From coast to coast 2022

27 Jun 2022 | Installations & Events

Sports culture in Denmark

From coast to coast

21 to 23 September 2022

3 days, 6 projects, 7 lectures, 25 parti­ci­pants

Day 1

21 September

Bis 16.00
Indi­vi­dual journey to Billund

16:30
Bus to Ring­kø­bing
Check-In at Hotel Fjord­gaarden

19:00
Get-toge­ther-Dinner
You travel to Billund by plane, train or car.

From there we orga­nise and fund all sight­seeing, guided tours, trans­fers, lunch and dinner for you.
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Day 2

22 September

09.00

Lalandia Søndervig Holiday Park
Presen­ta­tion and guided tour with Bay Archi­tects

Combi­na­tion of water park and holiday centre. Opened in June 2022.

11.00

Walk by the North Sea
with nature guide

Situated in the middle of the 500 km long Jutland west coast, Søndervig is the gateway to the North Sea. Sea, wind and dunes.

13.00

Natur­kraft Expe­ri­ence park
with lunch and tour

How the forces of nature affect us – and what happens when we try to tame them.

16.00

Hjertet i Ikast
Presen­ta­tion and guided tour with Julian Weyer, CF Møller Archi­tects

35 diffe­rent user groups in a faci­lity that is used for very diffe­rent sporting, cultural and social purposes.

19.30

Dinner
at the Bådcafé

We will spend the evening at the old Ende­lave ferry with café, bar and restau­rant.

Day 3

23 September

09.30

Gellerup Sport og Kultur­center
Presen­ta­tion and guided tour with SHL Archi­tects

The new heart of Aarhus’ epony­mous district. It consists of a library, a meeting house and the “House of Move­ment”.

10:30

The trans­for­ma­tion of Gellerup & design of the new pool

In Gellerup, parks, housing, 1,000 jobs have been created in the last ten years – and soon a new swim­ming pool will be added.

11.30

Aarhus Inter­na­ti­onsl Sailing Center
Presen­ta­tion and guided tour with Thomas Capi­tani

Located right at the entrance to Aarhus harbour, it connects a new part of the city with the water via a prome­nade.

13.30

Lunch
at Restau­rant Havnær

Close to the sea and with a wonderful view over the harbour of Aarhus.

14:30

End of the event
Bus transfer service

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Orga­niser

Trold­tekt

Trold­tekt GmbH
Frie­senweg 20, 3. OG
D – 22763 Hamburg

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Stadium 974

9 Feb 2022 | Installations & Events, Installations & Events, Stadiums, Stadiums

Stadium 974 in Doha

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Fenwick Iribarren Archi­tects

Probably the most inno­va­tive of the eight stadiums newly built for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™.

Stadium 974 will not be rebuilt after the World Cup, but dismantled. That is new.

Stadium 974 stadium is one of the most inno­va­tive of the eight stadia for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ and is also planned to fully resolve the legacy issue. After the tour­na­ment it will be enti­rely dismantled and shipped to other loca­tions.

The idea of using ship­ping contai­ners, a trans­port module used in world commerce, enables the struc­ture as well as the stadium faci­li­ties, toilets, retail areas and prayer rooms to be unplugged,

disas­sem­bled and then shipped to other count­ries or distri­buted to other areas of Qatar.

The very first thought when confron­ting a white sheet of paper was to develop another iconic and amazing stadium design. However, the design team, formed with our office, and Schlaich Berger­mann & Part­ners as Struc­tural Engi­neers, and Hilson Moran as MEP Engi­neers, began from the very begin­ning to feel this was an oppor­tu­nity to develop some­thing never done before, a stadium which would finally resolve the legacy values for such an inter­na­tional event.
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Stadium 974 wants to be the oppo­site of a “white elephant”, namely comple­tely demoun­table and trans­por­table.

So many times have count­ries deve­loped foot­ball stadia for a major event, whether a World Cup or the Olym­pics, which after­wards had no real economic or soci­ally sustainable legacy use. Stadia after major inter­na­tional events have been left to rot, as the massive costs of their upkeep

were not accounted for in any budgets due to the lack of a real econo­mic­ally sustainable legacy plan. Many such expen­sive and unde­r­used ‘white elephant’ struc­tures can be found in count­ries such as Greece, Russia, Brazil and South Africa.

 The need for the stadium to be dismounted and taken to other loca­tions is para­mount for the success of the idea. For this reason the archi­tects and engi­neers strove to estab­lish rational and cost-effec­tive cons­truc­tion methods, with as few parts as possible, essen­ti­ally by applying module elements.

Stadium 974, whose indus­trial design process ensures a fully FIFA-compliant venue, will host games up to the round of 16 stages of the World Cup. It has a tour­na­ment capa­city of 47,500 seats and is the only stadium in this or any past World Cup which has a total capa­city of 0 seats after the event.
974 contai­ners were installed to prepare the stadium for the World Cup.

Stadium 974 is located directly by the sea.This provides the oppor­tu­nity to load and unload the stadium contai­ners.

If a stadium is to be cost-effec­tive there needs to be a ratio­na­li­sa­tion of the struc­tural and engi­nee­ring systems. A system which is able to be repeated is essen­tial to achie­ving a cost-effec­tive project, allo­wing for both simple cons­truc­tion and simple and effec­tive decon­s­truc­tion.

The main idea for the stadium was to use stan­dar­dised ship­ping contai­ners as the prime ‘buil­ding blocks’.

Stadium 974 is located on a magni­fi­cent site close to the sea, by the Doha Corniche and Bay. It is situated on the east side of Doha, very close to the old airport. The site has direct access to the water, and hence the ability to load and unload the contai­ners of the stadium.

The entire stadium was built with only ten diffe­rent modules.

This stadium requires two diffe­rent modular systems. The first is to estab­lish a grid column-and-beam struc­ture (Meccano concept) and the second is to have modular volumes for the stadium’s diffe­rent uses (Lego concept).

This solu­tion means the project is totally modular. The columns and beams are all desi­gned to be bolted toge­ther, allo­wing for easy assembly during cons­truc­tion; after the event the whole struc­ture can be unbolted, disas­sem­bled and trans­ported with great ease.

Every portion of the stadium is built using a regular and repe­ti­tive steel frame system. The straight steel members of the beams and columns arrive at the site in contai­ners or as bulk cargo. In most cases the base grid measures 9 m x 8.5 m in plan, except in the corners where the base grid is radial. In total, the entire stadium can be cons­tructed with just ten diffe­rent modules.

