Es Puig d’en Valls

by | 20 Nov 2018 | Sports Centres, Sports Halls

Let the sunshine in

Es Puig d’en Valls Sports Centre

OMCEA Arqui­tec­tura

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Essence

The project of the Es Puig d’en Valls Sports Centre was conceived in two distinct phases. The first consisted of the covering of the two existing outdoor courts, the second was the design and realization of the enclosure of its perimeter.

During the realization of the first phase, MCEA Arquitectura received the brief for the design of the enclosure. The main design goal was to achieve an element of fusion between the interior and its broader setting, so as not to lose the essence of the outdoor space for the practice of sports, which had been used as such by teams from Es Puig d’en Valls for years.

Shades of colour

Indeed, it was during the implementation of the first phase of Es Puig d’en Valls Sports Centre that the architects discovered the intensity of the shades of colour that the sun projected onto the building from first light of dawn (due to the absence of obstacles to the east) until dusk. For this reason, the introduction of these fleeting tones of natural light into the newly defined space became a fundamental element of the project, giving continuity in time to the sporting essence of the existing space, which previously was completely open.

Six surfaces

To define the relationship of permanent change between the interior and exterior, MCEA Arquitectura worked with the building’s six surfaces: the ground, introducing a blue colour so evident in the Balearic landscape, the ceiling, of corrugated aluminium, with a reflective capacity providing a fusion of all elements in the development, and the four walls. The walls are materialized through the combination of blind panel walls and lattice walls of 24 cm, exposed white brick with sufficient permeability to allow for the compositional overlapping of two opposing facades and the introduction of the colours of the environment as part of the composition of each of these.

Facades

On the western facade, the lattice panels are aligned according to the horizontal line marked by the stream that runs alongside the building. The eastern facade breaks this linearity to allow for a reflection of the broken lines of the mountainous horizon beyond. The southern facade, which provides the main access, incorporates a lattice fabric in a continuous state of changing colours, and as such constitutes the most representative element of the whole plot. The material selected for the lattice (white open brick), as well as providing notable nuances of colour according to the sun’s position, these ranging from ochre at certain hours of the day to pure whites, allows for the inclusion of a 24cm thick wall which greatly inhibits the entry of water into the enclosure, even in adverse weather conditions.

A close relationship

As a result seeking a close relationship between interior and exterior, the building is able to take full advantage of the prevailing climatic conditions, in order to attain a system of ventilation and natural lighting, and which leads to a level of energy consumption close to zero.

PROJECT DATA

Architect

MCEA | Arqui­tec­tura
Avda. Teni­ente Monte­sinos, 8, Bajo. 30100
Murcia
Spanien

Client

City of Es Puig d’en Valls

Project team

Struc­ture: QL Inge­niería
Surveying: María José González Vicente
Execu­tion Manage­ment: José María López Llaquet
Buil­ding company: TECOPSA

Address

Es Puig D’en Valls.
Santa Eulària des Riu
Ibiza
Spain

Aerial view

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Opening

2017

Author

MCEA | Arqui­tec­tura

Photograph

David Frutos
Foto­grafía de Arqui­tec­tura

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Quzhou Sports Campus

by | 30 Oct 2018 | Design, Sports Centres, Sports Centres

Between Earth and Mars

Quzhou Sports Campus
MAD Archi­tects
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Construction breaks ground

Quzhou Sports Campus designed by MAD Architects has just broken ground in the historic city of Quzhou, in China’s eastern coastal province of Zhejiang.
Spanning almost 700,000 square meters, the first and second phase have a total construction area of approximately 340,000 square meters, and include a stadium (30,000 seats), gymnasium (10,000 seats), natatorium (2,000 seats), national sports complex, outdoor sports venue, science & technology museum, hotel accommodations, youth centre and retail programs.

Heritage and history

MAD’s design for Quzhou Sports Campus embeds the functions of the sports park within natural forms, creating an earth-art landscape in the center of the city – a poetic landscape that falls somewhere between that of Earth and Mars. The architects not only dream of creating an urban space about sports and ecology, but also turning it into a unique land art park for the world, establishing a relationship between the city’s heritage and history of Shanshui culture.

Quzhou

Quzhou is a city with thousands of years of history, containing deep traditional culture and philosophical ideas; complemented by beautiful scenery, with lush forestland covering more than 70% of the land.
It is the region’s profound historical culture and natural landscapes that are its most precious resources. With this in mind, MAD envisions a surreal, ethereal and tranquil artistic landscape in this modern city, like a mirage, that has the potential to become a place of spiritual belonging for the future of the city.

Moving, drifting, climbing

The perimeter of the Quzhou Sports Campus site is surrounded by a dense forest of high-standing trees that secludes the uninhabited land from the city. As one enters, the view suddenly opens up towards broad horizons and the bright sky, while simultaneously appearing as a martian landscape, mysterious and illusory.
The overall environment stretches in large expanses and undulates; and the terrain of the mountains exists in a way that is sometimes open, sometimes huddled, and sometimes overlapping. As people move through the park, they drift, climb, and traverse the terrain. In the middle of park, there is a lake that has also been conceived as a sunken garden. Here, one’s line of sight looks straight out across the stillness of the water, offering the experience of an untouchable spiritual atmosphere as it reflects the mountains and the sky.

Stadium

Resembling a crater, the stadium sits into the ground, forming a deep space. It is crowned by a translucent “halo” that gently hovers above the ground like a floating cloud. Its proximity to the earth makes it seem within reach – close but untouchable – inviting people to engage in a dialogue between the earth and the sky, and discover spiritual truth. The adjacent rolling “hills” on the northeast side form the gymnasium, natatorium, and training centre. Above are public spaces and natural scenery that attract people to look up and pause in a moment of contemplation.

