The project consists of a roof for an outdoor sports center at Sant Adrià de Besós. The location is in a heavily developed area, meaning that the court is literally fitted between the neighboring house buildings. This provides the court with an important urban significance, apart from its main protection function. The project intends to generate a high quality element, capable of limiting the space by view control both from the street and the neighbors. The roof for the court is proposed as a light artifact, of sinuous shapes, impermeable to water but not to sunlight, acting as a pergola. At night, the court's lighting creates a nice night vision of the space.
The roof is held by a sequence of arcades in perpendicular to the main street. Each arcade is composed of three-dimensional pillars and beams formed by metallic profiles of the same diameter to achieve a vertical and horizontal visual continuum of the structure. Each pillar is independent in regards to stability, allowing an easy construction of each element and the following placing of the truss. The beams and pillars have a variable geometry, adapting each section to its corresponding work-load. Its shape is optimized as a result, looking like its bending momentum diagram.
The shape of the cover is a surface of double curvature, lined in cellular polycarbonate panels which adapt to this sort of surface. Polycarbonate is a translucent material with a high light transparency but which can provide the desired shade for the game court. The reception of the project by its neighbors has been very positive, demonstrating how a small artifact, built in a short space of time and a low budget can create a substantial change in the life of a metropolitan neighborhood, turning into a new key point.