Stadium 974 could become a mile­stone in sports archi­tec­ture for major events. Espe­ci­ally if we see it again at the next World Cup.

The whole stadium will be dismantled and stored in contai­ners when the World Cup event is over. The contai­ners are to be loaded onto a cargo ship and trans­ported to desti­na­tions with future sports infra­struc­ture demands. It would take appro­xi­m­ately three years from stadium disas­sembly to complete re-erec­tion of a fully opera­tive stadium at a new loca­tion. This includes the trans­por­ta­tion of contai­ners with all part kits and the assembly phase.

The stadium could thus be fully func­tional for any subse­quent major sport event such as the 2026 Asian or FIFA World Cup.

The indus­trial character of the contai­ners not only gives the stadium a truly spec­ta­cular “form follows func­tion” façade, the whole project could become a mile­stone in sports archi­tec­ture for major events. Let’s hope we see Stadium 974 again some­where else in the future.

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Desi­gner

Fenwick Iribarren Archi­tects
Schlaich Bergerman & Partner
Hilson  Moran Engi­neers

Client

Supreme Committee for
Legacy and Deli­very

Address

Stadium 974
7HQ8+JG2
QAT – Doha

Opening

2022

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aqua­nale & FSB 2021

5 Oct 2021 | Installations & Events, Sports Grounds

aqua­nale and FSB

Re-Start

Koeln­messe

Span­ning in total around 65,000 m² of exhi­bi­tion space, FSB and aqua­nale, turn the fair grounds in Cologne into the “place to be”.

FSB will take place from 26 to 29 October 2021 in co-loca­tion with aqua­nale.

FSB, the Inter­na­tional Trade Fair for Public Space, Sports and Leisure Faci­li­ties, which kicks off in Cologne in less than eight weeks, is all set to go. The leading inter­na­tional trade fair for the industry will play a key role in successfully relaun­ching the market and is a must for anyone wanting to achieve success in the play, sports, public space and leisure sectors.

Only here do all industry players get a compre­hen­sive over­view of what’s new: the latest tech­no­lo­gies, product inno­va­tions, process opti­mi­sa­tions and visio­nary plan­ning. The #B‑Safe4Business hygiene concept and the new 3‑G concept, CH3CK, which requires all atten­dees to be fully vacci­nated, or have reco­vered from an infec­tion within the last six months (but at least 28 days ago), or test nega­tive for Covid, will ensure that all parti­ci­pants are comple­tely safe.

Around 270 compa­nies from 35 count­ries will be exhi­bi­ting at FSB, which this year will cover appro­xi­m­ately 37,000 sqm in Halls 9 and 10.1 of the Cologne trade fair grounds. More than 70 per cent of the exhi­bi­tors are from abroad. The stron­gest inter­na­tional presences come from France, the Nether­lands, Belgium, Poland, Italy, Spain, the USA, Turkey and the Scan­di­na­vian count­ries. The exhi­bi­ting compa­nies cover ever­y­thing rela­ting to public spaces, play­ground equip­ment, outdoor fitness, ice sports, sports equip­ment, sports floo­ring and stadium infra­struc­ture.      

Around 180 compa­nies from 25 count­ries will be exhi­bi­ting at aqua­nale.

Around 180 compa­nies from 25 count­ries will be exhi­bi­ting at aqua­nale, which this year will cover appro­xi­m­ately 24,000 sqm. 58 per cent of the exhi­bi­tors are from abroad.

Around 180 compa­nies from 25 count­ries will be exhi­bi­ting at aqua­nale, which this year will cover appro­xi­m­ately 24,000 sqm. 58 per cent of the exhi­bi­tors are from abroad.

This is where German and inter­na­tional trade fair visi­tors from specia­lised pool cons­truc­tion compa­nies, local autho­ri­ties, water parks, archi­tect’s and plan­ning offices, hotels, day spas, gyms, sani­tary, heating and air-condi­tio­ning compa­nies as well as premium private visi­tors can inform them­selves. 
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Span­ning in total around 65,000 m² of exhi­bi­tion space, FSB and aqua­nale, turn the fair grounds in Cologne into the “place to be”.

Span­ning in total around 65,000 square metres of exhi­bi­tion space, both events, FSB and aqua­nale, turn the fair grounds in Cologne into the most important loca­tion for amenity area plan­ning and design, the archi­tec­ture and manage­ment of sports faci­li­ties, play­grounds, sports equip­ment, exer­cise areas, recrea­tional faci­li­ties, as well as the public and private pool sectors.

With IAKS, the Inter­na­tional Asso­cia­tion for Sports and Leisure Faci­li­ties, as its concep­tual partner, and with FIFA, the Synthetic Turf Council (STC) and its EMEA branch (ESTC), the German Olympic Sports Confe­de­ra­tion (DOSB), the Federal Asso­cia­tion of Play­ground Equip­ment and Leisure Faci­li­ties Manu­fac­tu­rers (BSFH), STADTund­RAUM and the Sport­netz­werk @FSB network also on board, FSB enjoys the backing of many asso­cia­tions and coope­ra­tion part­ners, all of whom have plenty to offer both in terms of sports and addi­tional content matter over nume­rous dedi­cated exhi­bi­tion areas. The world-renowned IAKS Congress, along with further congresses and specia­lised events under­line the signi­fi­cance of FSB as the leading inter­na­tional trade fair for the industry. 
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The main programme theme for the IAKS Congress 2021 is “Deve­lo­ping healthy and sustainable commu­ni­ties”.

The IAKS Congress will be taking place as part of FSB for the 27th time this year. The main programme theme for the IAKS Congress 2021 is “Deve­lo­ping healthy and sustainable commu­ni­ties”, provi­ding an oppor­tu­nity to explore how local autho­ri­ties can create the right condi­tions for healthy and sustainable life­styles for citi­zens. Congress sessions will focus on issues like “Climate change and envi­ron­mental sustaina­bi­lity”, opera­tional solu­tions (“Digi­ta­li­sa­tion and future trends”), and the social sustaina­bi­lity of sports and leisure faci­li­ties.

