Jahn Sports Hall

by | 29 Apr 2022 | Sports Grounds, Sports Halls

Jahn Sports Hall in Lippstadt

New opportunities

Eling archi­tekten & Trold­tekt

The Jahnplatz in Lippstadt is the sporting center of the city, so the new Jahnsporthalle creates new opportunities here.

The construction of the new three-field sports hall adds another attractive element to the sporting centre of the city.

The new Jahn Sports Hall in Lipp­stadt, Germany, enhances the sporting centre of the city and harmo­nises perfectly with its surroun­dings. The joint project between the Evan­ge­lical Church and the city of Lipp­stadt offers more oppor­tu­ni­ties for schools and asso­cia­tions.

The Jahn­platz in Lipp­stadt (North Rhine-West­phalia) is a para­dise for sports enthu­si­asts. It offers not only the oppor­tu­nity to play foot­ball or burn off energy on the running track but also ample scope for indi­vi­dual sports. For example, the dirt park for moun­tain bikers, the skate­park or the large exer­cise park.

The cons­truc­tion of the new three-field sports hall adds another attrac­tive element to the sporting centre of the city. Eling archi­tekten of Lipp­stadt have created a modern 2,450 m² three-field hall on behalf of the city and the Evan­ge­lical Church of West­phalia, which harmo­nises perfectly with the local surroun­dings.
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The existing retaining wall bordering on Jahnplatz was skilfully integrated into the design, offering visitors as a place to sit and watch the world go by.

Located in the imme­diate vici­nity of the secon­dary school and the Jahn­platz, the light-flooded white hall rests on a brick base.

The exis­ting retai­ning wall borde­ring on Jahn­platz was skilfully inte­grated into the design, offe­ring visi­tors as a place to sit and watch the world go by.

Here visi­tors will also find the entrance, with long concrete stairs leading into the foyer, which is flooded with light thanks to the large windows. There is also a ramp leading into the new buil­ding.
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Acoustic ceiling panels enhance the wood-and-concrete aesthetic.

Inside Jahn Sports Hall, a large grand­stand offers space for about 600 people, and there are several multi-purpose rooms, which can be used for the theory lessons taught along­side the sports classes, as well as chan­ging rooms.
Light concrete elements are combined with light wood elements, making the entire hall, which also includes a clim­bing wall, bright and invi­ting. In keeping with this design, acou­stic panels in a natural wood tone were installed on the ceiling.
Since its inau­gu­ra­tion in October 2021, the Jahn Sports Hall has enjoyed great popu­la­rity not only among students but also among clubs.

Project data

Architect

Eling achi­tekten
Cappel­straße 8
D — 59555 Lipp­stadt

Client

Evan­ge­li­sche Kirche
Stadt Lipp­stadt

Acoustic ceiling

Trold­tekt GmbH
Frie­senweg 4 · Haus 12
D — 22763 Hamburg

Physical address

Jahn­sport­halle
Udener Str. 2
D — 59555 Lipp­stadt

Opening

2021

Author

Dipl.-Ing. Archi­tekt Olaf Wiechers
Büro für Archi­tektur  +  Medi­en­dienst­leis­tungen
Klaus-Groth-Str. 1
D — 21629 Neu Wulmstorf

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Photograph

Olaf Wiechers

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Cradle to Cradle

by | 29 Apr 2022 | Pools, Sports Halls

From silver to gold

Cradle to Cradle

Trold­tekt

The vision behind Cradle to Cradle is a world in which manufacturers design their products for a circular economy.

Advancing to Gold level is primarily the result of Troldtekt introducing new paint recipes in production.

After ten years of Cradle to Cradle certi­fi­ca­tion at Silver level, the entire range of Trold­tekt cement-bonded wood wool acou­stic solu­tions has now advanced to Gold level. The vision behind Cradle to Cradle is a world in which manu­fac­tu­rers design their products for a circular economy – in other words where the mate­rials can be rein­tro­duced in new cycles.

Advan­cing to Gold level is prima­rily the result of Trold­tekt intro­du­cing new paint recipes in produc­tion.
The switch to the new paint type means that Trold­tekt is moving up two levels – from Silver to Platinum – within mate­rial health, which is one of the five cate­go­ries of criteria coun­ting towards Cradle to Cradle certi­fi­ca­tion. And as Trold­tekt is already at Gold or Platinum level in the other four cate­go­ries, it trig­gers overall certi­fi­ca­tion at Gold level. The certi­fi­ca­tion is offi­ci­ally valid from 1 March 2022.

