Design intentions
TO DESIGN A NEW CATHEDRAL CHURCH IN THE EAST ORTHODOX TRADITIONS-THE FIRST AFTER 60 YEARS OF COMMUNISM TO INTERPRETE THE ANCIENT ORTHODOX TRADITIONS IS A CONTEMPORARY BUILDING . TO CREATE A LANDMARK IN A SUBURBAN AREA OF 80 000 INHABITANTS TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF CREATING A CHURCH AFTER 60 YEARS BREAK OF COMMUNISM IN BULGARIA IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE AUTHOR TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LOST CONTINUITY OF TRADITION THE LAYOUTS AND THE ARCHITECTURAL MASSING ARE DESIGNED ON THE BASIS OF THE GOLDEN SECTION METHOD IN OTHER WORDS Fibonacci sequence AND NUMBERS THIS APPROACH IS A TRIBUTE TO THE SPIRIT OF TRADITION

Technical data
BUILT AREA OF GROUND LEVEL -2000 M2 THE LAYOUTS ARE FOLLOWING THE BYZANTINE CROSS CENTRAL NAOS ,CULMINATING BY A DOME .THE CHURCH HAS 3 ENTRANCES -WEST,NORTH AND SOUTH.THE ARCADES ARE EMBRACING THE VOLUME OF THE TEMPLE AND CREATE ITS OWN ENVIRONMENT AND PRACTICALLY SHADED WALKWAY FOR THE VISITORS THE BELL TOWER IN MARKING THE MAIN WEST ENTRANCE THE HEIGHT OF THE DOME -22 M THE HEIGHT OF THE BELL TOWER 30 M

Project team
MARYANN ALEXIEVA-ARCH.IDEA AND AUTHOR MARK GUTIERREZ-ARCH-3D MODELING ENG.EMIL BOICHEV-STRUCTURAL ENGINEER