In addi­tion, IOC, IPC and IAKS will once again confer the coveted inter­na­tional archi­tec­ture prizes in 2021. The awards draw the public’s atten­tion to exem­plary buil­dings and faci­li­ties that succeed in brin­ging the factors sustaina­bi­lity and legacy, clear func­tion­a­lity and excep­tional archi­tec­ture into harmony with each other. 86 teams of opera­tors and archi­tects from 25 count­ries are vying for the awards this year. Further­more, the IOC IPC IAKS Archi­tec­ture and Design Award for Students and Young Profes­sio­nals invites young archi­tects, land­scape archi­tects and desi­gners to conceive inven­tive spaces and surfaces for an active life­style. 44 students and career entrants from 12 count­ries have submitted their design concepts here.
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nter­na­tional Trade Fair for Public Space, Sports and Leisure Faci­li­ties

Address

Koeln­messe
Messe­platz 1
D – 50679 Köln

aqua­nale

Inter­na­tional Trade Fair for Sauna.Pool.Ambience

Opening

26.10.2021

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Koeln­messe
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aqua­nale & FSB 2021

21 Sep 2021 | Installations & Events

FSB and aqua­nale

Place to be

Koeln­messe

On 26 October 2021, the moment will finally have arrived once again: German and inter­na­tional trade fair parti­ci­pants will gather for the co-located events aqua­nale and FSB in Cologne.

FSB and aqua­nale stand for the restart of the entire industry.

On 26 October 2021, the moment will finally have arrived once again: German and inter­na­tional trade fair parti­ci­pants will gather for the co-located events aqua­nale, the Inter­na­tional Trade Fair for Sauna.Pool.Ambience, and FSB, the Inter­na­tional Trade Fair for Public Space, Sports and Leisure Faci­li­ties. For four days, the two trade fairs will be devoted to repo­si­tio­ning the entire inter­na­tional

sports and leisure industry, and they will play a decisive role in a successful relaunch for the sectors involved.

After more than one and a half years of digital meetings, the message from all the industry part­ners is that a face-to-face gathe­ring in Cologne is essen­tial. “The co-located events aqua­nale and FSB will certainly be diffe­rent this year, but the important thing is that both leading industry trade fairs will provide lasting impetus for future deve­lo­p­ment. And that is exactly what ever­yone wants and needs.” says Matthias Poll­mann, Vice Presi­dent Trade Fair Manage­ment at Koeln­messe.
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At aqua­nale, not only the private but also the public swim­ming pool sector is well repre­sented.

At aqua­nale, around 180 compa­nies from 25 count­ries will present the latest products and designs for modern, sustainable and inno­va­tive swim­ming pool and well­ness faci­li­ties. They will be joined by the leading member compa­nies of the bsw (German Asso­cia­tion for Swim­ming Pools and Well­ness), which over­sees aquanale’s event programme for industry profes­sio­nals as the trade fair’s concep­tual sponsor.

Key inter­na­tional industry players will also appear at the trade fair to show­case their inno­va­tive products to visi­tors from Germany and abroad. 

Both the private and public pool sectors will be well repre­sented. In addi­tion, the EWA Village will provide an addi­tional attrac­tive networ­king plat­form for all industry parti­ci­pants in the entrance area to Hall 8. The halls have been carefully planned to incor­po­rate all the aqua­nale theme worlds into a clearly struc­tured layout. aqua­nale will occupy the modern north halls (Halls 7 and 8) of the Cologne trade fair grounds in 2021.
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Around 270 compa­nies from 35 count­ries will exhibit at FSB, occu­pying roughly 35,000 square metres of gross exhi­bi­tion space.

Around 270 compa­nies from 35 count­ries will exhibit at FSB, occu­pying roughly 35,000 square metres of gross exhi­bi­tion space in Halls 10.1 and 9. They will present the full spec­trum of issues in the fields of public space, play­ground equip­ment, outdoor fitness, sports equip­ment, sports surfaces and stadium infra­struc­ture.

FSB’s concep­tual sponsor and most important partner is IAKS, the Inter­na­tional Asso­cia­tion for Sports and Leisure Faci­li­ties. This year, the orga­ni­sa­tion will once again host the inter­na­tio­nally renowned IAKS Congress as part of the trade fair.

Further key part­ners include FIFA and ESTC (the EMEA Synthetic Turf Council), who are looking forward to meeting their members and partner orga­ni­sa­tions at the trade fair in Cologne, as well as the BSFH (Federal Asso­cia­tion of Play­ground Equip­ment and Leisure Faci­li­ties Manu­fac­tu­rers), the German Olympic Sports Confe­de­ra­tion (DOSB), IAKS Germany and the Deut­sche Eisho­ckey Verband (German Ice Hockey Fede­ra­tion). 

Toge­ther with the sports network @ FSB, the trade fair will once again this year trans­form the indoor stadium into a plat­form for stimu­la­ting face-to-face networ­king with leading repre­sen­ta­tives from sports, local autho­ri­ties and the industry.
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The hall plan­ning accom­mo­dates all neces­sary measures and offi­cial requi­re­ments for the protec­tion of exhi­bi­tors and visi­tors

Both trade fairs have excel­lent connec­tions to local public trans­port and the network of motor­ways around Cologne via Entrances East and North. All the halls are linked via a straight­for­ward route, thereby ensu­ring an even distri­bu­tion of visi­tors across the trade fair halls. The exis­ting restau­rant and resting areas in the halls are being extended with addi­tional space to ensure the social distancing rules can be adhered to.

The hall plan­ning accom­mo­dates all neces­sary measures and offi­cial requi­re­ments for the protec­tion of exhi­bi­tors and visi­tors. Koeln­messe has created the best prere­qui­sites for an inte­res­ting and safe trade fair expe­ri­ence with its safety and hygiene concept, #B‑SAFE4business.
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FSB

Inter­na­tional Trade Fair for Public Space, Sports and Leisure Faci­li­ties

Address

Koeln­messe
Messe­platz 1
D – 50679 Cologne

aqua­nale

Inter­na­tional Trade Fair for Sauna.Pool.Ambience

Opening

26.10.2021

Photos

Koeln­messe

Author

Koeln­messe
(Adver­to­rial)

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Grug­a­park Essen

26 Jul 2021 | Installations & Events

The Grug­a­park health trail in Essen

Getting fit is just a bonus

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A course for ever­yone in a park for ever­yone.

The city of Essen has succeeded in crea­ting contem­po­rary exer­cise oppor­tu­ni­ties for the young and the old – and all in the fresh air.

The Grug­a­park Essen was created to mark the first Great Ruhr Horti­cul­tural Exhi­bi­tion (Gruga) in 1929. After destruc­tion during the war, recon­s­truc­tion and expan­sion, the Federal Garden Show 1965 was held here, among other events.

