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Ronald McDonald Centre

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The Ronald McDonald Centre is a special sport complex designed in a way that the disabled children can focus on what they can, everyone here is champion. The terrain and buildings are grandstand and sports function at the same time. Everyone here is both athlete and audience. The center of the complex is the clubhouse, which is wedged between the two oval arenas, which are sunk in the elevated terrain and surrounded by trees and grandstand stairs. The clubhouse is for parents and children to meet, to eat and drink, watch movies and play. The clubhouse offers views of all outdoor and indoor activities. A clubhouse and grandstand in one. The clubhouse, trees and grandstand stairs around the arenas provide a sense of an ever-present audience. The Centre has many innovations as pools with movable floors, drowning detection system, lockers with fingerprint recognition and world’s first sports floor with LED lines. The Centre is built according to the guidelines of NOC * NSF. The entire project is made possible by sponsoring and donations from all parties involved. From advisors and contractors to material suppliers.

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Ronald Mc Donald Centre Only Friends

Ronald Mc Donald Centre Only Friends
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Unique sports and play center for children with disabilities In Amsterdam North you can find the first sports and game center in Western Europe for children with a disablity : Ronald McDonald Centre Only Friends . Children and youngsters up to 25 years with a mental or physical disability or chronic illness can enjoy sports and games . The Ronald McDonald Centre also serves as a training company for RIC.


The surrounding areas and buildings are simultaneously Sports features and grand stands . Everyone here is athlete ànd audience. The clubhouse , trees and stairs around the arenas provide the feeling of ever-present audience : Here, everyone is a champion!


The center is the clubhouse that lays between the two oval arenas, surrounded by the grand stands and trees. Here, one can meet , play together , eat, drink , watch movies. In addition, the clubhouse offers a perfect view to all outdoor and indoor activities


This unique sports and play center was designed by Peer Glandorff (FACT Architects ) who has won the BNA Young Architect Award for this design.


Luxalon® Stretch Metal (4700 m²) of Hunter Douglas was choosen as ceiling solutions, ideal where high acoustic absorption is required or where there is a need for visual or physical transparency of the ceiling. Also ideal for situations where regular maintenance or service is required on installations in the plenum. Hunter Douglas also provided Exterior Ceilings type 300L (1800 m²). These 300 mm large panels are treated with Luxacote® that enhances the durability of exterior aluminium building applications. Its strenght and efficiency comes from a powerfull 3-layered system that consists of an anorcoat pre-treatment, a colour coating and a transparant topcoat.

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Designed to work for you Hunter Douglas Architectural is fluent in design. We work with a huge range of architects and contractors from around the world, translating aesthetic specifications onto projects that reflect both function and style. For over 60 years this collaborative approach has contributed to thousands of building projects across the globe. Our product range encompasses an array of innovative systems for interior and exterior window coverings, solar control, acoustic ceilings and walls and metal facades, all designed to enhance the interior and exterior appearance of a building. Performance is a key aspect of all Hunter Douglas Architectural products whether it is managing the light and heat in a building, controlling the acoustics within a given space or creating the form and function of a buildings exterior envelope. We are committed to developing products and systems that are sustainable by design. Environmentally sound materials are key to sustainable buildings. Our strategy is to pick materials that have good environmental properties to start with. Many of our products are made of aluminum produced in our own smelters. We’ve optimised our processes to use up to 99% of recycled content to produce the right alloy for our products. Our wood is FSC certified and we embrace the Cradle to Cradle principle in our product development. From concept to installation our technical support team will be with you all the way delivering high quality, precision engineered products on time and to your exact specification.
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