Xiamen Footpaths

by | 24 Sep 2019 | Sports Grounds

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Xiamen Footpaths

DISSING+WEITLING architecture

About

A 20-kilo­metre network of scenic foot­paths and seven spec­ta­cular foot­bridges are set to become the new trade­mark of the city of Xiamen, China. The ambi­tious project, entitled Xiamen Foot­paths, will create outstan­ding expe­ri­ences in the exch­ange between bust­ling urban life and peaceful nature for the pede­strians of Xiamen.

Last year, the city of Xiamen opened the world’s longest bicycle bridge – Xiamen Bicycle Skyway – with the ambi­tion to improve condi­tions for cyclists in the hectic Chinese traffic. Once again, Xiamen has chosen to focus on impro­ving condi­tions for soft road users – this time the pede­strians.

Xiamen

A modern metro­polis, Xiamen has a pulsa­ting city-life and a hectic indus­trial port, while being situated on a moun­tai­nous island with a unique vege­ta­tion supported by a mild climate. The City of Xiamen envi­sioned a large-scale network of foot­paths, elevated foot­paths and foot­bridges that would connect the vibrant city­scape with the scenic natural surroun­dings.

The 20-kilo­metre route creates a new connec­tion between city and nature – a system of elevated foot­paths and foot­bridges that run through the city and across the island as a scenic, recrea­tional artery. It will be a major attrac­tion for the city and possibly become an icon for Xiamen that can attract tourists from all over the world.

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Design

When desig­ning the project, DISSING+WEITLING’s chall­enge was to create a coherent yet flexible design language that would be able to adapt to the incre­dibly diffe­rent contexts. Xiamen Foot­paths lead resi­dents and visi­tors through the city and out into nature as a recrea­tional artery among the tree­tops.

Seven unique foot­bridges appear as beacons in the land­scape and create a link between parks, forests and view­points, where the city and land­scape will unfold from a new perspec­tive.

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Danish momentum

Winning yet another infra­struc­ture project in Xiamen, Dissing+Weitling conti­nues their momentum in the Chinese city after the opening of Xiamen Bicycle Skyway in 2017. In close coope­ra­tion with local autho­ri­ties, the winning proposal is curr­ently being further deve­loped and adapted to the city’s wishes. The compre­hen­sive project has been named Xiamen Foot­paths, and is expected to be completed already next year.
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Compa­nies involved

Architect

DISSING+WEITLING archi­tec­ture
Artil­le­rivej 86, 3 tv,
2300 Køben­havn S  
Däne­mark

 

Client

Renderings

DISSING+WEITLING archi­tec­ture

Construction management

XMEDI — Xiamen Muni­cipal
Engi­nee­ring Design Insti­tute

 

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Oxygen Park

by | 11 Sep 2019 | Sports Grounds

A kind of magic

Oxygen Park in Doha

Aecom & Arup

Oxygen

Taking the elemental life-force of oxygen as its inspi­ra­tion, Oxygen Park, is a unique public space desi­gned for health and well­being in a desert envi­ron­ment. It has been created with the local commu­nity in mind, provi­ding an open space in which to exer­cise, rest, and play.

Desert

Oxygen Park is inspired by the wind eroded rocks and fluid land forma­tions of the desert. The path and running tracks are embedded in the topo­graphy to create an exci­ting trai­ning ground with looping tracks, cooled tunnel segments, and steep hills.

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Night-time

The night-time lighting scheme and refres­hing water features provide an attrac­tive setting for evening sports acti­vi­ties and indi­vi­dual work-outs during cooler hours of the day.

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Shadow

Oxygen Park features shaded running tracks, subter­ra­nean pitches for team sports, equestrian faci­li­ties, as well as more gentle recrea­tion areas with a series of sound­scape-filled, refres­hing folly spheres.

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A touch of magic

The ‘balloon lights’ floa­ting above the subter­ra­nean grounds make the park visible from afar and add a touch of magic to the setting.

Oxygen Park is a man-made ‘green lung’ with a design inspired by nature. It is an anti­dote to the generic indoor gym envi­ron­ment and helps people to get back to nature, while foste­ring social enga­ge­ment and promo­ting active healthy life­styles.

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Compa­nies involved and project data

Architects

AECOM & Arup

AECOM Director: Erik Behrens (Archi­tec­ture Design Lead), Mark Black­well, James Haig Streeter (Land­scape Design Lead), Warren Osborne, Kevin Under­wood

AECOM Team: Philip Dugdale, Alfredo Galindo, Eric Hall­quist, Shafee Jones-Wilson, Wing Lai, James Manuel, John Neilson, Jona­thon Reeves, Adam Rothwell, Jason Shinoda, Stephen Suen, Jack Wu

Client

Photographs

Markus Elblaus

Address

Educa­tion City
Ar Rayyan
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Erik Behrens
AECOM

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Academia Unileão

by | 9 Sep 2019 | Sports Centres, Sports Grounds, Sports Halls

Simply beautiful

Academia Unileão in Juazeiro do Norte

Lins Arquitetos Associados

Situation

The Unileão gym & school buil­ding is located in Juazeiro do Norte, CE. It sits within the Cariri region, which is encom­passed by the Brazi­lian northe­as­tern steppe climate, an extre­mely dry and hot area. The buil­ding serves the Physical Educa­tion course offered by the Univer­sity and is used by its students, faculty, and staff.