“It’s not just a small corner of our range that is now Cradle to Cradle-certified at Gold level – it is the entire range of Troldtekt cement-bonded wood wool products.”
Tina Snedker Kristensen

“More than a decade ago, we chose to base our busi­ness stra­tegy on the Cradle to Cradle prin­ci­ples. Since then, we have opti­mised our produc­tion by swit­ching to rene­wable energy, by syste­ma­ti­cally recy­cling waste and much more. Mate­rial health, and speci­fi­cally the preser­va­tives in the paint, have been the only barrier to achie­ving Gold certi­fi­ca­tion. Ther­e­fore, the new paint recipes repre­sent quite a mile­stone for us,” says Tina Snedker Kris­tensen, Head of Sustaina­bi­lity and Commu­ni­ca­tions at Trold­tekt A/S.
“It’s not just a small corner of our range that is now Cradle to Cradle-certi­fied at Gold level – it is the entire range of Trold­tekt cement-bonded wood wool products in either natural wood or painted in our stan­dard colours white, grey and black. The certi­fi­ca­tion also covers our design series and our brand new carbon-nega­tive acou­stic panels based on the cement type FUTURECEM™,” she adds.
In prac­tice, the syste­matic work with Cradle to Cradle means that Trold­tekt poss­esses in-depth know­ledge of all the ingre­di­ents in the acou­stic panels, right down to 100 parts per million. Analyses have shown that the panels do not contain any subs­tances which are harmful to humans or the envi­ron­ment. Healthy ingre­di­ents are a prere­qui­site for being able to rein­tro­duce products into new biolo­gical and tech­nical cycles. And healthy cycles are the back­bone of the circular economy.

“After lengthy discussions with our paint suppliers, we’ve now arrived at a new and durable paint recipe which contains no harmful biocides.”
Vibeke Pedersen

The preser­va­tives – biocides – in the paint for the acou­stic panels have so far stood in the way of achie­ving Cradle to Cradle certi­fi­ca­tion at Gold level. However, recipes have now been successfully deve­loped that use newer and more sustainable preser­va­tion tech­no­logy.

“Preser­va­tives are neces­sary to avoid having to discard large quan­ti­ties of paint due to spoi­ling and frequent colour changes in produc­tion.” explains Vibeke Pedersen, Head of Engi­nee­ring Depart­ment at Trold­tekt A/S.

“Since instal­ling our new paint faci­lity in 2016, we have coll­ected and recy­cled excess paint – or ‘over­spray’ as it is called – from our spray booths, which has cut the amount of paint we waste by 70 per cent.”
“If we removed the preser­va­tives, we would no longer be able to use the over­spray due to micro­bial attacks. And this would result in total waste of approx. 200,000 litres of paint a year.”
“After lengthy discus­sions with our paint suppliers, we’ve now arrived at a new and durable paint recipe which contains no harmful biocides. However, the new paint is still suffi­ci­ently durable for the over­spray to be recy­cled. This has required product deve­lo­p­ment and exten­sive testing of the recipes in our produc­tion. So, a lot of hard work has paved the way for our certi­fi­ca­tion at Gold level,” she says.

Project data

Supplier

Trold­tekt GmbH
Frie­senweg 4 · Haus 12
D — 22763 Hamburg

Author

Dipl.-Ing. Archi­tekt Olaf Wiechers
Büro für Archi­tektur  +  Medi­en­dienst­leis­tungen
Klaus-Groth-Str. 1
D — 21629 Neu Wulmstorf

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Photograph

Olaf Wiechers
Helene Høyer Mikkelsen (Bild 3)

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Ludwig Weber School

by | 28 Apr 2022 | Schools and playgrounds, Sports Halls

Ludwig Weber School in Frankfurt

Together not alone

Design: Behnisch Archi­tects, Article: Trold­tekt

Ludwig Weber School promotes communication and openness — including thanks to good acoustics.

Ludwig Weber School is a fun place to learn.

A fun place for primary school pupils to learn: the new buil­ding of the Ludwig Weber School in Frankfurt’s Sindel­fingen district (founded in 1973), which was desi­gned by Behnisch, the Stutt­gart archi­tects, successfully combines a spacious inte­rior with an exte­rior that does not appear outsized.

Apart from the distinc­tive design of the upper two floors, which rise in terraces above the ground floor, the new primary school buil­ding features an eye-catching wood-alumi­nium facade which is both attrac­tive and invi­ting thanks to floor-to-ceiling window and large wooden elements. Moreover, the ensemble fits perfectly into its surroun­dings.

With a floor space of about 4,000 square metres, there is ample room for the appro­xi­m­ately 200 students and their teachers to move around in the free-form, open school land­scape, which stimu­lates open commu­ni­ca­tion while also being easy to navi­gate.
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All rooms have access to the surrounding terraces, which serve as escape routes and recreational spaces.

In accordance to the school mission “Toge­ther not alone”, the archi­tects desi­gned a school buil­ding that creates the basis for a vibrant school commu­nity with a diverse range of lear­ning areas, open spaces and addi­tional outdoor “green” class­rooms.

The main entrance leads directly into the heart of the buil­ding. From the foyer, which is flooded with daylight through a large, round skylight, two interlo­cking stair­cases lead to the two upper floors, like­wise airy and light-filled, each with four class­rooms and group rooms.

All rooms have access to the surroun­ding terraces, which serve as escape routes and recrea­tional spaces. The library and the IT depart­ment are located at the centre, close to the stair­cases.
From the school office and admi­nis­tra­tive rooms located on the first floor, teachers are also able to keep an eye on the entrance hall and the play­ground. On the second floor, there is a spacious terrace, which is used as a ‘green class­room’.

To satisfy the highest demands for optimal acoustics in the sports facilities and classrooms, Troldtekt acoustic panels were installed in the new school building.

