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Azur Arena Antibes
Azur Arena Antibes
Antibes, France
Project Featured on Feb 09, 2015
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Azur Arena Antibes
Antibes, France
Project Featured on Feb 09, 2015
Firm
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2013
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
The multifunctional yet compact “event-arena” uses its dynamic form and lighting displays to prepare visitors for the spectacular happenings inside.
Without a doubt one of these defining events is the basketball club of Antibes, which seeks to unleash 5,000 spectators in this melting pot.
The multifunctional hall is located in “Trois Moulins,” the industrial area of Antibes. The site is split into the existing business park in the west and a planned park on the south of the lot. In the northeast you will find a landform shaped by sport infrastructure and rich vegetation.
The new Azur Arena becomes the figurehead that works as a regulatory and identity-defining element.
The triangular shape of the site, defined by the course of the roads, dictates the locations of the two large bodies of the complex, the trampoline hall and the sport arena with its stands.
Besides the exterior factors, which influence the design, functional sequences and layout assignments determine the form of the building. The central element, the sport arena, which houses 5,000 spectators, is the core of the complex.
All internal semipublic and public functions are formed around it over two main floors.
The second large functional element is the trampoline hall, located in the northeast. A shell jointly envelops both of these volumes. The façade does not vary at all according to the orientation, which corresponds to the dynamic language of the hall. The canopy extrudes from the shape of the building and delivers pleasant shade to the eastern courtyard for events in the afternoon and early evening.
Horizontally mounted bands of expanded metal structure the surface. The lines that emerge from these bands are the main organizational principle of the façade and support the central theme of soft, vivid transitions all the way to the roof. At night, the ribbon windows intersect as beams of light on the façade, which animate and represent the dynamism of sport.
The development utilizes the various heights in topography to straighten walkways and builds a connected ring of all floors and access points. The main access is via the upper floor on the east: spectators make their way to the main courtyard from the parking in the northeast and from there gain access to the transparent entrance hall using the directly connected, encircling foyer-ring.
This inner section allows entry to all services and leads to the main arena through vomitories. The athletes enter using an entrance separated from the public in the west on a lower floor. The southwesterly access and delivery point is also situated on this level; part of an encompassing buckle that surrounds the building and offers bypass to vehicles.
Due to the variety of entry-points, large flexibility is obtained, which enables the hosting of concurrent events, such as sporting activities in the trampoline and warm-up halls, while simultaneously hosting sporting or cultural events in the arena.
Without a doubt one of these defining events is the basketball club of Antibes, which seeks to unleash 5,000 spectators in this melting pot.
The multifunctional hall is located in “Trois Moulins,” the industrial area of Antibes. The site is split into the existing business park in the west and a planned park on the south of the lot. In the northeast you will find a landform shaped by sport infrastructure and rich vegetation.
The new Azur Arena becomes the figurehead that works as a regulatory and identity-defining element.
The triangular shape of the site, defined by the course of the roads, dictates the locations of the two large bodies of the complex, the trampoline hall and the sport arena with its stands.
Besides the exterior factors, which influence the design, functional sequences and layout assignments determine the form of the building. The central element, the sport arena, which houses 5,000 spectators, is the core of the complex.
All internal semipublic and public functions are formed around it over two main floors.
The second large functional element is the trampoline hall, located in the northeast. A shell jointly envelops both of these volumes. The façade does not vary at all according to the orientation, which corresponds to the dynamic language of the hall. The canopy extrudes from the shape of the building and delivers pleasant shade to the eastern courtyard for events in the afternoon and early evening.
Horizontally mounted bands of expanded metal structure the surface. The lines that emerge from these bands are the main organizational principle of the façade and support the central theme of soft, vivid transitions all the way to the roof. At night, the ribbon windows intersect as beams of light on the façade, which animate and represent the dynamism of sport.
The development utilizes the various heights in topography to straighten walkways and builds a connected ring of all floors and access points. The main access is via the upper floor on the east: spectators make their way to the main courtyard from the parking in the northeast and from there gain access to the transparent entrance hall using the directly connected, encircling foyer-ring.
This inner section allows entry to all services and leads to the main arena through vomitories. The athletes enter using an entrance separated from the public in the west on a lower floor. The southwesterly access and delivery point is also situated on this level; part of an encompassing buckle that surrounds the building and offers bypass to vehicles.
Due to the variety of entry-points, large flexibility is obtained, which enables the hosting of concurrent events, such as sporting activities in the trampoline and warm-up halls, while simultaneously hosting sporting or cultural events in the arena.
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