A geometrical kind constructed from uncovered concrete defines the Fieldhouse sports activities centre, which Italian studio MoDus Architects has created within the South Tyrolean city of Laghetti.
Overlooking a nationwide park on the foot of Mount Corno in Italy, the leisure centre was designed to switch an outdated constructing on the positioning and supply the encircling neighborhood with a brand new social area.
Fieldhouse incorporates a bar, altering rooms and loos, in addition to a particular tower that distinguishes the constructing whereas offering floodlighting for the adjoining sports activities discipline.
Based on MoDus Architects, the constructing is meant to be open, accessible and versatile, performing as a “connector” for a number of small cities within the space.
Modus Architects derived the centre’s kind from the geometries discovered on sports activities fields, in addition to the sloping terrain of the encircling panorama into which it’s partially embedded.
The altering rooms, loos and storage occupy the decrease stage, whereas the primary flooring incorporates places of work, coaching rooms, a caretaker’s residence and a restaurant. This higher stage overlooks the sports activities discipline by geometric cut-outs within the constructing’s facade.
“Be it a soccer pitch, tennis courts or baseball diamonds, outside leisure fields are exactly constructed landscapes: their form, measurement, edges, and orientation on the positioning are regimented by the principles of the sport they host,” defined MoDus Architects.
“The glazed apertures take cues from the geometries and slopes of the positioning, forming a uniform envelope punctuated by alternating trapezoidal pillars and sharp cuts on the openings.”
Fieldhouse sports activities centre’s cafe opens onto a terrace, which is used for public conferences and events.
In the meantime, the roof of the primary flooring incorporates photovoltaic panels and an 11-metre-high tapering tower in a single nook, which is used for lighting the taking part in discipline.
“[The tower] incorporates the requisite lighting poles into an architectural component that delineates the outermost nook of the constructing – a hinge between constructed quantity and the bottom – to turn out to be a visible marker within the panorama,” mentioned the studio.
The constructing’s concrete construction has been left uncovered all through, with areas coated in textured gray render to supply a delicate distinction.
MoDus Architects was based in 2000 by Sandy Attia with Matteo Scagnol, with an workplace within the north Italian city of Brixen.
Earlier tasks by the studio embody the refurbishment of a Sixties schooling centre and a highway tunnel by mountains in South Tyrol that’s completed with curving concrete portals.
The images is by Gustav Willeit.