As a special feature of Ludwig Weber School, the single-field sports hall, which is inte­grated into the buil­ding and flooded with natural light thanks to its large windows, can now be accessed directly from the foyer.

The ground floor also houses the canteen with a fully equipped kitchen. This area opens onto the 4000 m² play­ground, which offers plenty of space to romp, and play as well as suffi­cient room for retrea­ting.

To satisfy the highest demands for optimal acou­stics in the sports faci­li­ties and class­rooms, Trold­tekt acou­stic panels were installed in the new school buil­ding. The acou­stic panels are made enti­rely of the natural mate­rials wood and cement and are thus not just highly effec­tive in terms of sound absorp­tion but also sustainable.
At the same time, the wood wool panels of Ludwig Weber School create a healthy indoor climate, provide effec­tive fire protec­tion, and fit the struc­ture and design of the space perfectly.

A win for all.

Project data

Architect

Behnisch Archi­tects
Rote­bühl­straße 163A
D — 70197 Stutt­gart

Client

Magis­trat der Stadt Frank­furt am Main

Acoustic ceiling

Trold­tekt GmbH
Frie­senweg 4 · Haus 12
D — 22763 Hamburg

Physical address

Ludwig Weber School
Paul-Kirchhof-Platz 13
D — 65931 Frank­furt am Main

Opening

2020

Author

Dipl.-Ing. Archi­tekt Olaf Wiechers
Büro für Archi­tektur  +  Medi­en­dienst­leis­tungen
Klaus-Groth-Str. 1
D — 21629 Neu Wulmstorf

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Photograph

David Matthiessen
Olaf Wiechers

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Lurup Neighborhood School

by | 26 Apr 2022 | Schools and playgrounds, Sports Halls, Vorlagen, Vorlagen

Lurup Neighborhood School

New ways

Design: Behnisch Archi­tekten, Article: Trold­tekt

An impressive new building that is home to a neighborhood school and a neighborhood center based on the Scandinavian model.

After a good three years of construction, roughly 1000 pupils and 120 teachers moved into the accessible school building.

Global archi­tec­tural firm Behnisch Archi­tekten have desi­gned an impres­sive new build on behalf of the city of Hamburg in Lurup, compri­sing a school and commu­nity centre after the Scan­di­na­vian model.

After a good three years of cons­truc­tion, roughly 1000 pupils and 120 teachers moved into the acces­sible school buil­ding, which includes a sports and multi­pur­pose hall.

The curved new build of some 14,000 m² is elegant, under­stated and welco­ming, and holds 36 class­rooms and specia­list rooms on three floors. The balco­nies that run around the buil­ding and the almost enti­rely glazed facade present an open and trans­pa­rent appearance.
The new build is also home to the so-called Commu­nity School (LURUM), which aims to improve the future pros­pects and educa­tional oppor­tu­ni­ties of the young people of Lurup and their fami­lies beyond school. After the Scan­di­na­vian model, the new commu­nity centre combines educa­tional and extra­cur­ri­cular faci­li­ties for all gene­ra­tions.

Previously the school was spread over three campuses. The fact that all year groups are now under the one roof is a perfect realisation of the school’s inclusive design.

The multi­pur­pose room, canteen, media centre and sports halls are located off the school’s central foyer on the ground floor. The first floor contains class­rooms, the teachers’ wing with indi­vi­dual offices, rooms for school social work, a room for parent meetings, a first-aid room as well as a lounge for teaching staff and a library.
Previously the school was spread over three campuses. The fact that all year groups are now under the one roof is a perfect reali­sa­tion of the school’s inclu­sive design.
Multi-profes­sional teams of specia­list and special educa­tion teachers support the children and young people indi­vi­du­ally accor­ding to their educa­tional needs, help them to obtain their school leaving certi­fi­cates and also promote social lear­ning.

The light-colored acoustic panels from Troldtekt GmbH fit perfectly into the overall design concept and optimize the acoustic conditions, both in the classrooms and in the sports halls.

This inclu­sive, open and inno­va­tive approach is also evident inside the new build. Natural light abounds in the large foyer thanks to the glass facade and a skylight. The broad steps and curved corri­dors create a cheery, relaxed feel.

The corri­dors between the specia­list rooms are divided up and equipped with special seating in such a way that they can also be used by study groups if neces­sary.

Attrac­tive colour accents in deep red and yellow hues provide a vibrant contrast to the light floors and acou­stic ceilings from Trold­tekt.

Project data

Architect

Behnisch Archi­tekten
Rote­bühl­straße 163A
D — 70197 Stutt­gart

Client

SBH | Schulbau Hamburg

Acoustic ceiling

Trold­tekt GmbH
Frie­senweg 4 · Haus 12
D — 22763 Hamburg

Physical address

Stadt­teil­schule Lurup
Flur­straße 15
D — 22549 Hamburg

Opening

2020

Author

Dipl.-Ing. Archi­tekt Olaf Wiechers
Büro für Archi­tektur  +  Medi­en­dienst­leis­tungen
Klaus-Groth-Str. 1
D — 21629 Neu Wulmstorf

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Photograph

Olaf Wiechers
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Ariake Gymnastics Centre

by | 21 Dec 2021 | Slider, Slider, Sports Centres, Sports Halls

The Ariake Gymnastics Centre

Nutshell

Nikken Sekkei Ltd

The Ariake Gymnastics Centre offers a very large space in timber frame construction with an exceptionally harmonious atmosphere.