Encourage people

The buildings in the park breakaway from that of traditional stadiums and athletic complexes that typically highlight structural power, transformed by a more intrinsic and subtle beauty.
The interiors and exteriors of the buildings are connected to nature, providing an openness towards the landscape for people from anywhere, so that they always feel like they are immersed in nature. Pathways between the mountains and the lake meander over and through the architecture. They encourage people to slowly walk around the park, run along the trails, or just enjoy a seat on the lawn to take in the scenery.

Human-scale

The “peaks” and “mountainsides” of several of the “hills” are designed with platforms or skylights that allow natural light to flood onto the interior, and provide natural ventilation through the buildings. The exteriors are covered in greenery, which while being energy-saving, are also human-scale and accessible. They invite people to climb the “mountain”, walk along the “mountain” trails, and form a closer physical and emotional connection with heaven and earth.

Spirit and mood

Quzhou Sports Campus abandons the traditional urban construction model of conventional large square landmarks. Drawing on land art and the natural landscape, it forms a unique urban space, one that is embedded in the spiritual understanding of the people, nature, and culture of the city. In the early stages of humankind entering modern civilization, the Olympics put forward the slogan: “faster, higher, stronger”. This coincides with our challenges of conquering nature in the rapid development of our modern cities over the past century. As we move forward, the future of urban development has the potential to change and open up in new directions – towards a future where we pursue the harmonious relationship between man and nature. Ma Yansong (MAD) said: “The relationship between man and nature is not only about ecology and sustainability, but it is also about spirit and mood. This is the culture and philosophy that has long existed in the history of this land and needs to be applied in the development of our future cities.”

PROJECT DATA

Architect

MAD Archi­tects
8F, Tower A, NO. 107
North Dongsi Street, Dongcheng District
CN — Beijing 100007

Prin­cipal Part­ners in Charge:
MA Yansong, DANG Qun, Yosuke Hayano

Asso­ciate Part­ners in Charge:
LIU Huiying, Kin Li, FU Chan­grui

Design Team:
XU Chen, LI Guang­chong, Iting Lien, LI Cunhao, LIU Hailun, LI Hui, MA Yin, Kyung Eun Na, Ales­sandro Fisalli, KANG Wenzhao, Thou­feeq Ahmed, ZHOU Haimeng, Neeraj Mahajan, ZHANG Yufei

Client

Quzhou West District Deve­lo­p­ment Committee

Companies involved

Client: Quzhou West District Deve­lo­p­ment Committee

Execu­tive Archi­tect:
CCDI Group
Land­scape Archi­tect:
PWP Land­scape Archi­tec­ture
Struc­tural Engi­neer:
Schlaich Berger­mann Partner
Roof membrane:
Serge Ferrari Grou
MEP Engi­neer:
SC Consul­tants Limited
Façade Consul­tant:
RFR Asia
Lighting Consul­tant:
Ning’s Field Lighting Design
Anima­tion Support:
SAN

Author

MAD Archi­tects

Opening

2021

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Streetmekka

by | 29 Oct 2018 | Sports Centres, Sports Halls

Sports meets culture

Street­mekka in Viborg

EFFEKT

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About

Streetmekka is a new cultural destination offering a wide variety of facilities for self-organized sports like parkour, skate, bouldering, basketball, trial as well as a series of customized workshop areas for music production, DJ’ing, an animation studio, fabrication lab and various artist studios and wood and metal workshops.

Social spaces and informal meeting areas are distributed throughout the building and strategically interwoven in-between primary functions based on the notion that proximity to activities lower the threshold for participation.

Abandoned

The original building once served as a windmill factory and is a typical example of one of the many mass-produced warehouse or factory buildings from the late 1960’s and 70’s found in almost every suburban industrial zone in the western world. Constructed from prefabricated concrete panels or corrugated steel, these industrial leftovers are perceived as having little or negligible historic, cultural and architectural value.

Instead of taking the traditional approach and demolishing the leftover building EFFEKT wanted to explore how to re-use and re-program this type of insig­nificant and mostly introverted building typology in a qualitative way and at a very limited budget?

‘However uninteresting and grey the exterior of these boxes appear, they often contain an impressive interior space of magnificent scale and almost cathedral-like proportions based on a repetitive, neatly arranged structural system. To us this vast space posed the only true value of the building – and we wanted to expose and highlight this to the outside world.’ says Tue Foged, Partner at EFFEKT.

Approach

The approach was simply to remove the walls at both ends of the building and to place all the administrative functions and workshop spaces on one side of the existing structure and the skate-areas on the other side, leaving the internal former manufacturing space intact. This clear re-organization also equips the building with a completely new envelope and exterior and allows the architects to pull in more daylight through the two new glass facades while improving the connectivity to the exterior spaces and activities.

With many vacated industrial sites being incorporated in urban expansion, this approach may be replicated and can pave the way for the revitalization of many other disregarded buildings left to deteriorate or facing demolition. New neighborhoods can benefit from these industrial heritage markers to build identity and sense of place.

Individualized alternatives

The functional goal of the new Streetmekka is to create a series of functional spaces for sports, cultural and social purposes arranged in a highly complex programmatic network. The aim is to meet the increasing demand for self-organized and individualized alternatives to the established club-sports and cultural activities, supporting GAME’s mission to attract local youth and create lasting social change through street-sports and culture, enabling integration and empowering them in their future lives.

Targeting a broad demographic audience from across a variety of cultural backgrounds, gender, age and interests, the architects’ goal was to create an open and welcoming building, lowering the threshold for involvement and engagement. This was achieved this by making a transparent building with a clear, well-defined organization intuitive to everyone. An anti-elitist, pop-culture take on a hybrid between a sports facility and a culture house, that is robust enough to stay open to the public 24 hours day without supervision and where the users are in charge and take initiative.

