Mile Arc

Architecture

Design, planning, and consultancy

Mile Arc offers architectural design, planning support, and consultancy services, led by Dr Yakim Milev — a RIBA Chartered Member with a career spanning stadium and large-scale sports infrastructure, civic and cultural buildings, and adaptive reuse, informed by PhD-level research into computational and machine-learning-driven design.

Selected work

Aerial render of the modular stadium set within a dense city grid
Rooftop concourse with green vertical facade fins overlooking the city

NY Stadium

2019–2022

A modular stadium design sited within a dense, high-rise city grid, developed alongside PhD research at the Royal College of Art into machine-learning-driven stadium design. The concept wraps the bowl in a green, vertically planted facade and roof-level concourse, testing how a relocatable stadium typology adapts to an intensely urban context.

Exterior render of the concert hall's folded canopy roof
Interior render of the concert hall foyer with branching gold columns
Exterior entrance render of the concert hall canopy
Interior render of the auditorium seating and stage

Warsaw Concert Hall

2021

A concert hall concept for Warsaw exploring a folded-plate roof geometry and branching, tree-like structural columns to unify entrance canopy, foyer, and auditorium into a single continuous form.

Presentation board for Casa de Guijarros mountain expedition base

Casa de Guijarros

2020

Casa de Guijarros ("Pebble House") is a mountain expedition base concept sited in a high-altitude, snow-bound landscape. A central hub housing kitchen, dining, first aid, and training facilities anchors a radial network of temporary, pebble-shaped modular units, supported on rock anchors and organised by a distance-based zoning strategy — from expensive, relaxing accommodation near the hub to more affordable options further out.

Presentation board for the Fitt for the Future adaptive office proposal

Fitt for the Future

2021

A speculative adaptive reuse proposal converting an existing arena-type building into a flexible office and social space for a post-pandemic workplace. The design reorganises the building around roof gardens, zero-waste eateries, a research and innovation lab, and wellbeing facilities, asking how office typology can adapt to distancing, changing social patterns, and sustainability demands.

Presentation board for Garden in the Whirlpool of Time, Bolsena

Garden in the Whirlpool of Time

2021

A proposal for Chiesa di San Giovanni in Bolsena, Italy, developed around the alternative path of the Via Francigena pilgrim route. A new ribbed dome — visible by day and lit at night — marks the church as a destination, while pilgrim accommodation and communal spaces are set within a spiralling garden of vines, olives, and wild asparagus, kept largely underground or below earth mounds so the church remains the only visible structure.

Presentation board for the Grottole adaptive reuse concert auditorium

Grottole

2021

An adaptive reuse proposal for a ruined castle in Grottole, one of the historic hill towns of Basilicata, Italy. A new auditorium is grafted into the existing stone walls beneath a canopy of bougainvillea, with organically shaped staircases weaving between levels in reference to the alleys of the medieval village below. The design draws on local legend — the story of Abufina and Selepino — as the basis for the building's spatial and material narrative.

Church in Bulgaria

2019

A design for a new Orthodox church and its surrounding public square, featuring a traditional gold-domed form set within a landscaped plaza and a wider massing study of the surrounding urban context.

Augmented reality visualisation of the Crypto Creams geodesic dome pavilion in a park

Crypto Creams Pavilion

2021

A compact geodesic dome pop-up pavilion concept for the Crypto Creams brand, exploring lightweight lattice geometry at kiosk scale and visualised in situ on parkland using augmented reality.

Enquire about a project

For architectural design, planning support, or consultancy enquiries, get in touch directly.

yakim@milearc.com