Location

The buil­ding was set in a pre-exis­ting plateau that guided its East-West orien­ta­tion, that is, with large facades exposed to a greater solar inci­dence every day of the year. This is not the ideal situa­tion for the Brazi­lian semi-arid climate, and for that reason diffe­rent thermal comfort stra­te­gies were applied to reduce the tempe­ra­ture inside the buil­ding.
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Ground plan

The complex is formed by five circles of 7.80m radius, 6.00m of which are useful area and 1.80m are garden area. Each circle works as a cell destined for a diffe­rent acti­vity. Two cells are used for weight trai­ning, one for the recep­tion and canteen, another for aerobic acti­vi­ties, and an admi­nis­tra­tion and staff service cell. Each cell connects directly with one another forming a set of appro­xi­m­ately 64 meters in length. Three verandas assist those connec­tions and serve either to mark the main entrance of the gym or to support func­tional trai­ning.
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Façade

As a way of mini­mi­zing the solar inci­dence directly inside the buil­ding all the facades were desi­gned in three layers. The first and more external layer filters the sunlight and is desi­gned with solid ceramic tiles distanced from one another such as to create a pattern that allows light in. This pattern brings three-dimen­sio­na­lity and volume to the facade, crea­ting an inte­res­ting light and shadow effect. The second layer shel­ters an inside garden with species of vege­ta­tion adapted to the climate of the region and that contri­bute to crea­ting a plea­sant micro­cli­mate. The third and final layer is composed of pivo­ting frames of clear glass that allow the mecha­nical cooling of the gym if neces­sary.
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Conclusion

The roofing of the buil­ding is desi­gned with thermo-acou­stic tiles that protect the inte­rior of the buil­ding from exces­sive heat. The exposed concrete and solid ceramic tiles in their natural colors are the mate­rials that stand out. The indus­trial floo­ring and all the exposed elec­trical and hydraulic instal­la­tions bring an indus­trial feel to the inte­rior of the buil­ding.

In summary, the buil­ding proposes to ratio­na­lize the spatial distri­bu­tion, promo­ting an easy reading of the secto­riza­tion, while explo­ring the tactile and visual stimuli through mate­rials, light and shadow effects, and vege­ta­tion, contri­bu­ting to the comfort and perma­nence of users.

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Architects

Lins Arqui­tetos Asso­ciados
Cintia Lins, George Lins
Rua Manoel Miguel dos Santos, 330
Juazeiro do Norte, Cariri 
Brasi­lien

Opening

2018

Client

Photographs

Joana França

Built surface

964 m²

Address

Cidade Univer­si­tária
Juazeiro do Norte
Ceará, 63040–410
Brasi­lien

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Infinity London

by | 14 Aug 2019 | Design, Design, Pools, Sports Grounds

Pool with a view

Infinity London

Compass Pool

Ambitious

Death defying swim­ming pools are set to become an archi­tec­tural trend in central London, allo­wing visi­tors to float over 200 metres above the capital’s skyline. Pool desi­gners at Compass Pools have deve­loped Infi­nity London, the only buil­ding in the world to incor­po­rate a 360-degree infi­nity pool.

The pool is made from cast acrylic rather than glass, as this mate­rial trans­mits light at a similar wave­length to water so that the pool will look perfectly clear.

The floor of the pool is also trans­pa­rent, allo­wing visi­tors to see the swim­mers and sky above.

Getting into the water

Swim­mers will access the pool through a rota­ting spiral stair­case based on the door of a subma­rine, rising from the pool floor when someone wants to get in or out. A little bit James Bond to boot!”

Normally a simple ladder would suffice, but the desi­gners didn’t want stairs on the outside of the buil­ding or in the pool as it would spoil the view – and obviously they don’t want 600,000 litres of water drai­ning through the buil­ding either.

Building services

Other advanced tech­nical features include a built-in anemo­meter to monitor the wind speed. This is linked to a computer-controlled buil­ding manage­ment system to ensure the pool stays at the right tempe­ra­ture and water doesn’t get blown down to the streets below.

Boas­ting an inno­va­tive twist on rene­wable energy, the pool’s heating system will use waste energy from the air condi­tion system for the buil­ding. The hot gas that is produced as a by-product of crea­ting cold air in the buil­ding will run through a heat exch­anger to heat the water for the pool.

The pool is also fitted with a full spec­trum of lights which will give the buil­ding the appearance of a spar­k­ling jewel-topped torch at night.

Approach

Compass Pool’s swim­ming pool desi­gner and tech­nical director Alex Kemsley commented: “Archi­tects often come to us to design roof top infi­nity pools, but rarely do we get a say in the buil­ding design because the pool is usually an aftert­hought.

“But on this project, we actually started with the pool design and essen­ti­ally said, ‘how do we put a buil­ding under­neath this?’ “When we desi­gned the pool, we wanted an unin­ter­rupted view, both above and below the water.

It will have a five-star inter­na­tional hotel on the top floors of the buil­ding with the pool used by the guests.