The Ariake Gymnastics Centre is designed to function in two phases; initially as a Olympic sports facility, it will be converted into a permanent exhibition hall.

The Ariake Gymnastics Centre is desi­gned to func­tion in two phases; initi­ally as a tempo­rary inter­na­tional sports compe­ti­tion faci­lity, then, after taking out the tempo­rary spec­tator stands, it will be converted into a perma­nent exhi­bi­tion hall.

A unique feature of this faci­lity is its exten­sive and gene­rous use of timber throug­hout the buil­ding. This is a posi­tive realiza­tion of “wooded faci­li­ties” and “sustaina­bi­lity” announced in the Tokyo 2020 candi­dacy file. The mate­rial was also selected to express the memory of this district which was once a timber storage pond.

Based on the archi­tec­tural concept of “a wooden vessel floa­ting in the bay area,” timber is used wherever possible, speci­fi­cally in the roof frame struc­ture, facade, spec­tator seats, exte­rior walls, etc. while carefully conside­ring the charac­te­ristics of wood in each appli­ca­tion.
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Function, structure, and space are tightly combined to achieve beauty and richness in simplicity, which is the essence of Japanese traditional wood architecture.

The arena ceiling is a wood frame struc­ture desi­gned to reduce the weight of the overall struc­ture. The concourse space, where spec­ta­tors approach the arena, is inten­tio­nally placed outdoors. The wood facade takes into account acou­stic and thermal insu­la­tion proper­ties.

Func­tion, struc­ture, and space are tightly combined to achieve beauty and rich­ness in simpli­city, which is the essence of Japa­nese tradi­tional wood archi­tec­ture that we hope spec­ta­tors and athletes from all over the world will expe­ri­ence.  

The site is located in the midst of a vast, wide-open land­scape along a canal. Yet the design also needed to take into account the resi­den­tial envi­ron­ment of the medium-rise and high-rise condo­mi­nium buil­dings in the vici­nity. The hori­zon­tally long and flowing lines were achieved by keeping the buil­ding height as low as possible, redu­cing the overall volume and control­ling the height of the eaves.

Lightening the weight of the structure by using wood for the roof is effective for buildings constructed on sites with poor soil conditions.

By posi­tio­ning the circu­la­tion concourse on the outside of the buil­ding and crea­ting an open and broad approach space, the design attempts to avoid the impene­trable exte­rior typi­cally found on large-scale sports faci­li­ties created by the mono­li­thic walls.

Ligh­tening the weight of the struc­ture by using wood for the roof is effec­tive for buil­dings cons­tructed on sites with poor soil condi­tions. In this project, we adopted a simple struc­ture that uses single members of large glued lami­nated timber with high heat capa­city, rather than trusses consis­ting of a number of small members, to achieve both fire resis­tance perfor­mance and struc­tural stabi­lity.

Japan’s first complex struc­tural system using Timber Beam Strings Struc­ture and Canti­lever Trusses created a large wood-frame space that dyna­mi­cally covers the arena.

Project data

Architects

Nikken Sekkei Ltd
Shimizu Corpo­ra­tion

Client

The Tokyo Orga­ni­sing Committee of the Olympic and Para­lympic Games

Address

Ariake Gymnastics Centre
1 Chome-10–1 Ariake,
Koto City
Tokyo 135‑0063
Japan

Opening

2020

Photograph

Ken’ichi Suzuki
SS

Author

Nikken Sekkei Ltd

 

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Gissi Sports Hall

by | 21 Dec 2021 | Sports Halls, Sports Halls

The Gissi Sports Hall

A good argument

Beatrice Comelli archi­tetto & Poytan

The recreational offer of small community is important to prevent the urban exodus. The Gissi sports hall is a good example.

With the construction of the Gissi Sports Hall, the municipality has sent a strong signal against the urban exodus.

Gissi lies in the hilly land­scape of the Provincia di Chieti on the edge of the Apen­nine Moun­tains. With just over two and a half thousand inha­bi­tants, the Italian muni­ci­pa­lity is quite mana­geable and also very old – even the Romans settled in the area, which is shaped by viney­ards and fruit and olive trees. Wine lovers parti­cu­larly appre­ciate the area since the grapes for the popular Monte­pul­ciano d’Abruzzo grow here.

But like almost all small towns in central and southern Italy, it is not easy to get resi­dents to stay. To make a change here, the muni­ci­pa­lity decided to build a multi-purpose hall prima­rily used as a play­ground and gymna­sium, as well as reno­vating the outdoor areas and crea­ting a foot­ball pitch made of arti­fi­cial turf.

The new sports hall takes a central posi­tion in the public life of Gissi. It is clearly visible from the town hall, the stadium and the swim­ming pool.

The archi­tects of Beatrice Comelli archi­tetto have divided the volume into two levels. The entrance level is open and trans­pa­rent. It was clad with poly­car­bo­nate, which has an enormous signal­ling effect when illu­mi­nated. The pitch level, on the other hand, was lowered and is made of concrete.
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Now volleyball, basketball, skating and social events are part of the Gissi community’s offerings. 