Evolve with the users

The new Streetmekka 2.0 is for everyone. It doesn’t matter if you want to participate, create, hang out or observe – there is a designated space for everything and everyone. The idea of expanding the original program to include so many different types of activity under the same roof is based on the notion that co-existence breeds new synergies and new social relations. Additionally, it exposes visitors to new types of activity they might never have realized existed, encouraging future engagement.

The maker labs and workshop areas enable the users to continuously develop and reconfigure the facility. Streetmekka Viborg is not static in terms of program nor in physical appearance. It will continue to evolve with the users – both short term (due to the animated facades and the street-art) as well as long term (when new programs are added, and old ones removed).

Indoor streetscape

The architectural concept is based upon the idea of an indoor streetscape. The project opens the introverted industrial building and transforms the impressive central factory space into a new kind of interior space: a covered streetscape open to the outside.  The streetscape concept is used to define and organize the various functions and place them in relation to specific requirements, such as spatial quality, daylight, materiality and temperature zones.

The new volume is then wrapped with a functional translucent polycarbonate skin, giving the appearance of a light and welcoming building while also serving as a giant canvas for the local visual artists to display and project their art but also clearly differentiates the building from the surrounding industrial facilities. Streetmekka in Viborg is the first lot to be transformed in the new neighborhood and will work as a catalyst for city life in the upcoming area.

The surrounding landscape becomes the natural extension of the indoor surface with various street-sports and cultural functions placed in a recreational string of greenery connecting the site to the downtown area through a future pedestrian and bicycle path.

One third

The preservation of the original structure and the reuse and upcycling of materials made it possible to carry out the refurbishment at a very low expense. Many of the original components were also repurposed as furniture elements for the parkour activities and hang-out spaces. The final costs of the building are approximately one third of a traditional sports hall.

PROJECT DATA

Architect

EFFEKT
BLÅGÅRDSGADE 8 2 SAL
DK-2200 KØBENHAVN

Client

Viborg Kommune and GAME

with finan­cial support from Reald­ania, Lokale- & Anlægs­fonden, Tryg­Fonden and Nordea­Fonden

Team

Luke Jouppi, Lars Pedersen, Jona­than Linde, Copen­hagen Bould­e­ring, Nørlum
BOGL land­scape
Rambøll
Thomas Andersen A/S

Opening

2018

Address

GAME Street­mekka Viborg
Nellik­evej 2
DK — 8800 Viborg

Aerial view

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Photography

© EFFEKT / Rasmus Hjortshøj Illus­tra­tions: © EFFEKT

Author

Effekt

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PLANS

VIDEOS

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Subi Surf Park

by | 4 Jul 2018 | Pools, Sports Centres

What a wonderful world this would be

Subi Surf Park in Perth

History

The closure of the cities primary foot­ball stadium (Subiaco Oval) coupled with the closure of two major public markets presented the commu­nity of Subiaco with a signi­fi­cant set of economic, cultural and iden­tity chal­lenges – and was the start of Subi Surf Park. Subiaco had for the last 100 years been heavily asso­ciated with Foot­ball and Markets and their loss was compoun­ding an ongoing decline created through the homo­ge­nisa­tion of a once diverse urban village. Subiaco Oval (“Subi“) is located in Subiaco, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Form­erly the highest capa­city stadium in Western Australia and one of the main stadiums in Australia, seating 43,500 people, the ground was the home of Austra­lian rules foot­ball in Western Australia, being the home ground for the West Coast Eagles and Fremantle Foot­ball Club. Both clubs moved to Perth Stadium, completed in late 2017 and offi­ci­ally opened on 21 January 2018.

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Design

MJA studio began work on Subi Surf Park after recei­ving a letter invi­ting parti­ci­pa­tion in a commu­nity survey from the local council in anti­ci­pa­tion of the closure of the stadium. MJA’s response to the survey took the form of a sche­matic proposal based around the prin­ci­ples of: inclu­si­vity, expanded public space and access, acces­si­bi­lity, recrea­tion and reco­gni­tion of heri­tage. MJA studio proposed the follo­wing sequence of events:

  • Subiaco Oval to be demo­lished, concrete to be crushed for re-use
  • Replace Oval with large water­body
  • Surround water­body with public open space
  • Elevate the public open space, crea­ting a hill rising above the flat topo­graphy of Subiaco
  • Acti­vate the Ground plane with a perma­nent market­place, hospi­ta­lity and Foot­ball Hall of fame
  • Insert 220 dual aspect apart­ments between the Ground plane and the new elevated public space
  • Create a new axial link between the two adja­cent train stations and line this axis with terrace housing and addi­tional public squares and event space
  • Open Subi­Surf Park utili­sing Wave­Garden tech­no­logy in the large water body

Lagoon

Subi Surf Park will deliver the highest quality man made waves on the planet, and the most authentic surfing expe­ri­ence for new and exis­ting surfers of all ages, expe­ri­ence and ability. Once the lagoon has been filled the water required per annum is equi­table to what is curr­ently used on the exis­ting stadiums lawn. Boun­dary Hill is a 12,800m² exten­sion to Kitchener Park, the 1:20 gradient allows for disabled access without handrails throug­hout. This new public park is desi­gned for passive and active recrea­tion space as well as a tempo­rary event space and oppor­tu­nity to survey the lagoon, CBD and land­scape beyond. The built form of the park and apart­ments below follow the geometry of the former stadium but their taper ensures a reduc­tion of overs­ha­dowing to the southern neigh­bours of 25%.

