All in one

The site is located betweeen a primary school and the railway line. So Modřice Sports Hall serves as a noise barrier for the school and does not take any daylight from the classrooms.

The sports hall is located in Modřice — the surroun­ding part of Brno which is the second biggest city in the Czech repu­blic. The urban struc­ture in Modřice has the scale of a small town.

The site is located betweeen a primary school and the railway line. Modřice Sports Hall itself is situated on the boarder of the railway line so it serves as a noise barrier for the school and does not take any daylight from the class­rooms at the same time.

We see the former buil­ding as a histo­rical layer which gives the site a high value. The memory of the place itself is important for our proposal and ther­e­fore we restore the old buil­ding and put there the restau­rant- an important place for the commu­nity life.

The lower service part of Modřice Sports Hall is on the side to the school so it doesn´t shadow the school buil­ding.

The floor level of the hall is 3 m lower than the floor of the entrance foyer. That enables to keep the height of the buildng low.

Modřice Sports Hall has the ambi­tion and the poten­tial to become a local commu­nity centre. The archi­tec­ture of the buill­ding should ther­e­fore express the soli­dity, the importance of the place.

The spatial concept fits perfectly in its surroun­dings. The great sports hall is sepa­rated to three equal volumes which core­spond with its func­tion. The biggest hall can be divided into three volleyball/ netball courts.

The volume of the former restau­rant becamed a volume pattern, by repea­ting the same volume is emha­sized its exis­tence.  

The entrance foyer is the core of the building, the meeting point, where the sports people meet the spectators.

The entrance foyer is the core of the buil­ding, the meeting point, where the sports people meet the spec­ta­tors. Right after ente­ring the foyer you can take a look unto the sports hall trough a big window. The gallery of the big hall can directly be accessed from the foyer, as well as the main stand, the chan­ging rooms, the gym and the outside courts.

The other side of the foyer leads down­s­tairs to the service part of the buil­ding. Here, the swim­ming pool and some belon­ging chan­ging rooms are located.
The lower level is directly connected to the primary school via an under­ground corridor, because the swim­ming pool mainly serves for the school children.

Important elements for the interior are the rooftop skylights.

The baring concrete struc­ture of Modřice Sports Hall is visible in the inte­riors and give it a strong character. The struc­ture itself creates many inte­res­ting views through the buil­ding which simplify orien­ta­tion.

Important elements for the inte­rior are the rooftop skylights provi­ding perfect inde­rect light for the big sports hall, the mirror hall, the gallery of the sport hall and the corridor leading up to the mirror hall.

The outer space in front of Modřice Sports Hall is paved and became a proper town public space. The street between the hall and the primary school is a side street with trees and parking area.

Two new multi­func­tional outdoor sports grounds next to the exis­ting sport courts were bulit as well. Next to the restau­rant, old trees were preserved. A play­ground for children and an outdoor dancing parquet are about to come.