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WALLCANO CENTER
Architect: Zohar Architects j Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
Walltopia, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of artificial climbing walls
and grips, organized the Collider Ac tivity Center competition located in Sofia, near the
foothills of Mount Vitosha – one of Bulgaria’s most popular tourist destina tions. The
proposal by Zohar Architects is a 100% climbable structure: a donutshaped courtyard
building informed by the diversity of context. Its volume is extruded using ‘grafts’ of the
world’s most famous mountains as formwork to create a patchwork of alpine geo-
diversity, with a perfect cast of Abraham Lincoln’s nose from Mount Rushmore
prominently positioned to satisfy curious climber fantasies. More images and
architects’ description after the break.
The programmatic mix combines exercise (climbing walls, fitness center, swimming
pool, dance and sports halls) with leisure (spa center, bar, restaurant, and cafe), and
includes a park area with a greenhouse and other outdoor recreational spaces.
Introducing WALLCANO The world’s first 100% climbable
Covered in a modular and easily transformable ‘Grip Grid’ facade that features
climbable Wallonia Plexiglas, the grip color, texture, and topography combine to create
a product catalog building skin.
The 360° view walkway which caps the building offers an incentive for devoted
climbers, with the interior program following a similarly rewarding progression from
active to passive. Two scalable entrances mark the transition into the building-a
chimney and a cave- with the former continuing into the ground to become the second
highest climbing wall in the world. The Wall Cano’s central courtyard is an ac tual
450m2 graft of land that is cut from Cherni   Vrah – Vitosha’s highest peak- to be come
the heart of the building.