It’s all there

The apart­ments are desi­gned to maxi­mise the amenity of the end user ensu­ring solar access and cross venti­la­tion wherever their loca­tion. Each apart­ment has a private and public balcony space flan­king their apart­ment allo­wing them to choose their level of inter­ac­tion with the rest of the deve­lo­p­ment. Market­Hall ensures a perma­nent home for a new 3,000m² public market which can be open all week and on weekends can expand onto a 6,500m² Market Square. The inten­tion of the Market programme is to support micro-entre­pre­neurs and help diver­sify the Subiaco economy. The history of Austra­lian Foot­ball on the site is reco­g­nised throug­hout the proposal with imbedded art instal­la­tions, augmented reality and a home for the WA Foot­ball Hall of Fame. Subi Surf Park is a bril­liant concep­tual proposal that MJA studio pitched to the local govern­ment and stake­hol­ders in 2015. Unfort­u­na­tely, imple­men­ta­tion is still uncer­tain.

Project data

Architect

MJA studio Suite 6 / 23 Railway Road Subiaco 6008 Western Australia

Address

Subiaco Rd Subiaco WA 6008 Australia

Aerial view

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Author

MJA studio

Plans

Dashte Noor fitness gym

by | 15 Mar 2018 | Sports Centres, Sports Halls

Let’s get physical

Dashte Noor fitness gym

Dashte Noor fitness gym is one of the public buil­dings of Dashte noor resi­den­tial, recrea­tional complex in nort­hern Iran. The client’s main demands were two sepa­rate halls, being coor­di­nated with the other parts of the complex while being a unique mass. As a result the concept was, desig­ning a buil­ding with a dynamic mass which is an inte­gral and a part of the surroun­ding land­scape.

The main sky line of this site is made of forest, green hills and a blue sky. Ther­e­fore, the mass of Dashte Noor fitness gym moves from the ground very softly and reaches the sky. Having a peak in the form somehow memo­rizes the libe­ra­tion of the spirit, energy and also the connec­tion between the earth and the sky.

Architect

Narges Nassiri

Team

Mohsen Ghomi, Mohammad reza Mosavi, Keyvan Amidpoor

Client

Dashte Noor

Author

Narges Nassiri

Photograph

Shahriyar Mazaheri

Address

Mazandaran
Iran
Ground plans

The idea of desig­ning a full length window facing the sky was to frame a reflec­tion of it and also having an orien­ta­tion towards light. Desig­ning a skin which moves on the mass and selec­ting wood as the main mate­rial of the facade makes the buil­ding closer to nature.

Dashte Noor fitness gym is located in a site with an area about 745m². The ground floor is about 235sqm which includes the lobby, a body­buil­ding hall, bath­rooms, chan­ging rooms and a bar. The first floor is about 170 m² inclu­ding another hall, bath­rooms, chan­ging rooms and another bar and a place to sit and rest.

 

The main concept of the inte­rior design was to create a space which reflects and gives the feeling of the whole mass and the exte­rior form while doing exer­cise inside the gym. The cons­truc­tion of the buil­ding are the two walls which face east and west and are both huge trestles which move with the curve and pull the 9 meter canti­lever in the entrance. The two arch walls in the entrance and under the canti­lever help to asso­ciate the main idea of rising from the ground towards the sky.

European School of Strasbourg sports centre

by | 14 Mar 2018 | Sports Centres, Sports Halls

Sports for the whole of Europe

European School of Strasbourg sports centre

Strasbourg

Stras­bourg has had the status of Euro­pean capital since 1948. It is the seat of the Euro­pean Parlia­ment and the Euro­pean Court of Human Rights. The city’s autho­ri­ties quite natu­rally decided to a propose an educa­tional offer desi­gned to meet the expec­ta­tions of the Euro­pean and inter­na­tional civil servants working in the city by crea­ting a Euro­pean school. The school’s educa­tional model, based on a multi­cul­tural approach, wide use of diffe­rent languages, and emphasis on both children’s auto­nomy and parents’ invol­vement, covers a full school curri­culum, from nursery school right through to the Euro­pean baccalau­reate.

Robertsau

The Euro­pean School of Stras­bourg sports centre is located in the leafy neigh­bour­hood of the Robertsau, near the Euro­pean and inter­na­tional insti­tu­tions. The school has nearly one thousand pupils and, to meet its requi­re­ments and those of local resi­dents, the muni­cipal autho­ri­ties in Stras­bourg decided to build an open sports centre. The programme called for the crea­tion of a multi-sport hall and a multi-purpose hall capable of serving as a venue for events not invol­ving sport.

Architect

Dominique Coulon & associés
13 rue de la Tour des Pêcheurs
67000 Strasbourg
France

Team

Dominique Coulon, Benjamin Rocchi
Thibaut Muller, Fanny Liénart, David Romero-Uzeda

Author

Dominique Coulon & associés

Client

Ville de Strasbourg

Construction costs

4.300.000 €

Opening

2017

Aerial view

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Address

9 rue Peter Schwarber
67000 Strasbourg
France

Photograph

Eugeni Pons, David Romero-Uzeda
Ground plans & Site plan

Building

Beyond the actual archi­tec­tural and func­tional quali­ties of Euro­pean School of Stras­bourg sports centre, the buil­ding creates a balance and estab­lishes a dialogue with the Euro­pean school. It prolongs the logic of the frag­ments already used for the school buil­ding. The volumes of the two halls are disso­ciated and angled, which makes it possible to set the larger hall in an ideal posi­tion: perpen­di­cular to the street, on the nort­hern edge of the site, its posi­tion mini­mises the building’s impact on the site. The full depth of the site is used; the shorter side of the buil­ding gives onto the street, making it more porous in rela­tion to the land­scape.

Entrance

The entrance hall is trans­pa­rent, allo­wing sight from the fore­court through to the wood at the back of the site. The elements of the programme form a crown, with chan­ging rooms and other premises surroun­ding the two halls and provi­ding views both to the outside and among them­selves.