In 2012, the City of Essen deve­loped the “Grug­a­park 2020 Park Deve­lo­p­ment Concept” to offer contem­po­rary exer­cise oppor­tu­ni­ties for young and old – all in the fresh air and in a protected space

The centre­piece of this project is the “health trail”, featuring twelve diffe­rent stations. The exer­cise course, the largest of its kind, is from playfit.

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On the “health trail”, inte­rested people of all ages can enhance their vita­lity and motor skills with a high fun factor.

The goal of the Park Deve­lo­p­ment Concept is “more move­ment for young and old”. To this end, a very impres­sive circular path has been created in the Grug­a­park, linking twelve stations. People of all ages can now test and boost their vita­lity and motor skills along this “health trail” in a playful and fun way.

In addi­tion to seven stations with a variety of diffe­rent chal­lenges, the Grug­a­park now also features five equip­ment courses. The playfit® trai­ning course consists of 17 pieces of equip­ment. This makes it the largest and most diverse loca­tion within the park.   

Promo­ting health ” quite inci­den­tally” is the basic idea behind the offers in the Grug­a­park. This works very well.

The Grug­a­park is located close to the city centre, right next to Messe Essen (Essen Trade Fair). Cove­ring around 60 hectares, the park is used for local recrea­tion, as a place for play and sport and is also a venue for events. There are also lots of diffe­rent species of animals, and one of the largest sculp­ture exhi­bi­tions in Germany can be found here.

And by the way: Here, you can do a lot of good things for your health. This subtle message is the basic idea behind the new offe­rings: All of them are aimed at all visitor and user groups, such as children, senior citi­zens and people with diffe­rent handi­caps.
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The playfit trai­ning course is the largest of a total of twelve stations on the health trail.

The playfit trai­ning course is the second of a total of twelve stations on the health trail. Here, all parts of the body can be trained in a targeted or playful way – as balance, strength and endu­rance trai­ning.

The 17 pieces of equip­ment also promote flexi­bi­lity and bounce. Some of them, such as the wheel­chair trainer, the Duplex shoulder trainer or the arm bike, are also desi­gned for use by wheel­chair users, marking an important contri­bu­tion to inclu­sion.

Massage and fascia trai­ning are on offer on several pieces of equip­ment to help visi­tors relax. This is espe­ci­ally popular for a tense back and tired legs.

All the focal points of the health trail are brought toge­ther at one place in the playfit trai­ning course.

The health trail is divided into diffe­rent themes: “Balan­cing and equi­li­brium”, “Motor skills and coor­di­na­tion”, “Strength trai­ning and muscle buil­ding” and “Endu­rance and circu­la­tion”.

All these focal points are brought toge­ther in one place in the playfit trai­ning course. Several pieces of equip­ment are available for each of the areas. Instruc­tions can be found on the equip­ment as well as on infor­ma­tion signs. A display board featuring safety instruc­tions explains how to use the equip­ment correctly.

After trai­ning, the kiosk right next door offers refresh­ments and ample seating under shady umbrellas. Sani­tary faci­li­ties are also nearby.

The indi­vi­dual stations are easy to find and yet secluded enough to allow for suffi­cient privacy during trai­ning.

The other four equip­ment courses in the Grug­a­park each offer two or three pieces of equip­ment, where the focus can be on balance, coor­di­na­tion, strength or endu­rance.

There is a wide range of acti­vi­ties at the other seven stations: A Kneipp faci­lity, a bare­foot path, a low ropes course, a calis­the­nics faci­lity, a rope rocker, a swivel disc and a gradua­tion house for breathing trai­ning.

The loca­tions of the indi­vi­dual stations have been carefully selected. They are easy to find, and yet secluded enough that there is always enough privacy. This helps push anyone who might normally be a little shy, and means more spon­ta­neous users. In addi­tion, there are joggers, walkers and strol­lers who make full use of the park and the playfit trai­ning course by making them part of their trai­ning programme.

playfit trai­ning courses make an important contri­bu­tion to health promo­tion and inclu­sion – also in the Grug­a­park.

The idea of linking all the new exer­cise oppor­tu­ni­ties via a circular route is logical, and it works. The offe­rings take into account peop­le’s incre­asing need for more health and exer­cise oppor­tu­ni­ties, and are equally appe­aling to all gene­ra­tions of visi­tors.

The health trail in the Grug­a­park, and the playfit trai­ning course in parti­cular, play an important role in promo­ting a healthy life­style and inclu­sion.

The Grug­a­park is visited by almost one million people a year. Since the opening of the first stations along the health trail in 2014, the number of visi­tors has been incre­asing signi­fi­cantly. A job well done!

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playfit GmbH
Brau­er­knecht­graben 53
D – 20459 Hamburg

Client

Stadt Essen

Address

Grug­a­park Essen
Virch­ow­straße 167
D – 45147 Essen

Opening

2016

Photo­graph

Martin Mich­alak Foto­grafie
Weiden­hagen 33
D – 44869 Bochum

Author

Johannes Bühl­be­cker
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Haikou Bay Pavillon

12 Apr 2021 | Installations & Events, Outdoor, Sports Grounds

Ambi­tious

Haikou Bay Pavillon

 

 

 

Sou Fuji­moto Archi­tects

Situa­tion

Sou Fuji­moto Archi­tects has released its design for the Haikou Bay Pavil­lion by the Seaside deve­lo­p­ment in Haikou, China, which will be completed by the end of spring.

Haikou is an up-and-coming indus­trial city with 1.7 million inha­bi­tants on Hainan, China’s largest island, in the very south of the country. With its tropical climate and beach resorts, Haikou attracts many people from other provinces. Tradi­tional China can only be seen in the old town, the rest of the city centre is domi­nated by high-rise buil­dings.

Haikou Bay master plan

Shaping the future of Haikou city and Hainan Free Trade Port, Haikou Bay Pavil­lion is part of the Haikou Bay master plan. The plan re-imagines 16 perma­nent desti­na­tions for the future of coastal living.

The master plan spans over 32km of water­front – 19.6 km coast­line in Haikou Bay and 12.5 km coast­line in Jiang­dong New Area. Intro­duced in June of 2020, the master plan trans­forms Hainan Province, an island at the southern­most point of the country, into a free trade port by the middle of the century.”

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Who is who

The ribbon-like white Haikou Bay Pavil­lion with an acces­sible roof will be one of the first public water­front inter­ven­tions to be completed in the spring of 2021.