This buil­ding project was also urgently needed because there had previously been no gymna­sium at all, meaning that the sports faci­li­ties were not suffi­cient either for primary or secon­dary school pupils living in the village, nor for the public and parti­cu­larly not for the local volley­ball team. It is part of the ASD Sport­land asso­cia­tion, which was founded in 2010 with the aim of provi­ding the resi­dents of Gissi with more sporting and social oppor­tu­ni­ties – inclu­ding volley­ball, basket­ball, skating, and summer acti­vi­ties for children and young people.

To make way for the new multi-purpose hall, an older part of the middle school buil­ding was demo­lished and replaced by the new sports hall.

We contri­buted to the rede­sign by supp­lying a two-tone Polytan Indoor GYM Point surface in blue and ochre. This point-elastic indoor sports floor is flexible and ther­e­fore shock-absor­bent, which is espe­ci­ally important for children’s and school sports, but also for amateur and recrea­tional sports.
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The equipment of the sports areas underlines the distinctly harmonious effect of the Gissi sports hall.

In front of the hall, we have also installed a Liga­Grass Pro arti­fi­cial turf pitch, which is suitable for multi-func­tional use. The Liga­Grass Pro fila­ment with its trian­gular cross-section ensures even greater fibre stabi­lity and gives the turf more volume and struc­ture. As a crimped Polytan arti­fi­cial turf system, the Liga­Grass Pro also features BiCo­lour colou­ring.

Gissi’s new multi-purpose hall, which was offi­ci­ally opened on 14 September 2020, is intended to be a place for sporting acti­vi­ties, but also to serve as a meeting place and space for cultural, educa­tional and leisure acti­vi­ties that promote inte­gra­tion and social cohe­sion in the commu­nity.

The hall was built with the help of funding from the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) and the Italian Sports Credit Insti­tute. It is also handi­capped-acces­sible in line with CONI stan­dards for sports faci­li­ties, and features an entrance ramp at the main door, for example.

Project data

Architects

Beatrice Comelli archi­tetto
Via Manin 6/4
I — 33100 Udine

Gaspari Carlo Archi­tetti
Via Fedele Romani, 11
I — 65123 — Pescara

 

Client

Gissi Commu­nity

Pitches

POLYTAN GMBH
Gewer­be­ring 3
D — 86666 Burg­heim

Address

Palestra Comu­nale Poli­va­lente
Via dello Stadio 1
I — 66052 Gissi CH

Opening

2020

Photograph

Beatrice Comelli

Author

Polytan

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The Arch

by | 5 Oct 2021 | Sports Grounds, Sports Halls

The Arc at Green School

Unique

IBUKU

The geometry of this arch not only saves a lot of building material, it also results in a beautiful sports hall.

The Arc aims to set new standards for sustainable building and education.

The Arc is the newest buil­ding on campus at the world-renowned Green School in Bali, Indo­nesia. The school has a 12 year history of brea­king boun­da­ries and expan­ding hori­zons.

The Arc is the newest bench­mark in that history, raising the bar for sustainable educa­tion around the world. The first buil­ding of its kind ever made.

Along the way, The Arc is a fanta­stic and distinctly multi­func­tional sports hall.

The Arc at Green School is built from a series of inter­sec­ting 14 meter tall bamboo arches span­ning 19 meters, inter­con­nected by anti­c­la­stic grids­hells which derive their strength from curving in two oppo­site direc­tions.
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The design model was a mammal’s chest.

The Arc is a feat of engi­nee­ring; it required months of rese­arch and deve­lo­p­ment and fine tuning of tailor-made details. The result is a refined design with unpar­al­leled beauty.

The Arc employs one of nature’s grea­test stra­te­gies for crea­ting large spaces with minimal struc­ture. Within a human ribcage, a series of ribs working in compres­sion are held in place by a tensioned flexible layer of muscle and skin.

This creates a thin but strong enca­se­ment for the lungs. In the case of The Arc, arches working in compres­sion are held in place by tensioned anti­c­la­stic grids­hells.

The Arc’s counterintuitive orchestration of geometry brings the structure into a state of equilibrium.

These fields of grids­hells appear to drape across the spaces between impos­sibly thin arches soaring over­head, giving a whimsy, inti­macy and beauty to the space. Although, the grids­hells appear to hang from the arches, they actually hold them up.

“The grids­hells use shape stiff­ness to form the roof enclo­sure and provide buck­ling resis­tance to the para­bolic arches. The two systems toge­ther create an unique and highly efficient struc­ture, able to flex under load allo­wing the struc­ture to redis­tri­bute weight, easing loca­lised forces on the arches.” says Neil Thomas from Atelier One.

The Arc’s coun­ter­in­tui­tive orchestra­tion of geometry brings the struc­ture into a state of equi­li­brium, which means a drama­ti­cally decreased neces­sity for struc­tural mate­rial. This also means an unpre­ce­dented inner volume with an impos­sibly thin struc­ture and without any distrac­ting trusses.