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Microplastics in artificial turf

by | 25 Jun 2019 | Sports Grounds

Not with us!

Rainwater treatment retains microplastics from artificial turf

Hauraton

Microplastics

Arti­fi­cial turf on sports fields provides an excel­lent playing surface. But use and drai­nage of this result in micro­pla­s­tics being flushed out into preci­pi­ta­tion and surface waters. This is a chall­enge that Hauraton is over­co­ming with respon­sible envi­ron­mental tech­no­logy. The drai­nage specia­list, based in the Baden region, has a safe and effec­tive solu­tion for filte­ring and retai­ning micro­pla­stic particles. In the Sportfix®Clean drai­nage system and channel filter with filter substrate Carbotec 60, particles down to the smal­lest size of 0.45 µm (0.00045 mm) are reliably removed by filte­ring.

With sports fields incre­asingly being equipped with arti­fi­cial turf world­wide, this is highly rele­vant. The synthetic surfaces are very robust, require much less care than natural turf and offer higher quality stan­dards for the safety of athletes. On modern surfaces, playing proper­ties such as ball roll beha­viour are very close to natural turf on sports pitches. The high useful life of around 1,700 hours per year compared to 400 to 800 hours for natural turf, a service life of at least ten years and greatly reduced main­ten­ance effort are all bene­fits of arti­fi­cial turf.

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Petra Pahl

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Hauraton

Supplier

Hauraton GmbH & Co. KG
Werk­straße 13
D‑76437 Rastatt

Mechanical wear creates tiny plastic particles

Arti­fi­cial turf surfaces are a type of plastic carpet. When playing on the surfaces, the EPDM granu­late (the mate­rial used for infilled arti­fi­cial turf) and the synthetic grass fibres are exposed to repeated strain. The mecha­nical wear from higher tread loads — as created during foot­ball or rugby — causes tiny particles or blades of arti­fi­cial grass to break off. This amounts to 250 to 300 kg per year for modern sports fields.

These particles need to be prevented from ente­ring the natural water cycle, and finally the food chain, via rain­water drai­ning off the pitch. Rese­arch over the last few years has shown that micro­pla­s­tics, which are now present in large quan­ti­ties in the world’s oceans, have also already entered our food chain. The health conse­quences are not yet known. To prevent plastic particles from reaching water bodies, coll­ected surface water must be filtered before it is distri­buted.

Increased maintenance intervals offer reliability

This channel filter func­tions accor­ding to the prin­ciple of surface filtra­tion. It is ther­e­fore twice as effec­tive: not only plastic parts are retained on the filter surface, but also pollut­ants such as heavy metals or hydro­car­bons.

The system has been proven to work reliably over very long periods. Long main­ten­ance inter­vals and simple clea­ning repre­sent addi­tional bene­fits. After many years of use, filter cake forms on the surface of the filter. This is stripped off during main­ten­ance  and then only the filter substrate that was removed  is reple­nished.

Whether on a hockey field or  foot­ball pitch – wherever arti­fi­cial turf surfaces are used, drai­nage systems are also usually required. In addi­tion to safe drai­nage, Sportfix Clean chan­nels also offer a simple way to filter the waste water and perma­nent reten­tion of plastic particles and pollut­ants. This econo­mical filter system can also be installed at exis­ting faci­li­ties.

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Kokkedal Climate Adaption

by | 15 Jun 2019 | Sports Grounds

Climate good, everything good

Kokkedal Climate Adaption

Schønherr

Situation

The Danish town of Kokkedal was hit by very heavy rain­fall in 2007 and 2010. Both times the  adja­cent lake Usserød Lake over­flowed its banks and the floo­ding caused serious damage to many homes.

These critical events moti­vated the muni­ci­pa­lity to estab­lish a unique part­ner­ship with public housing orga­ni­sa­tions, the sewer utility and the Danish Foun­da­tion Reald­ania. Toge­ther they decided to protect the neigh­bour­hood against future floods why crea­ting attrac­tive new urban spaces.

Kokkedal Climate Adap­tion is the biggest and most complex climate adap­tion project in Denmark. It consists of 35 subpro­jects, all desi­gned and imple­mented by Ramboll and the land­sca­ping company Schon­herr.

Landscape architect

Schøn­herr
Klos­ter­port 4T, 1.sal
DK — 8000 Aarhus C

Engineer

Ramboll Group A/S
Hanne­manns Allé 53
DK-2300 Copen­hagen S

Opening

2017

Climate adaption & social inclusion

Kokkedal Climate Adap­tion covers an area of more than 60 ha in the North of Sealand. it includes a green river valley, a school, a nursing home, a sports centre, a shop­ping mall and a large resi­den­tial area. Around 3,000 people live here.

The project chall­enge was to develop a climate adap­tion which also could promote an improved urban life: connect the frag­mented urban areas, create new attrac­tive meeting points and overall bring nature closer to the resi­dents.

There are many reasons why this project is special. One of them is that it combines climate adap­tion with social inclu­sion by applying flood-risk measures with added social and recrea­tional value.

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Program

Kokkedal Climate Adap­tion contains an exten­sive cata­logue of solu­tions for climate adap­tion and water methods. Whereas rain­water form­erly was hidden under­ground in pipe­lines, the rain­water manage­ment is now made visible in a way, offe­ring new recrea­tional urban possi­bi­li­ties.