All 16 pavi­lions are expected to be ready by the end of 2021. Working across disci­plines to create distinc­tive inter­ven­tions, other archi­tec­tural parti­ci­pants include Bjarke Ingels (BIG), Kengo Kuma, Ong-ard Satrab­handhu, Patrik Schu­ma­cher (Zaha Hadid Archi­tects), Stefano Boeri, Thomas Heather­wick, Winy MAAS (MVRDV), Liu Jiakun, and Zhu Xiaodi.

Sou Fuji­moto Archi­tects

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Project data

Archi­tect

Sou Fuji­moto Archi­tects
Senju Soko No.5
2–1‑38 Etchu­jima
Koto-ku
JPN – Tokyo 135‑0044

Client

Haikou Tourism and Culture Invest­ment Holding Group.

Author

Sou Fuji­moto Archi­tects

Opening

2021

Physical address

Haikou Bay
Xiuying
CN – Haikou, China

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The Surface

12 Apr 2021 | Installations & Events, Installations & Events, Outdoor, Sports Grounds

Natu­rally

The Surface in South Korea

 

 

 

stpmj Archi­tec­ture

Situa­tion

The Surface is a site-specific and sensually inter­ac­tive instal­la­tion in South Corea near Cheonngye and Maebong Moun­tain, where people can relate to nature in a new way.

We imagined a resi­lient hori­zontal surface that covers the sloped grass field. It is comprised of 700 nylon mesh disks, each connected on top of flexible poles.

Dialogue

The nylon meshes morph at diffe­rent tempe­ra­tures and humi­dity, allo­wing the surface to appear like a living crea­ture. Its respon­sive property makes inte­res­ting dialo­gues between the states of open-close and light-shadow.

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Atmo­sphere

The nylon meshes also reflect the atmo­sphere of sunrise and sunset, and seasonal changes of the surroun­ding land­scape.

The Surface sways in the wind, rain, snow, and people. Weaving through it, the people interact with nature visually, audi­to­rily, and tactilely.

stpmj Archi­tec­ture

Horizon

At the highest eleva­tion of the slope, people can see an endless horizon that reflects the distant and close land­scapes, as if they are looking at a surface of water.

When people walk down the slope, they can submerge under the surface, ente­ring the field of thin, flexible poles. Walking between the poles, people can get an impres­sion of a forest, covered by a trans­lu­cent canopy.

The inflec­tion point of submer­ging under the surface creates a sudden tran­si­tion from water to forest. Beyond just being an object, The Surface becomes a sensual medium between the people and nature.

we did this.

Project data

Archi­tect

stpmj Archi­tec­ture Co, Ltd.
300 albany street #5l,
new york, new york 10280, us

Project team

Seung Teak Lee, Mi Jung Lim, Ui Hyun Hwang, Ji Hae Park, Seok Hoon Hwang

Physical address

The Surface
Gwacheon
KOR – Gyeonggi-do

Opening

2020

Photo­graph

Jihun Bae / Ui Hyun Hwang

Author

stpmj Archi­tec­ture

© Jihun Bae / Ui Hyun Hwang

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Design

Plans

Video

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Loop of Wisdom

12 Apr 2021 | Installations & Events, Outdoor

Put a ring on it

Loop of Wisdom in Chengdu

 

 

 

Power­house Company

About

Living up to the sugges­ti­ve­ness of its name, the Loop of Wisdom embo­dies a time­less archi­tec­tural concept. Power­house Company’s design for a tech­no­logy museum and recep­tion center for a new neigh­bor­hood in Chengdu, China, is much more than an exuberant land­mark.

In addi­tion to its obvious aesthetic appeal and cultural program, the fluid struc­ture incor­po­rates a spec­ta­cular public space – an undu­la­ting rooftop trail. This addi­tion makes the Loop of Wisdom an acces­sible icon, rather than a remote beacon. It invites people to explore it and make it part of their regular walking or jogging routine.

Put a ring on it

The client, chip manu­fac­turer and real estate specia­list Uni-Hiku, asked Power­house Company to design the museum and recep­tion center as part of its new deve­lo­p­ment, Unis Chip City, in the vibrant metro­polis of Chengdu.

The new buil­dings would also func­tion as a tech­no­logy educa­tion center as well as an infor­ma­tion center for the new city deve­lo­p­ment.

Power­house Company

Topo­graphy

During the site visit, the archi­tects noticed the natural undu­la­tion in the terrain, a very subtle and soft hill. Normally in Chinese deve­lo­p­ment these natural hills are leveled.

Power­house Company decided instead to use the topo­graphy as the basis for a unique design that would bring an organic soft­ness to the urban envi­ron­ment. By shaping a circular path that follows the topo­graphy, the two sepa­rate program­matic enti­ties are combined in one single struc­ture.

As the path rises up to make space for the program, it becomes a roof offe­ring stun­ning views over the new deve­lo­p­ment. The new buil­ding becomes a path and archi­tec­ture at the same time, while allo­wing nature to continue around, under and within the form of the struc­ture.

The red road

The rooftop walkway measures 698 meters around, rising 25 meters from its ground level access to offer spec­ta­cular views of the surroun­ding gree­nery and distant moun­tains.

Its surface is rubber asphalt – the mate­rial used for athle­tics tracks – making the path suitable for runners as well as walkers. Red was chosen for the color for the roof because of the striking contrast it makes with the lush green of the land­scape.

Above the track

Above the track, the rooftop surface is composed of custom alumi­nium tiles. 15,218 of these, each with its own unique profile and numeric code, form a seam­less skin for the serpen­tine shape.

The LED lights that illu­mi­nate the buil­ding at night and func­tional elements inclu­ding gutters and handrails are all carefully concealed from sight, resul­ting in the stream­lined profile that enhances the loop’s elegant simpli­city and flowing lines.

Beneath the roof

Beneath the red roof, the exhi­bi­tion spaces have a warm, natural atmo­sphere, created by wooden ceilings and open views of the surroun­ding land­scape.

The facades are struc­tu­rally glazed to a height of 13 meters with glass rein­force­ment fins. This trans­pa­rency blurs the boun­dary between indoors and outdoors, again enhan­cing the connec­tion with nature.

A bold new land­mark

Located in the Tianfu New District of Chengdu in Sichuan, Unis Chip City is one of several deve­lo­p­ments sprin­ging up along the Tianfu Avenue. Situated next to this major artery, the Loop of Wisdom commands atten­tion with its flowing form and vibrant red color.

