Sports Center Csomád

Csomád, Hungary

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Sports Center Csomád

Csomád, Hungary

Firm

Kolossa Architects

Type

Hospitality + Sport › Sports Center

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2014

SIZE

3000 sqft - 5000 sqft

BUDGET

Undisclosed

Kolossa Architects designed the new Sports Center at Csomád.

The tight budget and the limited area available between the two existing football pitches were challenging - the project focuses on creating diverse spaces while using simple forms and affordable solutions.

Csomád is a small settlement in the northern metropolitan area of Budapest with the population of ca. 1500 people. The leadership of the village is dedicated toward architectural quality: in 2008 they won 2nd prize on Pest County’s Architectural Award, and in 2015 they won the special award for village renewal of the Association of Hungarian Architects (Magyar Építőművészek Szövetsége)!

The Sports Center is the first phase of the local sport area development. The 2nd phase future extension will be placed alongside the bigger football field, hidden partially under the hillside. Phase one is designed to perform as a balanced architectural element on its own, yet the two phases are also going to provide a nice composition. The thin, concrete slab serving as a “levitating” outdoor bridge connecting the two phases is built already in phase one lending a somewhat dynamic touch to the otherwise closed shape of the Sports Center.

Due to its dynamic, simple design, the new building stands out among the pitched roof residential buildings of its surroundings. The geometry of the building evolved a lot through the design process. In the end it “found” its place and shape interacting sensitively with the site and its urban function.

The ground floor contains a pub and the restrooms while the changing rooms and the spaces of the football club are on the first floor. The ground floor is open to visitors and the two floors can be used separately.

Small gestures and detailing like the special blue colour used many places throughout the building which is typical to the village, or the abstract reappearance of the inner yard of traditional local houses however make locals recognize the Sports Center as their own, and they seem to take pride in showing it to all the guests of various sports and village events.

The Sports Center opened to locals on June 2014.

Photographs: Tamás Bujnovszky

Client: The Municipality of Csomád, Mayor: János Klement
Aechitect in charge: József Kolossa DLA, András Weiszkopf
Associates: Katalin Kolossáné Bartha, Lilla Árkovics, Annamária Babos, Zsófia Gönczöl
Structural Engineer: László Mózes
Electric Engineer: Tamás Piller
Building Services Engineer: Zoárd Mangel
External Graphics: Dóra Máthé
Construction: Tildi Bau Kft., Kristóf Keresztes
Supervisor: Géza Áts