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” 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.

“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.

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.