At night, LED lighting trans­forms it into a glowing sculp­ture. As the first completed buil­ding in the new deve­lo­p­ment, it acts as a symbolic land­mark for the future commu­nity and as a magnet for attrac­ting future resi­dents.

Chinese rapi­dity

The entire Loop of Wisdom buil­ding, inclu­ding the inte­rior design and land­scape design, was built with true Chinese rapi­dity: It took under a year to complete from design to cons­truc­tion. The design itself went from sketch to blue­print in a matter of days, thanks to the use of advanced para­me­tric draf­ting soft­ware that was linked to the archi­tects’ BIM model.

The six-hour time diffe­rence between Power­house Company’s head office in Rotterdam and the site in China allowed for effi­cient commu­ni­ca­tion, with both parties touching base at the start and end of their respec­tive days.

We did this.

Project data

Archi­tect

Power­house Company
Wester­laan 17
NL – 3016 CK Rotterdam

Chengdu JZFZ Archi­tec­tural Design Co.Ltd.

Project team

Stijn Kemper, Nanne de Ru, Project lead Niels Baljet, Project team Rui Wang, Albert Takashi Rich­ters, Maarten Diederix, Meagan Kerr, Remko van der Vorm, Daan Masmeijer, Michiel Bosch, Niek Koning, Stavros Voskaris, Filip Galić, Seve­rino Iritano, Davide del Sante, Reto Egli, Penny Uni, Dries Brøns, Caro­line Desplan, Eli Keijser, Gert Ververs, Giovanni Andrea Coni, Rafael Zarza Garciá, Yanni Huang, Kimi Fei

Client

Uni-Hiku

Opening

2020

Photo­graph

Jona­than Leijon­hufvud

Author

Power­house Company

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Sali­nen­park

10 Apr 2021 | Installations & Events, Outdoor, Sports Grounds

Without much fanfare

The fitness trail in the Sali­nen­park in Bad Rappenau

Adver­to­rial

 

 

playfit

About

The Sali­nen­park in Bad Rappenau is located on the site of the former Rappenau salt factory. Its rede­sign with a fitness trail and other attrac­tions greatly enri­ches what the spa town in the Kraichgau region between Heil­bronn and Heidel­berg has to offer.

The salt­works were closed in 1972, and the boiling houses were demo­lished a year later. In its place, the Sali­nen­park with spacious lawns and abun­dant trees was created. On the occa­sion of the 2008 State Garden Show, the grounds were funda­men­tally reno­vated and rede­si­gned.

Today’s high­lights include the new outdoor fitness equip­ment. They were installed in early summer 2019 and come from playfit.

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Fitness course

The new fitness course is thus another attrac­tion of the park. It also creates acces­sible and inter­ge­ne­ra­tional offe­rings in the open air – and that alone is a huge attrac­tion in times of pandemic.

Quite inde­pendently of sporting and physical condi­tions and ambi­tions, the equip­ment selected for the Sali­nen­park appeals to a huge user group.

That was also the plan. Physio­the­ra­pists and occu­pa­tional thera­pists, among others, were ther­e­fore consulted in the selec­tion of the equip­ment in order to be able to meet the needs of as many athletes as possible.

Concept

The equip­ment in the fitness course of the Sali­nen­park combines many advan­tages.

They are desi­gned to attract adults of diffe­rent ages and talents. This also includes those who just want to “get a taste” without having to sign up at the gym straight away.

For this target group, devices that are easy to use and safe are needed. The playfit equip­ment meets all the requi­re­ments of the DIN EN 16630:2015 safety stan­dard for outdoor site-based fitness equip­ment.

The floor of the course is always important. After the persons respon­sible had bad expe­ri­ences with a sand­stone floor, they now decided on a floor made of shell lime­s­tone. Fall protec­tion mats were laid under the calis­the­nics faci­lity.

Equip­ment

Eight new and attrac­tive fitness machines are now available to visi­tors in the Sali­nen­park. The renewal had become neces­sary because the old system was getting on in years. After less than a month of cons­truc­tion, the new fitness trail was cere­mo­niously opened.

The new course is divided into three trai­ning areas: endu­rance, strength and free trai­ning. In the endu­rance area, there are leg exer­cisers, full-body exer­cisers, and a sit-up bike. To streng­then the chest and back muscles, upper torso trai­ners are ideal for pulling and pres­sing. The back massager loosens the trained muscles and can also be used to streng­then the leg muscles.

The free trai­ning area offers a faci­lity for calis­the­nics as well as a balance trainer.

Users

Young and old alike can keep fit in the course. For older people who can no longer exer­cise so well with their own body weight, there is the seated ergo­meter (seated bicycle). The coun­ter­part for the younger gene­ra­tion is the whole-body trainer (Ergo-Cross).

There are also many joggers in the Sali­nen­park. They use the calis­the­nics equip­ment as an inter­me­diate station and train on the wall bars, the hand-over-hand ladder, and the two hori­zontal bars.

Those who have had enough exer­cise can relax on the park benches. If you don’t want to train at all, you can watch from here – just watching is enough to work up an appe­tite…

Sali­nen­park

In addi­tion to the fitness trail, the Sali­nen­park has a lot more to offer – for example, the gardens, which are attrac­tive in every season. They are dedi­cated to the theme of “salt, brine and health” with peren­nials and grasses. The more than 1,000 m² largest alter­na­ting flower bed in the colours red, white, and black symbo­lises the former salt produc­tion in Bad Rappenau.

Another attrac­tion are the rose gardens that have been laid out along the historic buil­dings of the spa and clinic admi­nis­tra­tion and the “House of Health”.

There is a laby­rinth of lavender on the southern slope of the garden. From here, a path lined with magno­lias leads to the gradua­tion tower. This is a kind of open-air inha­la­to­rium, where medi­cinal brine trickles over sloe brushwood, evapo­rates, and enri­ches the air with salt.

Meeting place

The entire fitness trail area also func­tions as a meeting place – and magni­fi­cently so. Here you can often see several gene­ra­tions moti­vating and supporting each other. Or even just sit on the bench and watch each other (or others).

Studies have proven the posi­tive effects of fitness trails, espe­ci­ally on older people who are not parti­cu­larly ambi­tious in terms of sports. This applies to both physical fitness and mental well-being.

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Conclu­sion

The exer­cise trail in the Sali­nen­park is also described by its users as a “village foun­tain”, where nice and friendly people always meet and find each other without much fanfare.

This is appe­aling not only to visi­tors, spa guests, and pati­ents of the neigh­bou­ring spa and reha­bi­li­ta­tion clinics but also to the resi­dents of Bad Rappenau itself.

