DOT Sofia building manifests unexpected different faces and scales from the possible viewpoints. The hybrid program of intertwined contemporary art and events space; signature restaurant and design urban living are injected in the rather neglected historic heart of the city with the clear ambition to redirect its inevitable transformation. The rusted steel facade preserves the characteristic aged materiality of the area while the dynamics of the oversized shutters follow the rhythm of the market life.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Gross Floor Area: 1576 m²;
Plot Area: 338 m² - Tags
- urban complexity, historical layers, steel facade; shutters; design urban living
- Production Technology
- Monolith Construction; Kinetic Façade Building
- Project Duration
- Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
Completion year: 2023 - Inspiration
- DOT Sofia is located in the heart of old Sofia. This historic part of the city has been home to trade and markets for centuries. Neglected for the past decades, it is now evolving into a multi-cultural melting pot. DOT Sofia aims to contribute to the rediscovery and evolution of this still hidden urban cultural area.
- Image Credits
- Assen Emilov