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The new sports hall, adjacent to the existing hall, will house a double sports field, changing rooms and stands, two multi-purpose sports halls and their changing rooms, as well as the consolidation of the school campus’ janitorial facilities.
The architecture of the new building favors an optimized use of natural light according to the use of each room. This new hall is located to the southwest of the existing one and is connected by a common main entrance.
A wooden beam structure allows the roof to span the entire width of the building without intermediate columns. The roof is designed with three sawtooths with north-facing windows for maximized natural light and glare-free sports hall. The slope of these saw teeth is covered with solar panels, thus optimally oriented south-east, without the need for a substructure for the panels.
The first floor consists of two areas: the janitorial rooms and the multipurpose sports rooms. This floor has an independent access.
Located on the second floor, the large sports field can be divided into two smaller fields by a double curtain to allow for parallel training sessions. Equipped with stands for 150 spectators on the second floor, it is also suitable for sporting events open to the public.
A shared foyer with checkouts links the two buildings with the public entrance. The main corridor leads directly to the locker rooms, which are connected by direct accesses to the sports field, in order to avoid crossing flows.
People with reduced mobility can enter through the sports access on the first floor and use the elevator to access all the different areas of the building.