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Curro Durbanville Sporting Facilities
Curro Durbanville Sporting Facilities
Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa
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Curro Durbanville Sporting Facilities
Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa
Firm
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2019
SIZE
10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft
BUDGET
$1M - 5M
Curro Multi-Purpose Hall & Indoor Cricket Nets
Playful spaces & dynamic links
With Curro’s constant striving for innovation, BPAS Architects were tasked to create a multi-functional facility for Curro Durbanville’s expanding sport and cricket academy. The facilities needed to include a gym, sport apparel shop, tuck-shop, physiotherapy facilities, offices, ablutions, change rooms for the sport fields, a multi-function hall for events and four indoor cricket nets.
The mass of the building is situated between the two main sport fields (rugby and hockey). BPAS bisected the functionality into two distinct portions, creating a visual link between the sport fields rather than a barrier. This connection serves to activate the space between the sport fields and to add function to a previously under-utilised area. The visual link is further enhanced by a bridge-link, which acts as a viewing platform for the hockey field, as well as a balcony which was incorporated into the multi-function hall, acting as a viewing platform for the rugby fields. A “tilted” axis and tapered walls makes the buildings more dynamic, drawing pedestrians through its link.
BPAS created a very distinct mass for each of the two main elements in the building. The cricket nets portion of the building is housed in a tapered “shed” with heights designed according to functionality, while the multi-function hall with viewing balconies is elevated to the first storey to maximise on views across the sport fields.
The building form is articulated on the edges with red face-brick walls featuring tapered planes and rounded edges, leading the pedestrian into the space created between the building portions. The inside of the cricket nets is cladded with varnished OSB board, which adds to the robust character, while softening the material palette. The material palette includes a selection of hardy materials that suit the robust nature of the sportsgrounds, namely concrete, face-brick and steel.
Functions throughout the building are articulated through the façade elements, which creates visual separation and cues to visitors by using different materials. The building is extroverted in nature and opens its functions for the public to experience. BPAS made use of dynamic forms and lines to give each space its own identity, while the innovative use of materials to define each of these spaces adds a unique character to the building.
Landseer Collen, principal and lead architect at BPAS Architects, says: “The initial client request was for a very robust and large-scale building. As the architects, we took into consideration the immediate thresholds: framed by public space and private residences, it was challenging to incorporate the scale, form and mass into a functional building, but still adhere to a certain playfulness. We therefore developed a theory to drive the building using playful spaces and movement. Inspired by the Star Wars Sandcrawler, we designed the building in an inverted shape which enables a more functional space, and also creates a landmark building with a view that is perfectly framed by a beautifully designed foyer.
The team consisted of Design Architect Ian Cox, Project Architect Theo Gutter and Cuan Stephens.
Playful spaces & dynamic links
With Curro’s constant striving for innovation, BPAS Architects were tasked to create a multi-functional facility for Curro Durbanville’s expanding sport and cricket academy. The facilities needed to include a gym, sport apparel shop, tuck-shop, physiotherapy facilities, offices, ablutions, change rooms for the sport fields, a multi-function hall for events and four indoor cricket nets.
The mass of the building is situated between the two main sport fields (rugby and hockey). BPAS bisected the functionality into two distinct portions, creating a visual link between the sport fields rather than a barrier. This connection serves to activate the space between the sport fields and to add function to a previously under-utilised area. The visual link is further enhanced by a bridge-link, which acts as a viewing platform for the hockey field, as well as a balcony which was incorporated into the multi-function hall, acting as a viewing platform for the rugby fields. A “tilted” axis and tapered walls makes the buildings more dynamic, drawing pedestrians through its link.
BPAS created a very distinct mass for each of the two main elements in the building. The cricket nets portion of the building is housed in a tapered “shed” with heights designed according to functionality, while the multi-function hall with viewing balconies is elevated to the first storey to maximise on views across the sport fields.
The building form is articulated on the edges with red face-brick walls featuring tapered planes and rounded edges, leading the pedestrian into the space created between the building portions. The inside of the cricket nets is cladded with varnished OSB board, which adds to the robust character, while softening the material palette. The material palette includes a selection of hardy materials that suit the robust nature of the sportsgrounds, namely concrete, face-brick and steel.
Functions throughout the building are articulated through the façade elements, which creates visual separation and cues to visitors by using different materials. The building is extroverted in nature and opens its functions for the public to experience. BPAS made use of dynamic forms and lines to give each space its own identity, while the innovative use of materials to define each of these spaces adds a unique character to the building.
Landseer Collen, principal and lead architect at BPAS Architects, says: “The initial client request was for a very robust and large-scale building. As the architects, we took into consideration the immediate thresholds: framed by public space and private residences, it was challenging to incorporate the scale, form and mass into a functional building, but still adhere to a certain playfulness. We therefore developed a theory to drive the building using playful spaces and movement. Inspired by the Star Wars Sandcrawler, we designed the building in an inverted shape which enables a more functional space, and also creates a landmark building with a view that is perfectly framed by a beautifully designed foyer.
The team consisted of Design Architect Ian Cox, Project Architect Theo Gutter and Cuan Stephens.
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