Description

The Red House - Centre for Culture and Debate is a multifunctional cultural and socio-political centre. It is designed as a space where artistic experiment and public debate on "hot" socio-political issues meet, the meeting point being the openness of perception, the lack of prejudices, the tolerance to the different.
After the reconstruction of the building, the Centre for Culture and Debate will be located in the house-atelier of the great Bulgarian sculptor of the first half of the 20th century Andrej Nikolov. The building - work of the great architect of the time Ivan Vassiljov, and a cultural monument of a national significance - has been abandoned in the last decades. Our aim is to bring life again in this unique space.

The centre will be equipped with multifunctional spaces, suitable for the whole range of activities planned (performances, exhibitions, public debates, public lectures, film screenings, etc.). It will also host a permanent exhibition of Andrej Nikolov’s work, a resource library, an artist-in-residence facility, and a café-restaurant.

Former use: sculptor Andrej Nikolov’s house and studio; studio for other sculptors.
Surface of the site: 1270 sq. m.
Architect of the rehabilitation: Tzvetan Tzinzev and Ljuben Bojadjiev
Foundation year: opening just after renovation
Type of occupation: free-lending contract
Owner of the building: Bulgarian Ministry of Culture

Infrastructures

multifunctional spaces
exhibition hall
resource library
café-restaurant
artist-in-residence facility

Artistic and social disciplines

 Contemporary Theatre : Residencies/ Diffusion / Training Workshop / Spaces rental / Debates / Lecture / Conferences / festivals

 Music : Residencies / concerts / Spaces rental / Debates / Lecture / Conferences / festivals

 Contemporary Dance : Residencies / Diffusion / Training / Workshop / Spaces rental / Debates/ Lecture/ Conferences / festivals

 Heritage/Architecture : Debates / Lecture / Conferences / festivals

 Visual Art : Residencies / Diffusion / Training / Workshop / Spaces rental / Debates / Lecture / Conferences / festivals

 Multimedia : Residencies / Diffusion / Training / Workshop / Spaces rental / Debates / Lecture / Conferences / festivals

 Cinema / Audiovisual : Residencies / Diffusion / Training / Workshop / Spaces rental / Debates / Lecture /Conferences / festivals

 Radio/Television : Spaces rental / Debates / Lecture / Conferences / festivals

 Solidarity / Citizenship : Debates / Lecture / Conferences

 Literature / Poetry : Residencies / Spaces rental / Debates / book premiers

 Press : Debates / Lecture

Financial support

MATRA program of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Prins Bernhard Fonds,
UNDP - Beautiful Sofia Program,
Open Society Foundation,
Pro Helvetia,
American Center,
The Suitcase Fund of the US, and others.