Photographs

Materials

Euro­pean School of Stras­bourg sports centre makes careful use of rough, durable mate­rials: archi­tec­tonic concrete, galva­nised steel, glass and linoleum. The multi-sports hall plays on the grey shades of these mate­rials.

Light

Euro­pean School of Stras­bourg sports centre is orien­tated north/south, which is the best way to control natural light, while large expanses of poly­car­bo­nate provide and disperse gentle, even light throug­hout the hall, with no risk of dazz­ling or incon­ve­ni­en­cing users. Parti­cular atten­tion has also been paid to the acou­stic: up to a person’s height, the walls are faced with perfo­rated coloured MDF panels, and the entire ceiling has been treated. Duck­board panels in galva­nised steel placed between the beams create a meshed false ceiling: the tech­nical elements are protected, while the lamps are able to illu­mi­nate the hall.

The warmth of the oak

The square multi-purpose hall is desi­gned to contrast with the rest of the buil­ding. The varnished oak parquet floor laid in a checker­board pattern curves upwards at the wall, and the upper part of the walls are flocked with acou­stic plaster. The coffered ceiling repeats the checker­board design of the floor. The entire double height of the hall is coloured dark green, enhan­cing the warmth of the oak.

Variations in grey

Depen­ding on the light, the varia­tions in grey featured in the project range from milky and rough to trans­pa­rent and reflec­ting: percep­tion evolves as the day draws on, setting up a valuable dialogue with nature. The presence of plants and the resul­ting quality of the light lend a precious elegance to the spaces.

Bayreuth Youth Hostel

by | 1 Mar 2018 | Sports Centres

Not just a clean bed and shower!

Bayreuth Youth Hostel

Holistic sustainability

It’s the new gene­ra­tion of youth hostels – inno­va­tive, inte­gra­tive and inter­na­tional — and has recently opened: Bayreuth Youth Hostel, Germany. The fluid struc­ture is inte­grated into the land­scape, with contem­po­rary mate­rials and holi­stic sustaina­bi­lity – a place for active people of all abili­ties.

LAVA’s concept for the sports hostel is:

  1. Inno­va­tive – inven­tive new spatial confi­gu­ra­tion of the whole faci­lity, inclu­ding indi­vi­dual room modules, mate­rial use and design
  2. Inte­grated – inclu­sive ‘barrier-free’ buil­ding, with sporting areas merging directly with the buil­ding, and acces­sible spaces, faci­li­ties and grounds
  3. Inter­na­tional — the design from creates a feeling of place and combines it with contem­po­rary elements Bayreuth’s global partner cities

Generation Y

LAVA chose a ‘Y’ shape for the 180-bed hostel because it cleverly gene­rates a connec­tive central space and inter­weaves the inte­rior and exte­rior spaces, offe­ring expan­sive views and multiple acces­sible openings to the sports fields and gardens.

Gen Y travel­lers want funky design, a special iden­tity, access to commu­nity and unique expe­ri­ences. Not just a clean bed and shower!

So LAVA‘S reinter­pre­ta­tion of a youth hostel features inno­va­tive spatial confi­gu­ra­tions that encou­rage inter­ac­tion and acces­si­bi­lity; sustaina­bi­lity at func­tional, cons­truc­tional and social levels; and inte­grated sporting faci­li­ties.

The rooms, grounds and faci­li­ties  of Bayreuth Youth Hostel are all fully acces­sible and espe­ci­ally equipped for active people of all abili­ties. A whole wheel­chair basket­ball team can stay here. Four­teen rooms on the ground floor are wheel­chair acces­sible by lift or ramps, and there are walk-in showers, wheel­chair-acces­sible sinks, more space and tech­nical aids. Doors, terraces, sports and parking areas are acces­sible and there are custo­mised way-finding systems with strong graphics. Inclu­sion is also seen in the staf­fing with about one third of Bayreuth Youth Hostel employees having disa­bi­li­ties.

Architect

LAVA Berlin
Saarbrücker Strasse 24 — Haus D
10405 Berlin
Germany

Client

Deut­sches Jugend­her­bergs­werk
Landes­ver­band Bayern e.V.
Mauer­kir­cherstr. 5
81679 München
Germany

Team

Tobias Wallisser, Alexander Rieck, Chris Bosse Julian Fahrenkamp (Projektleitung), Angelika Hermann, Jan Kozerski, Mikolay Scibisz, Nicola Schunter, Paula Gonzalez, Güley Alagöz, Elise Elsacker, Myung Lee, Yuan Ma, Sebastian Schott, Stephan Albrecht, Stefanie Pesel
mit Wenzel+Wenzel, Frankfurt Matias Wenzel, Sven Becker, Thilo von Wintzingerode, Erik Muth

Aerial view

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Address

Universitätsstraße 28
95447 Bayreuth
Germany

Author

LAVA

Photograph

Häfeler/Fotostudio Huber
DJH/Robert Pupeter

Opening

2017

Construction costs

€10,500,000
Ground plans

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Typology

The guest room typo­logy is new. LAVA desi­gned an intel­li­gent wall system with modular contem­po­rary custom built-in furni­ture – toilets, showers as well as bed niches. These three-dimen­sional wall modules faci­li­tate diffe­rent room confi­gu­ra­tions through parti­ally rotatable beds crea­ting two, four and six-bed rooms. They maxi­mise room usage for a broad range of guests – from indi­vi­duals to fami­lies to wheel­chair teams.

The multi­pur­pose central atrium is a surpri­sing element with its play of mate­rials and colours. It fulfills the youth hostel motto ‘Expe­ri­ence the Commu­nity’ serving as a hub for (digital) enter­tain­ment, inter­ac­tion and commu­ni­ca­tion. The amphi­theatre in the middle is lit by a skylight above and connects to the diffe­rent levels in a playful way, whilst giving hori­zontal and diagonal sight­lines guiding visi­tors through the buil­ding.

