Neighborhood Sports Center Kiel

Antwerp, Belgium

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Neighborhood Sports Center Kiel

Antwerp, Belgium

Firm

UR architects

Type

Hospitality + Sport › Sports Center

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2013

SIZE

10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft

BUDGET

$1M - 5M

The site has a strategic position in the socially mixed Kiel district of Antwerp. The low-budget sports center with two sports halls and a sports gear rental depot fulfills a social role in the neighborhood, sitting on the gateway to a school campus.
The building looks out to all sides, inverting the traditional introvert sports hall typology: large sports hall, dancing hall and rental depot face outward, interconnected by a T-shaped service area. The simple, industrial architecture reflects the modernism of the surrounding buildings. The roofscape is conceived as a fifth facade visible from the nearby housing blocks by famed modernist architect Renaat Braem.
The ephemeral halls with facades in translucent multi-layered polycarbonate, white steel structure and colored floors contrast with the chiaroscuro service area in concrete and black laminate. The facades communicate the play of shadows and combine diffused daylight with good insulation and air tightness, resulting in low energy use.
Sun and outdoor climate form the backdrop of sports and play. At night the building becomes a glowing beacon in the neighborhood. The terrain will become an ecological flowering prairie dotted with trees and a grass island for informal play.

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Neighborhood Sports Center Kiel

Antwerp, Belgium

Neighborhood Sports Center Kiel

Antwerp, Belgium

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