Moreni club residents

Moreni Club Residence is a residential development set on a 91,000 sq.m site, characterized by low-rise buildings and panoramic views towards Vitosha Mountain.

The complex comprises twelve three-storey apartment buildings and 38 two-storey single-family houses in two typologies – luxury detached homes and terraced houses. The total building footprint is 13,700 sq.m, with a gross floor area of 43,800 sq.m and 76,500 sq.m of landscaped areas, pedestrian paths and streets.

When developing the concept, our team drew on the experience gained from four previous gated residential developments of a similar scale and function, all developed, built and managed by the same investor. Through the realization of these projects, we had the opportunity to observe which ideas and design decisions can transform a small neighbourhood like this into a genuine community – a place where people enjoy meeting, interacting with one another and making full use of their shared surroundings.

Our first and most important objective was to create the most generous and high-quality public spaces possible. We raised the buildings to the maximum permitted height of three storeys, allowing us to free up as much of the site as possible for landscaping and communal use. Shared gardens and parks encourage residents to spend time outdoors, meet their neighbours and experience their home as something much larger than the space enclosed by the walls of their apartment.

The second key objective was to make these shared spaces safe. From our previous projects, we had learned that children are among their most frequent users and that safe, direct access to a neighbourhood garden is a significant benefit not only for them, but for the entire family. To achieve this, vehicular traffic was moved to the perimeter of the development, leaving its heart as an interconnected system of green spaces.

Cars circulate primarily along a ring road following the boundary of the site, providing direct access to underground garages beneath each apartment building. The only exceptions are a few low-traffic streets serving the single-family houses. These are designed according to the principles of a shared street, using paving more typical of garden paths to naturally reduce vehicle speeds.

Equally important was the quality of the gardens themselves. Our aim was for greenery to dominate the development – lush and abundant, yet natural in character. The landscape design was developed by Landscape Design Studio, with the active involvement of the investor, Eng. Plamen Andreev, and incorporates a variety of green spaces, each with a different purpose and atmosphere.

The more active recreational area is located away from the residential buildings and organized around a lake created by capturing water from an underground stream running alongside the site. A variety of spaces for recreation and play are arranged around it, but more importantly, the green areas are interconnected, allowing residents to enjoy a continuous walk through the entire development.

The spaces between the buildings are planted with taller trees and shrubs and conceived as quieter garden areas. More than 360 specimens of mature, large-scale vegetation have been planted, including distinctive native species, together with ornamental shrubs, perennial flowers and decorative grasses.

The apartment buildings are shaped by a series of characteristic setbacks in plan, designed so that the living room of every home benefits from views towards Vitosha Mountain. The façades are finished entirely in natural materials.

The single-family houses and Luxury-class buildings are clad in 90 × 90 cm white limestone panels, 2 cm thick, mounted on an aluminium substructure as a ventilated façade system. The recessed terraces are lined with heat-treated softwood, adding warmth and texture to the stone exterior. Schüco window systems are used throughout, with sliding systems in the living areas. Most living rooms have a clear ceiling height of 3.30 m.

The Premium-class buildings feature façades clad in grey gneiss and natural timber. All ground-floor residences have private gardens, separated from the communal landscaped areas by planted green boundaries.

Construction of the complex was divided into three phases and was fully completed in 2026. This phased approach also allowed the landscape to mature gradually, so that with the opening of each subsequent phase, the gardens no longer appeared newly planted but already felt like an established part of the neighbourhood.