Recep­tion, seminar rooms, bistro, kitchen, sports and game faci­li­ties are spread out over two floors and connected to each other via this central atrium. Each wing of the Y has access to the exte­rior at its end, and many ‘loops’ combi­ning inside and outside come toge­ther at the central point of the Y.

Parts of Bayreuth Youth Hostel double as grand­stands for cultural events and encou­rage commu­nity inter­ac­tion. Terraces allow direct access to the green fields and sports areas of the ground floor zone, all acces­sible.

Wood looks like wood

Another feature is no fake surfaces, just authentic mate­rials – wood looks like wood. Much of the struc­ture, inclu­ding wooden trusses, is exposed, giving a ‘raw’ space. The wood, concrete floors and ceilings create an indus­trial robust­ness with brightly coloured infills and strong graphics refe­ren­cing sports acti­vi­ties or natural elements like tree canopies. Using local mate­rials and tech­ni­ques there is a focus on soli­dity and func­tion­a­lity rather than relying on the latest tech­no­logy.

Holi­stic sustaina­bi­lity includes envi­ron­mental — local mate­rials, highly insu­lated facades, rene­wable energy, pollu­tion reduc­tion etc. But it also includes social and struc­tural sustaina­bi­lity. Universal design allows ever­yone to work and to stay and inte­gra­tion sees more poten­tial users, resul­ting in optimum use of the faci­lity. There are diffe­rent utili­sa­tion cycles for various parts (cons­truc­tion, façade, tech­nical deve­lo­p­ment) — for example only along the corri­dors and the facades are there load-bearing compon­ents — room wings are freely divi­dable inside. So future reuse/change of use is possible – one day Bayreuth Youth Hostel could become a kinder­garten, a school or a reti­re­ment home.

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Stedelijk Lyceum Topsport Antwerpen

by | 19 Feb 2018 | Sports Halls, Sports Centres, Sports Centres

Elite goes to school

Stedelijk Lyceum Topsport in Antwerp

Situation

The Stede­lijk Lyceum Tops­port (Tops­port­school) in Antwerp is an indi­vi­dual elite sports academy for young athletes, which also allows many other forms of use for ordi­nary people. By Compa­gnie O Archi­tects.

Stede­lijk Lyceum Tops­port does not reveal its purpose, it merely exists on this awkward site, an aban­doned mili­tary fort­ress, over­grown with gree­nery. A sloped concrete base emerges from the soil, self-contained and obvious, slightly supe­rior to its surroun­dings, reve­aling hardly anything at all.

On top of this solid soil hovers a sharp-edged mirror glass surface, reflec­ting and deflec­ting the scenery into scat­tered views. It seems like the base and the glass­house are in a para­do­xical confron­ta­tion at first. We rather consider it as an oxymoron, it brings toge­ther two seemingly incom­pa­tible languages within one buil­ding, crea­ting a tension we consider inte­res­ting.

Ground floor

The gyms form the spatial core of the school and are placed at the ground floor. A large hall for multiple sports stands aside a specific hall for martial arts ñjudo and taekwondo. In between these two gyms, accom­panying faci­li­ties like dres­sing rooms and communal showers are situated. In this zone the indi­vi­dual focuses on his/her achie­ve­ments, and ther­e­fore the inte­rior spaces are intro­verted. External influences are excluded or just controlled and tempered. The walls are slightly inclined. There is no

distur­bance. At this level, on the side of the square, you find the main public entrance of the buil­ding.

Ground plans

Level O
Level 1
Level 2

Intermediate level

Situated on the inter­me­diate floor, the power trai­ning space and the cantina are placed next to each other. These spaces form the communal living center of the school commu­nity. In contrast to the rather intro­verted trai­ning halls, this level has a gene­rous view to the surroun­dings. Here is the more private entrance of the school located.

Top floor

The top floor is reserved for all school-acti­vi­ties, between the trusses. This level rises lite­rally above the sport­fields, the square and the further surroun­dings. There is no more mass, just a plat­form, a turn­table or panop­ticon of know­ledge and lear­ning. A school with a round way and a patio for central decom­pres­sion. The school base is deter­mined by the struc­ture (trusses which live up to the big span of the main hall) and ratio. In reality this place refers more to a land­scape office or a busi­ness lobby than a pastel colored child friendly neigh­bor­hood school.

Materialization

The exte­rior walls are inclined. Apart from the evident mili­tary conno­ta­tion (bunker/stealth), the incli­na­tion gives the buil­ding an auto­nomy. It responds to the slope of the terrain and includes in this way the topo­graphy of the area in the archi­tec­ture. The concrete surface of the base is ‘induced mossy’. ‘Induced’ means that we set the process of the gree­ning in motion. The base will thus be induced with pati­na­tion and remain this way in a (constant) meta­mor­phosis.

The facade of the upper part, the school, is realized peri­me­tri­cally with reflec­ting mate­rials. Through working with combi­na­tions of glass, the reflec­tion becomes more saddle, more varied. There are parts which reflect 100% and parts which reflect parti­ally and give parti­ally an insight through the facade.

Architects

Compagnie‑O archi­tecten
Koren­markt 8 b
201 B‑9000 Gent
Belgium

Client

AG Vespa
(AG SO Antwerp – culture, sports and youth Antwerp)

Author

Compagnie‑O archi­tects

Photograph

© Tim Van De Velde

Address

Fort VI, Wilrijk / Antwerp
Edegem­ses­teenweg 100
BE-2610 Antwerp (Wilrijk)
Belgium

Aerial view

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Opening

2016

Construction costs

9,000,000 €

Technical

The Tops­port­school is a passive buil­ding, which means that the space heating energy demand is limited to 14,17 kWh per square meter per year. The total energy used doesn’t exceed 60 kWh per square meter of treated floor area per year. In terms of airtight­ness, there’s a maximum of 0.6 air changes per hour at 50 Pascals pres­sure. Thermal comfort is met for all living areas during winter as well in summer, with not more than 10% of the hours in a given year over 25°C. The whole buil­ding is planned, opti­mized and veri­fied with the Passive House Plan­ning Package (PHPP). All of the above criteria are achieved through intel­li­gent design and imple­men­ta­tion of the 5 Passive House prin­ci­ples: thermal bridge free design, supe­rior windows, venti­la­tion with heat reco­very, quality insu­la­tion and airtight cons­truc­tion.