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Architects

IBUKU

Client

Grren School Bali

Address

Green School Bali
Jalan Raya Sibang Kaja
Banjar Saren
Abian­semal, Badung
IDN  ‑Bali 80352

Opening

2020

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L’Alqueria del Basket

by | 28 May 2021 | Sports Grounds, Sports Halls

L’Alqueria del Basket in Valencia

Discreet orange

ERRE arqui­tec­tura

Not only the discreet use of the club colours is exem­plary, espe­ci­ally in profes­sional sport.

” After all, our main goal was to create a space where children have the best conditions to play and learn.”

ERRE arqui­tec­tura

L’Al­queria del Basket arises from the need to create a space that shel­ters the academy of the Valencia Basket team. A large-scale sports complex where the new gene­ra­tions could play in the best condi­tions was neces­sary.

The complex was desi­gned by ERRE arqui­tec­tura from Valencia.
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“Alqueria” means “country estate” or “country house”. This is where the Valencia Basket Club wants to accommodate its more than 500 talents.

L’Alqueria del Basket emerges due to the growing number of young players who are part of the club and the need to create a unique space to house them all. Curr­ently, more than 500 children train in diffe­rent parts of the city. Ther­e­fore, it was neces­sary to create a “house”, a big complex where all of them could train in the best condi­tions possible.

The project is located next to La Fuente de San Luís, the current stadium of the club, and its area covers roughly 15,000 square meters. The program is divided into two volumes and is composed by a total of 13 courts: 9 indoor and 4 outdoor.

The design focused on aspects of durability, comfort and lighting from the very beginning,

The first volume contains the largest court where the main games and the trai­ning sessions take place.

The second one contains 8 courts desi­gned for trai­ning purposes. These courts can be simul­ta­neously used and become inde­pen­dent by an auto­mated curtains system.

The project is located next to La Fuente de San Luís, the current stadium of the club, and its area covers roughly 15,000 square meters. The program is divided into two volumes and is composed by a total of 13 courts: 9 indoor and 4 outdoor.

The first volume contains the largest court where the main games and the trai­ning sessions take place.
ERRE arqui­tec­tura

Lights and colours are the defining elements inside L’Alqueria del Basket.

The second one contains 8 courts desi­gned for trai­ning purposes. These courts can be simul­ta­neously used and become inde­pen­dent by an auto­mated curtains system.

The basket­ball courts are distri­buted around a central axis which has two levels:

  • The lower level houses services such as locker rooms for both teams on each court, gym, nursing area and rooms for physio­the­rapy.
  • The upper level is dedi­cated to teaching, but it also contains areas desi­gned for family members who want to enjoy the matches.

The ascent to the upper level is via an orange ramp — this is the club’s colour. The use of the club colours is exem­plary, espe­ci­ally in profes­sional sports.

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Architects

ERRE arqui­tec­tura
Maestro Gozalbo 20
ESP — 46005 Valencia

Photograph

Daniel Rueda

Author

ERRE arqui­tec­tura

Opening

2017

Address

L’Alqueria del Basket
Carrer del Bomber Ramon Duart
ESP — 46013 València

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Wettingen Cantonal School

by | 28 May 2021 | Schools and playgrounds, Sports Grounds, Sports Halls

Wettingen Cantonal School Sports Hall

Carved in stone

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The Cistercian monastery in Wettingen is a special place. A sports hall has to be subordinate here.

With respect for the historic monastery view, the Wettingen cantonal school sports halls were built underground.

The Cister­cian monas­tery in Wettingen is a cultural monu­ment of national importance. When the cantonal school moved into the monas­tery premises in 1979, the school’s sports hall with a swim­ming pool was cons­tructed on the common land outside the monas­tery area.

To main­tain the histo­rical view of the monas­tery, the sports hall and swim­ming pool were built under­ground, around a deep cour­tyard with longi­tu­dinal sides that provided the adjoi­ning gymna­siums with daylight.
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The planned extension of the sports halls built in 1979 was also realised in accordance with the monastic mission statement.

The planned exten­sion of the Wettingen cantonal school sports halls is also required to adhere to this prin­ciple and is thus being deve­loped under­ground. Since the orien­ta­tion and provi­sion of daylight play a decisive role, a linear prome­nade was planned as the starting point for the design, forming a clear and orderly link between the old and the new buil­dings.

All the main uses are either directly adja­cent to this access route, or the prome­nade affords a gene­rous view of them.

The chosen form of orga­ni­sa­tion with linear elements creates a calm and clear impres­sion of Wettingen cantonal school sports halls from the outside. A window strip facing north accom­pa­nies the prome­nade in the vici­nity of the triple sports hall.
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The art on the building plays with the metaphor of the rough rock on which the Cistercian monastery is enthroned high above the Limmat and into which the new sports hall was chiselled.

Brin­ging toge­ther the illu­mi­na­ting zone and the spec­ta­tors’ gallery avoids any irri­ta­ting back­light effects when people are watching the sports being played. And, in the other direc­tion, when looking out from the hall, the observer sees a wide relief wall.

The art on the buil­ding is by the Lang/Baumann duo and plays on the meta­phor of the rough rock on which the Cister­cian monas­tery towers above the Limmat river and into which, in the true sense of the word, the new sports hall has been chiselled.