The new urban spaces include the Moroccan Garden, the Water Garden, the Ice Floe Garden and the Nature Hinge, which is a beau­tiful wooden stair­case connec­ting the resi­den­tial area with the adja­cent river valley.  Moreover, a new square has been estab­lished, the Wave Square, which holds rain­water, but when it’s dry, it provides space for sports like basket­ball, skate­boar­ding and parkour.

The holi­stic approach to the project implies a focus on the economic, social and envi­ron­mental sustaina­bi­lity.

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“Kokkedal Climate Adap­tion has undoub­tedly improved our neigh­bour­hood.”, resi­dent Mari­anne Lund­berg Andersen (64) says. “I see it speci­ally in the meadow where there is much more life by now. There’s a lot of people that I’ve never seen before. People come toge­ther and do barbe­ques  when the weather allows it, or cele­brate birth­days. There is a great animal life in our lakes where you can catch fish like sala­man­ders or eels. School children do sports, running and fishing, and people in my age have started doing the same.”

The project has made people feel more safe. Also people now want to stay and use the local urban spaces even more. The project was completed in spring 2018. The new spaces are widely used and serious floo­ding is history now.

In November 2017, the project received DANVA and Realdania’s Climate Award for crea­ting a project which serves as an inspi­ra­tion for all future climate adap­tion projects.

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Leif Tuxen
Thøger Sørensen
Ulrik Kuggas

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  • Long­time edito­rial head with “sb”, an inter­na­tional journal for the archi­tec­ture of sports
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  • Trade fair and congress orga­ni­sa­tion
  • Head of the “NRW Bera­tungs­stelle Sport­stätten“ (“NRW Advice Centre for Sports Venues”)
  • Lecturer at the German Sport Univer­sity Cologne
  • Plan­ning of the Prus­sian Stadium in Münster (for groß­mann engi­neers, Göttingen)
  • Replan­ning a foot­ball stadium in Berlin-Köpe­nick
  • Nume­rous publi­ca­tions, i.a. “From Round Leather to Soap Bubbles – The Deve­lo­p­ment of Foot­ball and its Archi­tec­ture”
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Centre d’athlétisme de LLN

by | 3 Jun 2019 | Sports Grounds, Vorlagen

Training for Tokyo

Centre d’athlétisme de LLN in Louvain-la-Neuve

BSW

Introduction

A world-class athle­tics hall will open in the tran­quil Belgian town of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve in May 2019: the “Centre d’athlétisme de LLN”, a trai­ning and compe­ti­tion faci­lity for elite athletes. However, thanks to its archi­tec­ture and inte­rior design, the hall is also suitable for school and recrea­tional sport – and even for comple­tely diffe­rent types of sport.

The faci­lity was planned by Atelier d’Ar­chi­tec­ture de Genval and Chabanne + Parten­aires. All sport surfaces are made from Regupol by BSW in Bad Berle­burg, Germany.

Architects

Atelier d’Ar­chi­tec­ture de Genval scrl
8 rue de la Sablière
B‑1332 Genval

Chabanne + Parten­aires
38 quai Pierre Scize
F‑69009 Lyon

Sports surfaces

BSW Berle­burger Schaum­stoff­werk GmbH
Am Hilgen­acker 24
D‑57319 Bad Berle­burg

Location

Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (31,000 inha­bi­tants) is located in the centre of the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.

Seven cities had applied for the loca­tion of this unique faci­lity. The geogra­phi­cally central loca­tion in Belgium and the excel­lent trans­port links in connec­tion with the Blocry sports centre finally turned the balance in favour of the Louvain-la-Neuve hamlet.

The Centre d’athlétisme de LLN provides the Blocry sports centre (opened in 1977) with a new focal point which will attract athletes far beyond the coun­try’s borders. There are already inqui­ries from France and Qatar. The 10,000 m² sports hall is located next to the outdoor athle­tics faci­lity and turns the sports centre into a year-round venue for trai­ning and compe­ti­tion.

The “Blocry Sports Complex” also includes several sports halls, a fitness centre, two inflatable halls, two swim­ming pools, seven full-size foot­ball and hockey fields and the neces­sary outbuil­dings. The athle­tics faci­lity and one of the hockey fields have recently been refur­bished.

Address

Centre d’athlétisme de LLN
1348 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve,
Belgium

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Architecture and equipment

The faci­li­ties have both, special land­scape and special urban design features. To the north, the hall is adja­cent to a large nature reserve, while to the south it is connected by a pede­strian bridge with the Blocry sports centre. Visi­tors reach the foyer directly via this bridge.

The bright and open foyer creates visual contact between the visi­tors, the new hall and the outdoor athle­tics faci­lity. The inte­rior is largely glazed, so that the sporting acti­vi­ties are visible.

