Sport architecture

The campus of the Karol Adler Secondary Technical School in the Bratislava district of Dúbravka has undergone a comprehensive revitalization aimed at transforming a neglected school property into a fully functional, attractive, and vibrant public space. The project was based on the goal of making the campus accessible not only to the students but also to the wider community – local residents, children, and young people from the surrounding area – and creating an inclusive place that supports physical activity, relaxation, and informal social interaction. Matej Zelenay Matej Zelenay   Design considerations At the heart of the transformation is a new four-lane tartan running track with a 90 x 45 m football... More

The Xi'An Olympic Stadium, designed by PTW Architects hosted the 14th National Games in 2021. The project included a 60,000 seat stadium and warm-up field, 18,000 seat stadium and warm-up hall, 4,000 swimming diving hall three major stadium facilities and other services. CreatAR CreatAR As leaders in stadium design, PTW embraced state-of-the-art technology in LED façade and integrated design. For special events, different lighting colours, patterns and movements can be programmed and due to the large number of LEDs the colour and intensity of the lights can be adjusted continuously. CreatAR CreatAR The stadium is also an exemplar in sports infrastructure, with advanced technologies including 5G wireless communic... More

The Start House is an energy self-sustained, modular pavilion designed for multiple uses. A pioneering concept for temporary sports infrastructures in the Alps, it was first deployed at an altitude of 3,700 meters on the Matterhorn in Switzerland.  ©ingenhoven associates / Daniel Hager Engineered to endure extreme mountainous conditions, it serves as a shelter for athletes and equipment, incorporating high-tech, recycled and recyclable materials that ensure stability and safety even in severe weather with temperatures as low as -20°C. Integrated solar panels provide complete energy independence. The igloo-inspired streamlined form of the structure, along with its radiant silver skin adorned design, integrates harmoniousl... More

With its small environmental footprint, the design for the new changing rooms and refreshment bar at Daillens sports centre is pioneering and ambitious, despite its modest functional programme. The old municipal changing facilities, dating from the 1970s, had become too run-down to renovate. And so the local authority decided to provide new facilities for its football team, FC Venoge. © Matthieu Gafsou / LOCALARCHITECTURE The building is organised along the axis of the football pitch, stretching out elegantly and topped with a large metal roof. The roof looks paper-thin, its ridge echoing the ridges of the Jura mountains in the background. The building is mainly made of wood, covering an area of less than 400 m2. It houses changi... More

This project was born from the will of the Cabildo, in collaboration with the Vilaflor de Chasna City Council, to improve a local infrastructure whose function is conditioned by the weather of the environment. The general intervention is configured by adapting the needs program to the particularities of the plot on which it sits. The ground laid has an orientation in a practically southeast-northwest longitudinal direction, open on all sides and with access from the southeast corner. The services access to the field is through the southeast corner, through a locksmith gate that is accessed from a transversal to the main road and that separates it from the School and the Church. The rest of the field is free, with a small changing room mod... More

The object of the project is the construction of two indoor swimming pools, changing rooms and associated services, and a bar-restaurant area. The new building is a rectangular volume, with a metal facade and a sloping roof on a slope, located parallel to the street. The access works through a large exterior lobby where all the accesses to the different areas of the sports centre are centralized. More

The demolition works had already begun before the design stage started. We had to agree to two premises that were requested from the client. First, the roof material which was going to replace de existing one, already worn out, and second, its final height. Since this premise, corrugated black metal was the starting point of the Project. This mixed use demanded a proper articulation between the public and the private program. During the day, the Soccer courts are used by the school students while at night, rented for public use. Therefore architecture should respond to these changing demands. This shifting uses, reconditioning a deteriorated house into a new office, a private loft and the complementary spaces that the sporting activities... More

The building is a new part of the existing School Complex No. 5, which includes the 13th General Secondary School and bilingual secondary school in Wrocław (PL).The design of the gym is a combination of two independently functioning objects in one compact body. On the ground floor there is a separate fencing block available directly from the outside. The complex of sports facilities for the School Complex, which consists of a full-size gymnasium, fitness room, dance hall and gym, and necessary sanitary and locker rooms are located above the fencing block. Communication with the existing wing of the school takes place via a connector suspended over the inner courtyard.The form of the building is completely subordinate to its function. Indivi... More

The large alternating spirals of a “Tridacna” shell emerging from a long sandy beach in Baku have inspired the Italian architect Giancarlo Zema to design an innovative multi-functional sailing centre. The curvaceous 180m long and 60m deep covering, vested in aluminum panels and photovoltaic surfaces, protects the three major 15 and 20m high architectural volumes that accommodate within them a hotel for young students, an entrance hall with cafe, offices, a press room, conference areas, fitness areas, locker rooms for boat crews and a storage area for small craft. A long paved promenade delineates a wide bay and surrounds the sailing school area with adjoining ponds, green areas and a small amphitheater. To enrich the harbour area there are... More

Designed for the 2015 African Games this 60,000-seat athletics and field sports stadium forms the centrepiece, of a masterplan of buildings, including an indoor arena, aquatics centre, ancillary facilities and various outdoor venues. An important goal was for sports complex to be an enduring facility where sport and leisure activities could interact to enrich traditional culture and experience of the city’s inhabitants. CCDI   A key objective was that the stadium in its world-class design, ecological features and high standard of facilities would enhance Brazzaville as a city and the Republic of the Congo as a country. The stadium’s profile was designed as an elegant ‘bowl’ wrapped in a ‘golden fa... More