The shadows cast by the concrete blocks change over the course of the day and the year, giving the under­ground observer a feel for the time of day or year.
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Architects

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Allee­strasse 25
CH — 2503 Biel/Bienn

Client

Immo­bi­lien Kanton Aargau
Depar­te­ment Finanzen und Ressourcen
CH-Aarau

Team

Pat Tanner, Alex­ander Unsin, Andreas Frank, Daniele Di Giac­into, Claude Marbach, David Locher, Julia Wurst, Mari­anne Rüger, Jona­than Anders, Ronja Engel­hardt, Mart Maurer, Belén Jatuff Mathis

Address

Kantons­schule Wettingen
Klos­ter­strasse 11
CH — 5430 Wettingen

Opening

2018

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Brau­er­strasse 45
CH — 8004 Zürich

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Kura Kura

by | 4 May 2021 | Sports Grounds, Sports Halls

Form follows shuttlecock

Kura Kura in Bali

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Situation

Kura Kura is the name of a buil­ding that houses a badminton court and has a floor surface of over 200 square meters.

Inspired by the shape of a tortoise shell, the large bamboo struc­ture was desi­gned and built in a colla­bo­ra­tion between Ibuku and Studio Jenc­quel. The court is priva­tely owned by Maxi­mi­lian Jenc­quel and was completed in 2016.

Structure

The pavi­lion is built enti­rely from bamboo (struc­ture and all roofing), except for the floor, which is from a special rubber resin.

It was Studio Jenc­quel’s initial concept to conceive a convex roof­line that would solve some of the ergo­nomic requi­re­ments needed for an indoor badminton court. At the center of the court, above the net, a height of 9m is required, and ther­e­fore the ceiling of this court was to mimic the trajec­tory of a shuttle-cock, resul­ting in a turtle-like curved shape.

Airflow

Other conside­ra­tions affec­ting the shape and height of this roof where the need to allow airflow for cooling, while simul­ta­neously stop­ping the wind, which would inter­fere with the shuttlecock’s flight.

That’s why the buil­dings orien­ta­tion was posi­tioned in conside­ra­tion of the predo­mi­nant wind patterns, and the roof almost grazes the ground on two of its extre­mi­ties. Bamboo was the obvious choice for such an orga­ni­cally shaped buil­ding in the tropics. ⁠

Realisation

Studio Jenc­quel’s founder Maxi­mi­lian Jenc­quel approa­ched his friend Elora Hardy, the most expe­ri­enced and profes­sional bamboo designers/ buil­ders on Bali (and probably the world) to help design a struc­ture for the afore­men­tioned concept.

Elora and her team came up with this intri­guing, basket-like woven struc­ture, which they not only conceived, but also built with their amazing team of bamboo carpen­ters. ⁠

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Architect

Studio Jenquel
Jalan Raya Sang­gingan
Banjar Lungs­iakan
Ubud-Gianyar 80571
Bali, Indo­ne­sien

Construction management

Elora Hardy — IBUKU Studio

Project team

QL Inge­niería
María José González Vicente
José María López Llaquet
Bauun­ter­nehmen: TECOPSA

Physical address

Jalan Raya Sang­gingan
Gianyar
Bali, Indo­ne­sien

Opening

2016

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Saint Gellért Sports Hall

by | 9 Nov 2020 | Sports Halls

A work of art

Saint Gellért Sports Hall

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About

Szent Gellért Sports Hall (Szent Gellért Terem) in Buda­pest is an outstan­ding example of buil­ding within exis­ting struc­tures — and not only for this. It was built for the St. Margaret Gymna­sium from the 1930s and was opened in summer 2020.

The design was deve­loped by the Hunga­rian office építész stúdió.

Concept

The design of Szent Gellért Sports Hall was prima­rily deter­mined by its loca­tion on the site. The site has a steep gradient, and on a dere­lict area behind the school there was enough space to accom­mo­date the buil­ding and the neces­sary access areas.

The desi­gners decided to embed the Szent Gellért sports hall. This has serious impli­ca­tions for the appearance of the hall, its surroun­dings and, of course, its internal orga­niza­tion.

Visible size

The visible size of the buil­ding is reduced by more than half. Behind the school the terrain rises sharply, so large parts of the hall are hidden under the (still growing) green of the slope.

The back of the Szent Gellért Sports Hall has comple­tely disap­peared into the slope, the side facades grow out of the terrain. The gallery level behind the south façade, on the other hand, is comple­tely perceivable and opens up to the school with large glass surfaces.

The roof becomes the much-cited fifth façade — and with an addi­tional pitch it can even be used. The unusual ball-catching device gives the whole thing enormous light­ness — and the total contrast to the richly detailed school buil­ding.

Environment

Property and garden have a history. In the past, there used to be maje­stic terraces here. However, their character was lost in the Second World War. In the end, the area lay fallow.

The resto­ra­tion of this garden with its histo­rical incli­na­tion and the “roof terrace” for the pitch is not only extre­mely useful from a func­tional point of view, it also reminds us of the neo-baroque prede­cessor of the Szent Gellért Sports Hall.