Faci­li­ties at the Centre d’ath­lé­tisme de LLN include

  • 200 metre circular track with six lanes
  • 60 m track with eight lanes
  • Two faci­li­ties each for all jumping disci­plines: long, triple and high jump and pole vault
  • 100 m trai­ning track with jump pit
  • Trai­ning faci­lity for shot put
  • 250 m warm-up track with four lanes
  • Gym
  • Outdoor trai­ning faci­lity for long jump
  • Storage rooms, anti-doping control rooms, physiotherapy,etc.
  • Cafe­teria over­loo­king the track

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Use

Compe­ti­tive sport has prio­rity. Nevert­heless, the operator also intends to make the hall acces­sible to local athle­tics clubs, schools and courses.

Further­more, the Centre d’ath­lé­tisme de LLN is also open to other sports acti­vi­ties, such as judo and other martial arts on mats – or for badminton and table tennis. These sports will be performed in the centre of the hall. Depen­ding on the type of event, there are between 2,500 (athle­tics) and up to 5,000 spec­tator seats (if the inte­rior is used) on teles­copic stands.

A cate­ring area and offices, some of which are already leased, complete the project, addi­tio­nally contri­bu­ting to the profi­ta­bi­lity of the busi­ness.

Opening

2019

Photos

Alta­bene

Text

Johannes Bühl­be­cker
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Running tracks

In November 2018, BSW started with the instal­la­tion of the track surface in the hall. The work was already completed by February.

The running track system Regupol AG was installed for the compe­ti­tion areas in the hall. This all-rounder already serves stadiums and halls around the world. Seam­less, quick and non-slip, it is equally suitable for elite sports and recrea­tional sports – making it ideal for the Centre d’ath­lé­tisme de LLN.

Another special feature: The six lanes are the widest that are approved accor­ding to the rules of the Inter­na­tional Athle­tics Fede­ra­tion (IAAF). By compa­rison: the lanes in the athle­tics hall in Ghent are 90 cm wide, here they are 110 cm. This provides athletes with considerable added comfort.

The 1,000 m² area for the long-jump outdoor trai­ning faci­lity was installed in-situ using a poly­ure­thane sprayed coating. This coating named Regupol PD has two advan­tages: the instal­la­tion takes less time and it is inex­pen­sive because it requires less effort than a wear layer of inters­persed EPDM granules.

The fitness room has an area of 450 m² and is equipped with an elastic, wear-resistant and non-slip ever­roll fitness floor.

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Outlook

Belgian top athletes such as Ismaël Debjani have already exten­si­vely tested the hall, and the tracks in parti­cular – and are thrilled. Debjani, the Borlée siblings and Nafi Thiam will use the Centre d’ath­lé­tisme de LLN to prepare for the 2020 Tokyo Olym­pics. Chris­tian Maigret, Tech­nical Director of the Belgian Athle­tics Asso­cia­tion (LBFA), even promises “incen­tives” for the medal table.

In any case, the faci­li­ties are a fine example of how successful archi­tec­ture and excel­lent equip­ment can lite­rally give a boost to sport and exer­cise.

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SAP Garden

by | 28 Mar 2019 | Sports Grounds, Sports Halls

Fits.

SAP Garden at Munich Olympic Park

by 3XN Architects

Situation

The contract for buil­ding the new multi­pur­pose sports arena on the site of the former Olympic cycling track stadium in Munich Olympic Park was awarded to 3XN Archi­tects of Copen­hagen, Denmark, toge­ther with Latz + Partner, a German land­scape and urban plan­ning firm. The sports arena, with match seating of up to 11,500, will be the future home of German basket­ball cham­pions FC Bayern Munich and German ice hockey cham­pions Munich Red Bulls.

To improve the local sports infra­struc­ture for schools, amateur clubs and young talents, three addi­tional canopied ice rinks will be built next to the sports arena as trai­ning faci­li­ties and for recrea­tional use. Ther­e­fore, a compre­hen­sive agree­ment on guaran­teed opening times for the ice rinks has been closed with the City of Munich. The buil­ding owner of the project is Red Bull Stadion München GmbH.

Architect

3XN A/S
Kanon­bådsvej 8
DK – 1437 Copen­hagen K

Client

Red Bull Stadion München GmbH

Solitaire

SAP Garden will replace the Olympic Velo­drome at the same place.

The new sports arena is a sepa­rate oval struc­ture that natu­rally and respectfully melds into the world-famous Olympic Park with its many iconic buil­dings. This impres­sion is enhanced by the green roof and vertical facade struc­ture.

The facade is domi­nated by vertical lamellas, swin­ging upwards over the glass-paneled entrances which are thus beau­tifully accen­tuated. The trai­ning areas are parti­ally under­ground and modelled to form a green hill, picking up the topo­graphy and enab­ling a coherent conti­nua­tion of the pathways and land­scape design of the Olympic Park.

Address

SAP Garden
Toni-Merkens-Weg 4
D‑80809 München

Aerial view

The Behnisch approach

The new multi­pur­pose sports arena will be the fourth arena project for 3XN Archi­tects. ”During the design process, we conti­nu­ally thought about the park’s original design and asked ourselves how Günter Behnisch would have approa­ched the task. It was important to us to create a flexible, multi­pur­pose arena with a strong iden­tity while respec­ting the history and vision of the original Olympic Park and fitting in quite natu­rally. ”

The ground­brea­king ceremony is planned for the coming winter. Inau­gu­ra­tion of the new sports arena is planned for late summer 2021. Utili­zing the arena’s full orga­niza­tional capa­city, its two prin­cipal future occu­pants, FC Bayern Munich’s Basket­ball divi­sion and the Munich Red Bulls, can each play up to 40 matches per year. And there is addi­tional capa­city for up to 20 other matches and sports events as well as 20 sports-related events. The gross floor area of SAP Garden will be 673,000 square feet (62,500 square meters).