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Ladies Sports Centre Doha

by | 8 Feb 2018 | Sports Centres, Sports Halls

Women and Society

Ladies Sports Centre Doha

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.

Architect

Fenwick Iribarren Architects
Campus Empresarial Arbea
Avda. de Fuencarral 5, Edificio 2 — Planta Baja
ES-28108 Alcobendas, Madrid

Client

Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC)

Author

Fenwick Iribarren Architects
RENDERINGS

Ku.Be

by | 7 Feb 2018 | Sports Centres, Sports Halls

Come together!

KuBe House of Culture and Movement in Copenhagen

A new typology

The 3,200 m² Ku.Be House of Culture in Move­ment was desi­gned for the muni­ci­pa­lity of Frede­riks­berg as a focal point for both the imme­diate commu­nity and also the wider area of Copen­hagen; one that the people them­selves could take owner­ship of and that would evolve its programme based on the specific wants and needs of its users. The project is a new typo­logy, deve­loped out of the response to a brief that solely asked for a buil­ding that would bring people toge­ther and improve the quality of life. In reply MVRDV and ADEPT answered with one that blends theatre, sport and lear­ning into a space where body and mind are acti­vated to promote a more healthy life for ever­yone, regard­less of age, ability or inte­rest; crea­ting links between people that wouldn’t other­wise connect with each other.

Encourage the unexpected

The six primary volumes which make up Ku.Be, each with their own programme, are clad in a unique colour and mate­rial, clearly defi­ning them within the buil­ding; from outside these shapes are hinted at in the frag­mented tile façade. “We desi­gned Ku.Be to encou­rage the unex­pected,” explains MVRDV co-founder Jacob van Rijs. “Larger volumes are suited to hold perfor­mances or public meetings, smaller ones can be for exhi­bi­tions or debates. The fast-pace rooms are perfect for dance, or parkour; and zen rooms give you the contrast of yoga or medi­ta­tion. It’s between these volumes where the real fun will happen though; spaces where we hint at a use, but which will become enti­rely user-defined.”

Architect

MVRDV bv
Achterklooster 7
NL — 3011 RA Rotterdam
ADEPT
Struenseegade 15A, 4.
DK-2200 Copenhagen N
Landschaftsarchitekten
SLA
Njalsgade 17B
Pakhus 2, 3.sal
DK 2300 København

Team

Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries Fokke Moerel, Mette Rasmussen, Julius Kirchert, Klaas Hofman, Francisco Pomares, Armor Gutierrez Rivas, Buster Christensen, Attilio Ranieri, Chris Green, Kate van Heusen, Henryk Struski, Emanuela Gioffreda, Raymond van den Broek, Sanne van der Burgh, Karl Johan Nyquist, Maria Lopez, Kasper Albrektsen

Movement

The route through the buil­ding focuses on deve­lo­ping and encou­ra­ging alter­nate forms of move­ment. The Laby­rinth gets people on their hands and knees clim­bing through a three dimen­sional network of cubes from the second to third floors; or alter­na­tively they could take the Mouse­trap, a vertical maze. A net which spans several floors throug­hout the buil­ding, lets users climb up from floor to floor – suspended over the voids – and slides and fireman poles offer a fast way to get back down. “In Ku.Be we tried to turn your average expe­ri­ence of a buil­ding on its head,” tells ADEPT co-founder Martin Krogh. “What would other­wise be a simple, mind­less journey through the buil­ding turns into an explo­ra­tion and disco­very of move­ment. Here it’s you that defines the route, however you want: clim­bing, sliding, craw­ling … jumping.” To cater for all abili­ties and ages, both easier and more stan­dard ways of moving around are provided but even then a visual connec­tion is main­tained throug­hout Ku.Be.

Client

Municipality of Frederiksberg
Danish Foundation for Culture and Sport Facilities (LOA)
Realdania Foundation

Author

MVRDV

Photograph

Adam Mørk
PHOTOGRAPHS

Urban gardens

The urban gardens outside form the connec­tion between Ku.Be and the urban realm, playing an important role in expres­sing the eight volumes and the acti­vi­ties happe­ning inside. The diverse land­scape — a system of micro­cli­mates with chan­ging sounds, lights and scents which blends seam­lessly into a hill with inte­grated slides — reaches out into the gardens and ends in an amphi­theatre outside.

By beco­ming an exten­sion of the urban land­scape of Frede­riks­berg and inte­gra­ting the commu­nity to such an extent, the House of Culture and Move­ment looks to become an incu­bator for further deve­lo­p­ment within the neigh­bour­hood.

Address

Ku.Be Dirch Passers Allé 4 DK 2000 Frederiksberg

Aerial view

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Opening

2016
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Ground plan of level 1
Ground plan of level 2
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Zhangjiang Future Park

by | 28 Jan 2018 | Design, Sports Centres

Social Catalyzer

Zhangjiang Future Park in Shanghai

Location

Zhang­jiang Hi-Tech Park is located in the Pudong district of Shanghai, China. It was estab­lished in 1992 as a site for busi­ness enter­prises, R&D compa­nies and educa­tion insti­tu­tions who operate within the world of high-tech­no­logy and inno­va­tion. Over time many national and inter­na­tional compa­nies have chosen to settle there and today there are appro­xi­m­ately 4,000 compa­nies and over 100,000 workers in the area.