A fitness trail with inter­ge­ne­ra­tional offe­rings in the open air is a gift – espe­ci­ally in times of the pandemic. Fitness equip­ment of the future.

We did this.

Project data

Fitness Course

playfit GmbH
Brau­er­knecht­graben 53
D‑20459 Hamburg

Client

City of Bad Rappenau

Physical address

Sali­nen­park
Sali­nen­straße 28,
D – 74906 Bad Rappenau

Opening

2019

Photo­graph

Playfit
Hans-Peter Schmitt

Author

Johannes Bühl­be­cker
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Root Bench

9 Feb 2021 | Installations & Events, Installations & Events, Sports Grounds

Hangang Style

Root Bench in Seoul

 

 

 

Yong Ju Lee Archi­tec­ture

About

Root Bench is the reali­sa­tion of a winning entry for an art compe­ti­tion in the South Korean capital Seoul. It is a circular piece of public furni­ture with a diameter of 30 m that was installed in the grass.

Root Bench shows the dynamic shape of a root spre­a­ding throug­hout the park. The design comes from Yong Ju Lee Archi­tec­ture.

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Hangang Art Park

It provides visual stimulus crea­ting strong contrast to the back­ground of spacious outdoor park. The main concept continued from the winning proposal is that the organic shape spraw­ling out from the center creates spatial connec­ti­vity. 

The compe­ti­tion was orga­nised by the Hangang Art Park initia­tive. Hangang Art Park is conti­nuously engaged in raising aware­ness of the Hangang River and its river­side areas through compe­ti­tions and instal­la­tions.

Algo­rithm

The art piece desi­gned by computer algo­rithm pres­ents dyna­micity from three-dimen­sional geometry. The metal frame with concrete footing supports the overall form as main struc­ture and wooden deck covers it. By applying fami­liar mate­rial for finis­hing, it is easy to use and main­tain as a comfort seat.

As well as suggesting complete shape of circle, Root Bench is fused into the grass and blurs the boun­dary between arti­fi­cial instal­la­tion and natural envi­ron­ment. While commu­ni­ca­ting each other, visi­tors can feel comfor­table in resting space and enjoy the art piece at the same time.

Conclu­sion

Root Bench is not only art, but also furni­ture – and people can use this furni­ture: You can rest with it, sit on it and lean against it. Root Bench offers three diffe­rent heights: child chair (250mm), adult chair (450mm) and table (75mm). The rhyth­mical shape can suggest fresh stimu­la­tion to Hangang Park and provide various aspects of plea­sure. 

To arti­cu­late spre­a­ding-out branch inten­si­vely, reac­tion-diffu­sion system is applied to design process. This mathe­ma­tical model describes the change in space and time of the concen­tra­tion of one or more chemical subs­tances: local chemical reac­tions in which the subs­tances are trans­formed into each other, and diffu­sion which causes the subs­tances to spread out over a surface in space.

Through the algo­rithm from it, overall radial form is gene­rated with the fore­ground (instal­la­tion) merging into its back­ground (grass).

You don’t have to under­stand that. Loving the project is easier in any case.

We did this.

Project data

Archi­tect

Yong Ju Lee Archi­tec­ture

Client

Hangang Art Park

Project team

Seung Joon Lee, HyeokJun Dong, Seongmin MoonA

Physical address

302–17 Ichon-dong
Yongsan-gu
KOR – Seoul

Opening

2018

Photo­graph

Kyungsub Shin, Dae Won Lee, Kyung Mo Choi, Yong Ju Lee Archi­tec­ture              

Author

Johannes Bühl­be­cker
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Design

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Lahofer Winery

17 Dec 2020 | Installations & Events

Cultural Centre

Lahofer Winery

 

 

 

Chybik + Kristof Archi­tects

About

Brin­ging toge­ther a long­stan­ding wine tradi­tion and contem­po­rary wine-making processes, Lahofer Winery in the Czech Repu­blic houses a visitor center, tasting room and rooftop amphi­theater along­side its produc­tion faci­li­ties.

Immersed in the land­scape through a subtle symbiosis with the surroun­ding vines, the design invites local and inter­na­tional visi­tors to both expe­ri­ence and engage with Mora­vian culture.

Lahofer Winery was desi­gned and built by Chybik + Kristof Archi­tects & Urban Desi­gners.

Orga­ni­sa­tion

Nestled in the Mora­vian coun­try­side, the winery fuses the region’s long­stan­ding wine tradi­tion with a contem­po­rary design rooted in commu­nity-buil­ding and enga­ge­ment with local and inter­na­tional visi­tors.

Emula­ting arche­typal wine cellars of the region, the vaulted struc­ture rests on a grid of arched beams housing three distinct inter­con­nected struc­tures.

The produc­tion faci­lity, reflec­tive of modern wine-making processes, lies beside the visitor center and tasting room. Acting as a mirror of its shape, the notable undu­lant roof serves as an amphi­theater for cultural events open to the public, merging the winery into the ground – and the culture – on which it rests.

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Legacy

Chybik + Kristof’s project finds its roots in the legacy of the Lahofer Winery – one grounded in a storied cultural heri­tage and a profound respect for the natural envi­ron­ment. Respon­ding to Moravia’s topo­graphy and archi­tec­tural tradi­tion, rooted in the culture of wine, the archi­tects conceive a design in symbiosis with the region’s land­scape.

Remi­nis­cent of the region’s charac­te­ristic arched wine cellars, a colon­nade of vaulted beams frames the inte­rior space into its storied curve.

Roof

On its exte­rior side, draping the winery, an undu­lant roof acts as an inclined open-air amphi­theater and cultural venue. Ligh­tening the volume of the buil­ding as it rests on the fertile soil, below lie three sepa­rate spaces – each attri­buted with a distinct func­tion, they share a constant concern for the adjoi­ning nature.

Cellar

Towered by the concave roof of the amphi­theater, the space unfolds into a vast cellar, embra­cing the design of arche­typal Czech wine­ries defined by the exposed rib cons­truc­tion of the arches.

Each rein­forced concrete arch is indi­vi­du­ally desi­gned to fit a specific angle of the ceiling, while the distance between the arches is deter­mined by that between the vine rows.

Each module rises from a vine row and runs through the space, achie­ving perfect visual symmetry and guiding the viewer’s gaze across the grape­vines.