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3XN A/S

Text

3XN A/S

Comments

Clients and future users of SAP Garden are very much in agree­ment with the result, also and espe­ci­ally in connec­tion with the Olympic Park.

Red Bull GmbH: “The design unites economic viabi­lity, sustaina­bi­lity and energy effi­ci­ency. That is why 3XN Archi­tects’ design was the best among many great entries.“

Uli Hoeneß, Presi­dent, FC Bayern München: “I’m impressed by how the archi­tects of the winning design managed to incor­po­rate the visual character of the legen­dary Olympic Park. The new arena will be much more than a top-modern sports hall where fans, athletes and our basket­ball team will feel comfor­table. I’m sure that this sports arena with its compel­ling design, inclu­ding the green roof, will be an archi­tec­tural eye-catcher and a great gain for the city of Munich.”

For the City of Munich, the special agree­ment to make the ice rinks available to its citi­zens for 8,000 hours each season pres­ents a unique oppor­tu­nity to create excel­lent skating condi­tions for schools, clubs and the general public. The sports arena will help streng­then the Olympic Park’s posi­tion as an outstan­ding venue for both profes­sional and grass­roots sports in Munich.

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  • Gross floor area 673,000 sq. ft. (62,500 sq. m.)
  • Audi­ence capa­city up to 11,500
  • Three canopied ice rinks
  • Under­ground parking garage at the sports arena with 220 spaces (an addi­tional 4,000 parking spaces are available at ‘Park­harfe Olym­pia­park’)
  • Approx. 1,000 busi­ness seats
  • 11 VIP boxes with approx. 156 seats
  • Fan shops
  • Office and confe­rence faci­li­ties

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2021

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  • Lecturer at the German Sport Univer­sity Cologne
  • Plan­ning of the Prus­sian Stadium in Münster (for groß­mann engi­neers, Göttingen)
  • Replan­ning a foot­ball stadium in Berlin-Köpe­nick
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Kastrup Sea Bath

by | 17 Dec 2018 | Pools, Sports Grounds

Always getting better

Kastrup Sea Bath

White arki­tekter AB

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The gem

Kastrup Sea Bath is one of many architectural gems of København’s Ørestad region. It is part of the Kastrup Strandpark waterfront park on the east coast of Amager. Conceived as a fully-accessible outdoor swimming facility, Kastrup Sea Bath transformed an overlooked brownfield site into one of Denmark’s most enchanting, recognisable and popular leisure destinations.

The snail

Affectionately known as ‘The Snail’, Kastrup Sea Bath consists of the pool enclosure, as well as a new beach and service building, complete with toilets and accessible changing room. The form was in response to the north-facing beach; a wooden pier stretches from shore and curves around to form a south-facing circular enclosure.

The pier

The pier gradually rises above the sea level and ends in a five metre diving platform. The circular shape creates a concentrated interior that provides shelter from the wind and the perfect retreat for swimming and sunbathing. A continuous bench runs along the pier, providing additional spaces for leisure and reflection.

Inclusion in 2005

Inclusion was an important part of the concept. Designed as an untraditional framework for outdoor sporting activities, Kastrup Sea Bath caters to peaceful evening swims, exercise or play, irrespective of age, or physical mobility needs. Ramps, and other special features allow less mobile visitors full access. All 870 square metres of wooden deck are at the visitors’ disposal. Kastrup is free of admission and open to the public at all times.

Designed for life

Kastrup’s dynamic sculptural form is a visible landmark from beach, sea and air. As a visitor moves around the bath, its silhouette constantly changes. The form itself is suggestive of an amphitheatre; from here, you can see and be seen; a rule worth being reminded of in busy communal pools.

Material

Constructed from Azobé, this African hardwood was selected due to its remarkable longevity and aesthetic qualities. Azobé shares the same lifespan as steel and is resistant to rot and woodworm, ensuring that Kastrup will be enjoyed by several generations to come.

At night

At night and during the long dark off-season, dramatic lighting emphasises the sculptural design, heightening the visitors’ aesthetic experience, as well as securing their safety. A series of large uplights illuminate the enclosure and is reflected from the interior walls, gently washing the whole basin space with warm white light. This warmth contrasts with the electric blue lighting behind the open staircase and diving platform. Dual lines of LED spotlights stud the pier walkway, facilitating easier navigation in the dark.

Awards

Kastrup Sea Bath has been awarded a “Honourable mention” at the Architectural Review Award for Emerging Architecture 2006. It was nominated for The Mies van der Rohe Award 2007 and won a  Bronze medal and a special prize at the IOC/IAKS Award and IPC/IAKS Distinction in 2009.

Looking at current pictures of the bath in the social media, one has to say that the Kastrup Sea Bath would have deserved even more prizes.