Besides being a busi­ness and indus­trial park, Zhang­jiang Hi-Tech Park is also a resi­den­tial neigh­bour­hood for the workers’ fami­lies. The Zhang­jiang commu­nity is ther­e­fore mostly consti­tuted by highly educated people who work and study in the area. The goal of Zhang­jiang Future Park is to provide the commu­nity with public faci­li­ties that are lacking in the area: a social centre where people can meet, gather, talk, learn, play and enjoy each other’s company in a high-quality and beau­tiful setting.

Architect

MVRDV bv
Achterklooster 7
NL-3011 RA Rotterdam

Zhangjiang Future Park

The MVRDV project for Zhang­jiang Future Park aims at inser­ting a new urban complex that on the one hand expresses Zhangjiang’s current character and on the other hand expresses its future ambi­tions. Zhang­jiang Future Park will be located on an island, at the cross­roads of valuable green areas and water bodies. The concept stems from a combi­na­tion of nature, culture, enter­tain­ment and sports.

A smart combi­na­tion of these aspects is at the core of the proposal. High-quality public space and leisure acti­vi­ties are inte­grated in a park setting. The proposal combines the rela­xa­tion coming from a natural setting with the intense exci­te­ment of a city centre. Zhang­jiang Future Park consists of a vertical laye­ring of the two condi­tions. Park lawns and urban plazas are set at two diffe­rent levels and have very diffe­rent and reco­gnizable charac­ters. They are strongly connected by multiple paths that allow visi­tors to easily move from one to the other. Toge­ther they form a new hybrid morpho­logy which responds flexibly to the needs of the Zhang­jiang commu­nity at any time of the week.

Team

Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries
Wenchian Shi, Marta Pozo Gil with Marco Gazzola, Lorenzo Mattozzi, Enrico Pintabona, Chiara Giro­lami, Shengjie Zhan, Cai Zheli, Cosimo Scotucci, Wenzhao Jia, Emma Rubeillon, Chi Zhang, Ray Zhu, Chi Li
Antonio Luca Coco, Paolo Mossa Idra, Costanza Cuccato, Davide Calabrò, Pavlos Ventouris, Tomaso Maschi­etti

Master plan

Integration

The buil­ding volumes gently blend into the land­scape and provide the park with acti­vi­ties. Multiple access points converge towards the main central square, provi­ding each a diffe­rent percep­tion of the site. The design proposal forms an intri­guing silhou­ette, a reco­gnizable coll­ec­tion of buil­dings that emerge from the park: a crack in the land­scape that produces urban life. People are able to walk not just around the buil­dings, but even on top of them, ther­e­fore expe­ri­en­cing radi­cally diffe­rent perspec­tives of the site. The green roofs programme is as lively and diverse as the park programme and strongly inte­grated with the buil­dings’ func­tions.

Zhang­jiang Future Park is formed by four large public buil­dings, a library, an art centre, a perfor­mance centre and a sport centre. Toge­ther they offer an outstan­ding array of cultural and enter­tai­ning services within a very short walking distance in between them.

Client

Zhangjiang Group Co. Ltd.

Author

MVRDV bv
Achterklooster 7
NL-3011 RA Rotterdam
AXONOMETRY

The sports centre

The sports centre offers two main acti­vity areas, one related to water sports and the other to ball games. A common entrance leads to both, the olym­pionic swim­ming pool and the multi­func­tional sports hall. The 10,000 m² of sport faci­li­ties will be exposed to the land­scape and the natural light, making an indoor match feel like an outdoor event.

Address

Zhangjiang District
CN-Shanghai

Aerial view

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Centro Cívico Salburua

by | 27 Jan 2018 | Sports Centres, Sports Halls

Creates relationships

Centro Cívico Salburua

Autonomous and ambitious

Centro Cívico Salburúa is a buil­ding that combines sporting, cultural and admi­nis­tra­tive uses to service the neigh­bor­hood Salburua in Vitoria.

The project conceives the civic center as a gathe­ring of people to carry out various social, cultural, recrea­tional or sports acti­vi­ties.

Architect

IDOM
Avda. Monasterio del Escorial, 4,
28049 ES-Madrid

Team

Juan Luis Geijo, Juan Dávila, Gonzalo Carro
Maria Robredo, Oscar Ferreira, Javier Manjón, Aintzane Gastelu-Iturri, Daniela Bustamante, Beatriz Pagoaga, Aitziber Olarte

Offers culture and sports

The program of the buil­ding is divided into three levels:

  • The ground floor has more public uses such as a café, lounge, hall, confe­rence room, etc.
  • The base­ment has all sports faci­li­ties except for the pool.
  • The first floor has admi­nis­tra­tive areas, cultural spaces (library, study room, Infotek and work­shops) and the pool with its own dres­sing room.

Client

Ayuntamiento de Vitoria-Gasteiz

Author

idom

Photograph

Aitor Ortiz
PHOTOGRAPHS

Creates relationships

The floor conveys this concept of diffu­sion thanks to a glass façade through which you can see what is happe­ning inside, and even across the street, estab­li­shing a fusion between urban space and inside the civic center, streng­thening its public character.

In contrast, the first floor has a less permeable, more abstract language, avoi­ding the usual human scale, in order to obtain a stronger and more powerful image.

Despite being a very compact buil­ding of appro­xi­m­ately 110x60 meters, it is very bright thanks to the many patios that traverse the entire buil­ding and that help estab­lish visual rela­ti­onships between the various acti­vi­ties taking place in the center

Address

Bratislava Hiribidea, 2,
01003 Vitoria-Gasteiz
ES-Araba

Aerial view

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