The Children’s Center (formerly known as the Pioneer Palace) is built during the Soviet era in the 1970s.
The renovation works of the complex have involved both external and internal changes, with the primary goal throughout all design phases being the restoration of modernist architectural solutions implemented during the Soviet period and the correction of changes made over the years, to create a more pleasant and comfortable educational environment for children.
The complex consists of two buildings: A and B. Building A has two above-ground floors, with a total construction area of 3,550 m², and a partially divided basement floor with an area of 240 m². The interior spaces of the building have mostly been preserved, except for certain parts: the need for changing rooms serving the sports hall, based on construction norms, has led to the addition of a 110 m² space in the main recreation area, which includes an amphitheatre and a waiting room, to organise the flow of people efficiently.
At the rear of the events hall, to enhance visibility obstructed by the seating due to the existing columns, that area has been separated from the main hall and now functions as a guest dressing room as well as equipment storage for the whole complex. The vertical cut of the cylindrical volume of the library in the main recreation area has allowed the installation of façade glazing along its entire length, providing the library with a secondary source of light, as it previously lacked natural lighting.
