2024-10-08 22:42:21
He was in the Capital Municipality for 8 years, with his successor, Bogdana Panayotova, they exchanged posts there – before she went to Mayor Terziev, she was also the head of the RDNSK
The former chief architect of Sofia Zdravko Zdravkov is the new head of the Sofia Regional Directorate for National Construction Control (RDNSK), the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works announced.
He was appointed to the post after a competition held on October 1.
There was only one other candidate
– Eng. Kalin Yordanov, it is clear from a publication on the website of the Directorate for National Construction Control (DNSK).
Zdravkov was the chief architect of the Metropolitan Municipality for 8 years. He remained in his post 9 months after the local elections as part of the team of the new mayor Vasil Terziev. On July 26, the mayor surprisingly announced on Facebook that he had accepted his resignation. Terziev did not give reasons, but thanked him “for the time he dedicated to the city”. Former Construction Minister Nikolay Nankov from GERB talked about “coercion” and a “policeman’s approach”, but agreed that every leader has the right to choose his team. He told how Zdravkov went to a working meeting with the mayor about property expropriation, and received the order for his release. “And as a fine and correct person, he signs it,” described Nankov. Arch himself. Zdravkov then and now
discreetly kept silent
Bogdana Panayotova, who was previously the head of the RDNSK, as well as the chief architect of Haskovo and Svilengrad, is temporarily in the position until a competition is announced. She headed the company that does the construction supervision, and is a consultant for 11 metro stations, several buffer parking lots, etc.
Zdravkov’s career began in the municipality of Pleven, where he was the head of the “Urban Planning” sector. He then became the chief architect of Cherven Bryag. He founded the architectural studio “Kvadra-04”, among his projects are a car factory, a stadium, workshops, railway stations, gas stations, housing. In 2016, he won the competition of the Metropolitan Municipality after the resignation of Petar Dikov as chief architect.
His eight years in the team of Mayor Yordanka Fandakova were not easy, he also admits that he received threats through intermediaries. Arch. Zdravkov is proud of the digitization in the “Architecture and Urban Planning” Department and the transparency of the issued documents. He led the battles for the “Maria Luiza” bathhouse in Borisova gradina, acquired 2 decades ago by Rumen Gaitanski – Valka, for the “Capitolia” car dealership and
“The Merry Village”, which he managed to eliminate
The procedure for pushing Gaitanski’s illegal hunting lodge near the Iskar dam has also begun. Protected the restoration of the first stage of the Dragalevsky lift. At arch. Zdravkov, the plans for the metro routes, including the future extensions to “Lyulin” and “Studentski Grad”, and for the new city rings were drawn up.
At the end of 2016, he invited the world-renowned urban planner and architect Jan Geel, who prepared a vision for public spaces in Sofia. In 2019, he held the international competition for the square “St. Sunday” won by the famous “Fuksas” studio, which works with “Armani”.
Fandakova thanked him for the legal changes to limit the height of buildings in the so-called corner properties where construction was rampant. It also opened up opportunities for the release and protection of green areas in the neighborhoods by moving private properties.
He also went through turmoil. Citizens protested on the day he signed his resignation against the PUB approved by Zdravkov, which allows the construction of a 16-story building at the intersection of “Sitnyakovo” Blvd. and “Cherkovna” St. And a sign that something was coming around him came from the SOS meeting a day earlier, when several reports allowing for new construction were not accepted. At the meeting itself, councilors from “Save Sofia” called for them not to be accepted and strongly criticized the proposals.