Euro 2012 news

Town Planning Board approved the construction of Kharkiv 5-star hotels for Euro 2012 because it is fully aligned with the architecture of downtown.

September 23 during the forum which was named: "Building a European Ukraine – preparing the Kharkiv for Euro-2012," said the rector of the Kharkiv State Technical University of Construction and Architecture Jury Shkodovsky.

According to him, the controversy about the building of the territory of the park on the square. Liberty was conducted with the 30-ies. Finally have demanded the project, which also will not cross the existing style of neighboring buildings.

"The challenge was to find the position of a new hotel in the town planning aspect. Were founded visual communication and the axis at the intersection of which defined to its locations. What is in my opinion an advantage? If you look at high-altitude scan, the new hotel is not much fall is the context of the historical heritage of architectural constructivism is an attempt to imitate some extent ... But the interest itself is that it will be built entirely new principle, in Kharkiv, these hotels still do not. By means of the organization of space bodies hotels around the atrium space of the area ... will enter into the interior courtyard building ... very well fit into the urban structures and did not cause any protests, "- said Shkodovsky.

He added that the construction of 11-storey building in no way affect the Metro station stable work. "Reference is made constructive hotel is just a technical condition of underground. I think the hotel needs to be protected from exposure to the functioning of the metro station but not vice versa" - summed up an architect.

Recall, the main architect of Kyiv, Sergei Babushkin  have designed this hotel. It is designed for 172 rooms with multifunctional room, fitness center (SPA) center, shopping and entertainment facilities. Volume set contains the underground level, and eleven floors above ground. In the underground level of parking is available on 54 places for parking and support the hotel premises. On the ground floor includes entrance hall hotels, shopping and entertainment facilities, a cafe, a lobby bar.