Fenwick Iribarren Archi­tects has won an inter­na­tional compe­ti­tion orga­nized by the Qatar Olympic Committee to design a Proto­type for Ladies Sports Centre Doha which, when deve­loped as a single buil­ding, could then be built in a number of diffe­rent neigh­bor­hoods within Doha, Qatar. Ladies Sports Centre Doha has been desi­gned to serve as a Social cata­lyst for Fami­lies, Women and Society uses in the diffe­rent areas in which the buil­dings will be placed.

The buil­ding has an external circular protec­tive shell wall around the diffe­rent internal sports and support acti­vi­ties struc­tured facing a free flowing glazed patio brin­ging ample natural light to the building’s inte­rior.

The exte­rior wall is perfo­rated with openings which give light to a circular jogging track on a mezza­nine around the buil­ding, and which is inte­grated into the protec­tive wall.

The inte­rior of Ladies Sports Centre Doha is treated as a small urban town, or a sports village, where diffe­rent uses are located within urban “boxes,” and joined toge­ther by “streets” and “plazas”, all focused on to the curved central patio space, the true heart of the project.

The program of the uses within the buil­ding have been deve­loped to inte­grate sports and family values, being a desti­na­tion for ladies and their children, and where they can remain for a healthy break in their days acti­vi­ties.

The program includes sports faci­li­ties such as a swim­ming pool, multi-use sports hall and gymna­sium, toge­ther with other social acti­vi­ties inclu­ding social club, nursery, games and TV rooms. The flexi­bi­lity of use of Ladies Sports Centre Doha allows possi­bi­li­ties to carry out diffe­rent family events as well as a social meeting point in the Qatari society.