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Architects: Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
- Area: 13256 m²
- Year: 2013
Text description provided by the architects. The insertion of the building in a complex urban area – with its residential buildings on one hand and the strong presence of the school on the other - asked for an architectural solution which guaranteed the projects visibility. Since the principal entrance is situated in a very small pathway, the new sports center had to be “announced” from the very extremities of the pathway while affirming its functional difference with the surrounding buildings.
The answer to this complex insertion was to create a sort of “showcase” for sports: the base of the ground floor is glazed and on top of it is put a copper covered volume. The copper skin adds depth and gives the building an elegant and light aspect.
The visibility of the new center is reinforced by the landscape planning of the pathway taking to the entrance. Red lines on the floor remind of an athletic field and invite to discover the glazed façade.
The base is illuminated at night creating a play of transparencies, the copper volume seems to float above it.
The new building offers specific rooms for various types of sport. Each room allows the practicing of activities in optimal conditions – natural day lighting, ventilation and acoustic treatment. The functioning of the equipment is optimized. Its unique entrance allows a central distribution of the different levels. The connections between the different rooms are short and clearly distributed.