Visitor center

Enclosed in a glass façade and facing south, the visitor center draws abun­dant light as the windows act as concealed sepa­ra­tion from the exte­rior vine rows. Informed by the ambient nature, the visitor center invites visi­tors to fully expe­ri­ence its produce in the barrique cellar, made of wood, concrete and glass, and adjoi­ning tasting room.

Amphi­theater

While one cour­tyard serves as the opera­tional area, centra­li­zing logi­stic and produc­tion presses, the other holds the amphi­theater, exten­ding swee­ping views of the land­scape.

An open space emer­ging from the rhythmic vines, the amphi­theater invests the bound­less roof, over­loo­king a horizon nourished by its history.

Commu­nity

Expan­ding on the Lahofer Winery’s func­tion from a produc­tion site into a witness to the local culture, it acts as a commu­nity space, dedi­cated to cultural events inclu­ding local grape harvest cele­bra­tions and theater perfor­mances – a hub for its lasting commu­nity to connect with visi­tors of the region and wide-ranging wine connois­seurs.

Cheers!

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Project data

Archi­tect

CHYBIK + KRISTOF ARCHITECTS & URBAN DESIGNERS

Client

VINAŘSTVÍ LAHOFER
Dobšice
Brněnská 523, 671 82

Project team

Ondřej Chybík, Michal Krištof, Lenka Vořechovská, Adam Jung, Hanka AlGi­bury, Karo­lina Holan­ková, Martin Holý, Vojtěch Kouřil, Ondřej Mundl, Matěj Štrba, Zuzana Záthu­recká, Zuzana Peli­ká­nová

Physical address

Vinice 579
671 82 Dobšice
Czech Repu­blic

Opening

2019

Photo­graph

alex shoots buil­dings /Alexandra Timpau
Chybik Kristof Photo
Laurian Ghini­toiu

Author

CHYBIK + KRISTOF ARCHITECTS & URBAN DESIGNERS

© alex shoots buil­dings /Alexandra Timpau, Chybik Kristof Photo, Laurian Ghini­toiu

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Der Entwurf

Pläne

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Majara Resi­dence

16 Dec 2020 | Installations & Events, Outdoor

More is more

Presence in Hormuz 2: Majara Resi­dence

 

 

 

ZAV Archi­tects

Majara

Hormuz is a form­erly glorious historic port in the stra­tegic strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, South of Iran, that controls the ship­ment of petro­leum from the Middle East.

The island has outstan­ding colorful surreal land­scapes. Oddly, the local inha­bi­tants of the beau­tiful, touristic and poli­ti­cally stra­tegic island struggle econo­mic­ally, getting involved in illegal traf­fi­cking acti­vi­ties using their boats.

Presence in Hormuz is a series of urban deve­lo­p­ments by a semi-public insti­tu­tion that hired ZAV Archi­tects, in order to empower the local commu­nity of the island.

Its second phase (here is phase 1) is a multi­pur­pose cultural resi­dence called Majara Resi­dence (meaning adven­ture) that ties toge­ther the lives of local people and visi­tors both cultu­rally and econo­mic­ally.

What’s to my benefit, what’s to the benefit of all?

In a country where the state strug­gles with poli­tical disputes outside its borders, every archi­tec­tural project becomes a proposal for internal gover­ning alter­na­tives, asking basic ques­tions:

What are the limits of archi­tec­ture and how can it suggest a poli­tical alter­na­tive for communal life? How can it attain social agency?

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Archi­tec­ture as a mediator

Archi­tec­ture has the capa­city be a mediator in the middle ground that converges the inte­rests of diffe­rent groups, from the state and inves­tors to various classes and groups of people.

Majara Resi­dence does so in brin­ging toge­ther the owners of land from the neigh­boring port of Bandar Abbas who orga­nize an annual landart event in Hormuz, the inves­tors from the capital city Tehran, and the local people of Hormuz as part­ners in the project.

Economy

Under the economic distress of sanc­tions, incre­asing the GDP gene­rates social change, which in this project is achieved by:

1. Buil­ding econo­mic­ally, to the benefit of the client.
2. Earmar­king a bigger share of the budget to labor costs rather than expen­sive imported mate­rials, to the benefit of the local popu­la­tion, empowe­ring them by offe­ring trai­ning for cons­truc­tion skills.
3. An adap­tive and future-proof spatial scenario that can respond to unpre­dicted need, to the benefit of the client and the island.
4. Using mate­rials and human resources from Iran, to reduce cons­truc­tion and trans­por­ta­tion costs and increase the GDP, to the benefit of the whole country.

Infi­nite Nader Khalili’s

Presence in Hormuz is a conti­nuous process aiming at buil­ding trust rather than archi­tec­tural objects, in order to encou­rage the parti­ci­pa­tion of local people and the inclu­sion of their inte­rests in any inter­ven­tion in the island.

Majara Resi­dence is a multi­tude of small-scale domes built with the super­adobe tech­nique of Nader Khalili, the inno­va­tive and simple tech­nique using rammed earth and sand. Domes are fami­liar struc­tures in the region. Their small scale makes them compa­tible with the buil­ding capa­bi­li­ties of local craft­smen and unskilled workers, which have been prepared for this project with previous smaller projects. Today they are trained master super­adobe masons, as if Nader Khalili multi­plied expo­nen­ti­ally.

Swel­ling Earth

The infi­nite number of colorful particles, be they soil, sand, gravel or stone, pile up and form the rainbow topo­graphy of Majara Resi­dence.

In this project a carpet is woven with granular knots inspired by the particles that make up the ecotone of the island. The sand­bags that create the spatial particles (aka domes) are filled with the dred­ging sand of the Hormuz dock, as if the earth has swollen to produce space for accom­mo­da­tion.

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Project data

Archi­tect

ZAV Archietcts

Client

Ali Rezvani
Ehsan Rasoulof

Project team

Moham­a­dreza Ghodousi, Fatemeh Rezaei, Golnaz Bahrami, Soroush Majidi
Sheila Ehsaei,Sara Jafari, Payman Bark­hor­dari, Mohsen Safs­hekan, Kaveh Rashidzadeh, Hossein Panjeh­pour
Maryam Yousefi, Morteza Adib
Sara Jafari, Taraneh Behboud, Sara Nikkar, Mohsen Dehghan
Tajang Light

Physical address

Iran, Hormuz Island

Opening

2020

Photo­graph

Tahmineh Monzavi
Soroush Majidi
Payman Bark­hor­dari

Author

ZAV Archiects

© Tahmineh Monzav, Soroush Majidi, Payman Bark­hor­dari

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