PROJECT DATA

Architect

White arki­tekter AB
Östgö­tag­atan 100
Box 4700
116 92 Stock­holm
Sweden

Client

Tårnby commu­nity

Photos

White arki­tekter AB
Jason Wang
Dhiego Torrano, Estúdio Deriva

Author

White arki­tekter AB

Physical address

Kastrup Sea Bath
Amager Strandvej 301
2770 Kastrup
Denmark

Opening

2005

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Saint-Paul-lès-Dax

by | 28 Oct 2018 | Sports Grounds

Architecture and landscape

Plaine des Sports in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax
OLGGA Archi­tects & Atelier CAMBIUM
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Area

Plaine des Sports is located north of Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The area alongside the 824 Departmental road is known as “Les Pins de Gouaillard et la Liberté”.

The main access is from Avenue des Lacs via the Chemin du Golf. A country road, that crosses the site, gives access to pedestrians and cyclists, notably from Lac de Christus.

Architecture and landscape

The sports complex in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax includes 4 rugby and football fields, a 500-seat stand, changing rooms, a clubhouse, a children’s playground, a multi-activity area with an athletics track, and a freely accessible sports/nature area.

The Plaine des Sports project is just as much about architecture as it is about landscape. Olgga Architectes sought to propose an orthogonal composition, a clean rectangle that encloses the sports facilities, framed by the playing fields service roads.

Ecological constraints

Many ecological constraints throughout the entire site had impact on the design by OLGGA Architects and Atelier CAMBIUM, e.g. the presence of protected species such as the false ringlet butterfly coenonympha oedippus and the European Nightjar caprimulgus europaeus and the proximity of wetlands and the Gouaillard stream.

Signal

The stand acts as an architectural signal, a line in the landscape visible in both directions from the 824 Departmental Road. Perpendicular to the road, its location makes it visible in a “green tracking”, a careful balance between planting and the presence of technical equipment such as lighting masts or ball nets.

The stand emerges subtly from the ground, embedded into the site topography. The two levels of facilities absorb the natural slope of the site. This layout meets the functional requirements with facilities open to the public on the ground floor and spaces dedicated to sportsmen in continuity with the main playing field. The entrance sequence, from the forecourt through the filter barriers in timber stakes on towards the stand ambulatories, gives spectators a panoramic view over the Plaine des Sports in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax.

Terraces and environment

Consistent with the design intent, planned as “sports terraces” for Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, the playing fields are linked in successive degressive steps along a west-east axis. The site slopes down 7m from its north-west highpoint.

Outbuildings dedicated to plant and changing rooms create a second architectural focus in the landscape. Wedged between playing fields #2 and #3, this simple building is covered with timber sheets that project beyond its gables. These facades act as a reference point within site.

In addition to a Plaine des Sports, the proposal provides a park for open air activities, inhabited by regional species due to the attention given to the surrounding environment.

PROJECT DATA

Architect

OLGGA ARCHITECTES Paris Siège social 95 rue Mont­martre F — 75002 Paris   Atelier CAMBIUM 144 avenue de l’Eu­rope F — 33560 sainte-Eulalie

Client

City of Saint-Paul-lès-Dax

Team

ITH, Calixte Tinard, A+R Salles, Sedes, Bilto Ortega

Address

Chemin du Golf F — 40990 Saint-Paul-lès-Dax

Aerial view

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Author

OLGGA ARCHITECTES Atelier CAMBIUM

Photography

Stephane Abou­daram | WE ARE CONTENTS

Opening

2017

Budget

€ 7,057,481

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La Doce

by | 27 Aug 2018 | Outdoor, Sports Grounds

Something bigger

La Doce in Mexico City

Football

La Doce is a colla­bo­ra­tive project, based on a network and a proposal for change that arises from the need to develop quality public spaces in margi­na­lized areas in various cities around the world.

Foot­ball as a sport is one of the most loved, most played and probably the one with the most follo­wers world­wide. It allows us to connect with ourselves and with others and at the same time, and from time to time discon­nect us from our envi­ron­ment.

Participation

Parti­ci­pa­tion – and this is what La Doce is about – allows us to observe and coexist and be conscious that beyond foot­ball, there also is a social cons­truc­tion. La Doce is a space for a “hobby” that allows to link through the game, an event that does not sepa­rate social classes. It grants the chance to be inte­grated as a team to those who are part of the moment – being part of some­thing bigger.

love.fútbol

This mani­festo is the basis of a proposal for a colla­bo­ra­tive project: La Doce, starting from the mission and vision of love.fútbol, a non-profit that mobi­lizes and engages commu­ni­ties to plan, build, manage, acti­vate and rede­fine their own foot­ball pitches as sustainable plat­forms for social change. Through the manage­ment and spon­sor­ship of various enti­ties, love.fútbol promotes and realizes the resto­ra­tion and reco­very of disused sports fields in margi­na­lized urban areas world­wide, buil­ding quality public spaces.