Access

Szent Gellért Sports Hall is accessed from the back of St. Margaret Gymna­sium. The entrance, chan­ging rooms and showers for the athletes, as well as the teachers’ and storage rooms are all located on pitch level. This means short distances and saves time, which is of course helpful for school sports.

Spec­ta­tors access the inte­rior of the hall via the gallery level above. A spacious lobby with a view of the pitch leads visi­tors to the stands.

Usage

Accesses and paths for athletes and spec­ta­tors are thus sepa­rated and lead to the heart of the hall, the pitch, on diffe­rent levels. In addi­tion to school sports, basket­ball and volley­ball as well as fitness courses take place here — some­times simul­ta­neously.

Materials

The struc­ture of the buil­ding makes no attempt to inter­fere with the histo­rical struc­ture of the school. This is very bene­fi­cial.

In keeping with this restrained approach, the archi­tects have used the most simple mate­rials possible. Wood, glass and exposed concrete domi­nate. Where neces­sary for daily use, the concrete cons­truc­tion was covered with wooden surfaces.

Roof

The ball catching fence on the roof is formed by closely spaced galva­nized bar elements. Compared to the mono­li­thic struc­ture of the Szent Gellért Sports Hall, they appear almost trans­pa­rent — or like a reward. The grid is strict, yet hardly noti­ceable next to the school’s detailed monu­ment.

Ever­y­thing seems simple. A work of art.

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Architect

építész stúdió
1016 Buda­pest,
HU — Krisz­tina krt. 71

Landscape architect

Dániel Takács, Dorottya Varró
HU — Buda­pest
Tánc­sics Mihály utca 83a/2

Client

Szent Margit Gimná­zium

Physical address

Szent Margit Gimná­zium
1114 Buda­pest
HU — Villányi út 5–7

Project team

Zsolt Félix, Tamás Fialov­szky, Bálint Gulyás, Gergely Kenéz

Photograph

Gergely Kenéz

Author

Johannes Bühl­be­cker
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2020

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Alice Milliat Gymnasium

by | 19 Aug 2020 | Sports Halls

You look wonderful tonight

Alice Milliat Gymnasium

Marjan Hessamfar & Joe Vérons

Situation

The Alice Milliat Gymna­sium is a former covered market in a vast complex built in 1962 turned into a sports faci­lity with two adja­cent shops. Bordeaux City Council wanted to offer the neigh­bour­hood a new high-quality sports faci­lity and shops, while enli­vening the exis­ting façades of the buil­ding. Alice Milliat Gymna­sium comprises a market, a sports centre and a car park on Cours Victor Hugo.

Although the complex had become a symbol of the city’s contem­po­rary archi­tec­tural heri­tage, it suffered from a lack of visual clarity a lack of connec­tion between indoor and outdoor.

Highlighting the beauty

The proposal put forward by Marjan Hessamfar & Joe Vérons had three main goals:
  • to bring more natural light into the heart of the buil­ding
  • to make the sports faci­lity more visible, while remai­ning sympa­thetic to the original archi­tec­tural design
  • to reclaim the public space in front of the buil­ding.

In the gap created by the demo­li­tion of the exis­ting market and shops, the archi­tects installed a glass box. The fragi­lity of this enti­rely glazed struc­ture sets a contrast to the exis­ting concrete archi­tec­ture and high­lights its beauty.

The atten­tion paid to the design of the glass box, in parti­cular the use of ultra-clear glass and refined mate­rials such as brass and wood, gives the gymna­sium a touch of sophisti­ca­tion.

Sports areas

A multi-purpose sports hall, a dojo, and a dance and fitness studio occupy the entire ground floor. Special atten­tion has been paid to the lighting, trans­pa­rency and spacious­ness of the sports areas.

The spacious double-height sports hall next to the recep­tion area occu­pies a central posi­tion at the heart of the buil­ding. It opens towards the recep­tion area and receives abun­dant natural light thanks to the mesh façades and the windows in the upper section of the lateral divi­ding walls, which are sound-proofed and ther­mally insu­lated.

On either side of the multi-purpose hall, the dojo and the dance and fitness studio have the same volume and the same thermal and sound insu­la­tion systems. Their façades over­loo­king the street bring in abun­dant natural light. To ensure as much sports space as possible, the chan­ging rooms are orga­nised in the base­ment.

Signage

The choice of the colour blue forms an ideal back­ground for signage that reflects the iden­tity of the faci­lity. Direc­tional signs inspired by a sports track clearly show the layout of sports areas and chan­ging rooms. The stairs and brass design provide a sense of conti­nuity with the rest of the buil­ding.

Urban continuity

The façade forms part and parcel of the rede­si­gned pede­strian expe­ri­ence in this protected area of Bordeaux. The main façade features shops intended to re-ener­gise the street. The sports hall entrance and its sliding glass doors in the centre of the façade on Cours Victor Hugo provides a strong sense of conti­nuity.

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Architect

Marjan Hessamfar & Joe Vérons
4, rue Martel – Bât. C
F — 75010 Paris

Client

City of Bordeaux

Address

Gymnase Alice Milliat
117 Cours Victor Hugo
F — 33000 Bordeaux

Opening

2018

Photos

Arthur Pequin

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Marjan Hessamfar & Joe Vérons

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