Anton’s proposal: A new face for Ilko Eskenazi

Location on the public territory: IlkoEskenazi Square, locked between Slivnitsa Blvd. and Vitosha St.

Current situation: Here are mixed several elements of the urban environment – parking, green areas and bike path with bike park. There is no synchronicity between the elements. The square is neglected and has the potential to become a wonderful place between the tall blocks.

Project-idea: The project envisages minimal changes in the landscape: to improve the green area, to replace tiles and flooring with decorative ones. Enclose the space with hedges, pergolas and low flowering shrubs. Add a flower bed, lamps and bins.

A stage for performances can be built (there are two high schools in the area). There is also space for an art installation.

About the author: Anton Bogdev is an engineer – designer. He graduated from the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy in Sofia and the National High School of Humanities and Arts “Konstantin Preslavski” in Varna. His competencies include: production of specialized maps, creation of digital terrain models, vertical planning, calculation of volumes and quantities, geographic information systems. Contact: anton_bogdev@abv.bg.

We are also waiting for your suggestions for the initiative “What does EcoVarna look like” at e-mail: ecovarna.info@gmail.com.

Projects must:

– to ensure a balance between natural and anthropogenic factors and to create preconditions for sustainable development of Varna;

– to contain a short explanatory part about the location of the public territory, its current state and vision for its future development;

– to be accompanied by a visualization – a photo of the current state of the place and a color sketch, a diagram of the future;

– be accompanied by a short CV of the author;

We are also waiting for your suggestions for the initiative “What does EcoVarna look like” at e-mail: ecovarna.info@gmail.com.

The projects will be published in the section “News”, category “Ecocity”, on the site ecovarna.info (after its update). After the completion of the initiative (until the collection of 12 project ideas) they will be submitted to the Union of Architects – Varna. All 12 ideas of “What EcoVarna looks like” will be presented in an official exhibition during the civic forum “Conference on Democracy 2021”, which is held annually on the last Saturday of February.

What EcoVarna Looks Like is part of the Active for Public Spaces initiative.

Translator: Valentina Vagge