Project data

Architect

All Arqui­tec­tura 

Team: Jose­maria Quin­ta­nilla, Rodrigo Guardado, Salvador Guardado, Alejandro Guardado, Eduardo Ugalde & Judith Valerio

Photograph

Aerial photo­graphs: © Zaickz Moz
Site photo­graphs: © Marcos Betanzos 

Author

All Arqui­tec­tura 

Opening

2018

Collaboration

Based on this idea, the colla­bo­ra­tion between love.fútbol and All Arqui­tec­tura arised; one as the promoter, the other as the desi­gner. On this occa­sion and with the spon­sor­ship of Premier League team Manchester City, the project started. As part of the process, the inte­gra­tion of local part­ners was funda­mental for the work of love.fútbol, ther­e­fore Natlik as the civil asso­cia­tion was included as local interlo­cutor in the commu­nity.

Location

The project is located in the muni­ci­pa­lity of Valle de Chalco, refur­bis­hing a living space located in one of the areas expan­ding drama­ti­cally in popu­la­tion and suffe­ring from one of the highest rates of violence at the outskirts of Mexico City. Valle de Chalco is the desti­na­tion of many indi­ge­nous groups from all regions of the country, a dormi­tory city that reveals one of the most complex problems of contem­po­rary cities. An inter­woven mesh of roots that repres­ents a chall­enge towards the cons­truc­tion of social iden­tity and the rela­ti­onship with the space of the commu­nity itself.

La Doce is a colla­bo­ra­tion, a coor­di­nated effort and an alli­ance of desi­gners, archi­tects, artists, civil orga­niza­tions, and neigh­bors, who in a congre­ga­tion of propo­sals and social work are trans­lated into a project that summa­rizes and tries to achieve the inte­gra­tion of a frac­tured coll­ec­tive.

Project

La Doce is conceived as two inde­pen­dent spaces that, beyond being isolated expe­ri­ences, are linked through the acti­vi­ties they offer. A mix use court of 15m x 25m as a compo­si­tional axis, an essen­tial part of the project that proposes relo­ca­tion accor­ding to the North-South axis, allo­wing greater use of it throug­hout the day. Hosted between the streets Sur 11 and Sur 12, the property to inter­vene offers the oppor­tu­nity to achieve the connec­tion between both roads, allo­wing the user to make use of the same space as a link, follo­wing the paths of people through space and areas surroun­ding.

A large public square

An open pavi­lion ends in an edge of the playing field. Under a large roof several func­tions are inte­grated: the admi­nis­tra­tive area, a warehouse, rest­rooms, box area. Another adja­cent area allows multi­func­tional uses inclu­ding work­shops, classes and exhi­bi­tions that may be carried out at any time and any weather condi­tion. The pavi­lion invites the adjoi­ning proper­ties: an aban­doned library and an unin­ha­bited land, with the inten­tion for a future phase to relate and inte­grate both proper­ties to the project. A concrete plat­form, a vestige of the original field, is used as a large public square where the perspec­tive and expe­ri­ences of the many ethnic origins of which Valle de Chalco is struc­tured can be offered through artistic presen­ta­tions.

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Elda Stadium

by | 19 Apr 2018 | Sports Grounds, Sports Grounds, Stadiums

Bonus Track

Elda 3D Stadium

Boring

The design of an athle­tics faci­lity is actually as boring as it is stan­dar­dised and predic­table as its subse­quent use: curve, straight, curve, straight – as long as you want. Perfectly stan­dar­dized sports archi­tec­ture is as universal as little else: the track is thus 400 metres long, the bend radius is 36.5 metres and the lane width 1.22 metres. Same in Elda, a city with 55,000 inha­bi­tants northwest of Alicante.

Elda stadium meets all these criteria, but adds a spec­ta­cular inno­va­tion to the range of sports faci­li­ties on offer: a “Bonus Track”. The Spanish archi­tects of subar­qui­tec­tura (Alicante) added six six extra lanes that branch off behind and above the stand at the begin­ning of the straight and rejoin the straight at the far end of the stand.

Great gesture

This grand design gesture is also func­tion­ally plau­sible: the addi­tional lanes form a roof over the curved chan­ging room area and form the rear demar­ca­tion of a small grand­stand with a capa­city of 300 spec­ta­tors. In addi­tion to the two chan­ging rooms, the 350 m² area also includes office and storage rooms, a multi­pur­pose room and spec­tator toilets. The consis­tent avoid­ance of elabo­rate mate­rials and details – the façade design is reduced to a sheet steel grid with a band of windows – under­lines the bold atti­tude of the plan­ners.

Architect

Subar­qui­tec­tura

Team

Andrés Silanes, Fernando Valder­rama, Carlos Bañón

Client

City of Elda

Address

Paseo de la Mora, 1D ES — 03600 Elda

Aerial view

Opening

2011

Photograph

David Frutos Ruiz
Subar­qui­tec­tura

Author

Johannes Bühl­be­cker
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Accessible for everyone

Faci­lity access and use of Elda stadium are barrier-free. Visi­tors and athletes enter the chan­ging rooms and the inte­rior through the ground floor tunnel. Tracks and inclines are desi­gned to be suitable for wheel­chair users.

Great everyday life

Elda stadium raises the stan­dar­dised athle­tics compe­ti­tion area to the third dimen­sion. At the same time, viewers are moving into a new, central posi­tion. This solu­tion may be hard to realize for large compe­ti­tions with many spec­ta­tors, but it is a great impulse for the much more frequent daily sporting acti­vi­ties.

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