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Neumatt Sports Center Pusat Sukan by Evolution Design

Neumatt Sports Center Pusat Sukan by Evolution Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2016 A' Design Award Perak in Reka Bentuk Seni Bina, Bangunan dan Struktur Competition Category.


PerakSeni Bina· 2016

Neumatt Sports Center Pusat Sukan

by Evolution Design

Client: Evolution Design

A' Design Award Perak Winner in Seni Bina Category

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The Design

About Neumatt Sports Center Pusat Sukan

Teks Buku: Pusat Sukan Neumatt ialah sebuah dewan sukan tiga gelanggang di Strengelbach, Switzerland. Di bahagian dalam, warna hijau, kuning, merah, jingga dan biru digunakan sebagai hiasan sekaligus sebagai sistem navigasi, dan bilik persalinan dikenal pasti mengikut warna dan bukannya nombor. Aras atas yang berkaca menggunakan kaca kapilari yang membawa cahaya siang jauh ke dalam dewan serta mengurangkan silau. Sebuah pam haba geoterma memanaskan bangunan pada musim sejuk dan menyejukkannya pada musim panas, sekali gus menghapuskan keperluan penyaman udara. Tapak bangunan yang dirender membawa corak ikon sukan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

Neumatt Sports Center Pusat Sukan ialah pemenang A' Design Award Perak, pengiktirafan yang sangat berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk bertaraf tinggi, indah dan mengagumkan. Pemenang Perak ialah karya yang amat cemerlang dan sangat kreatif yang menggambarkan kepakaran, bakat dan ketajaman fikiran yang luar biasa pereka bentuknya. Neumatt Sports Center Pusat Sukan diharapkan menjadi karya yang menakjubkan, contoh teladan, sangat profesional dan sangat inovatif. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Perak ini ialah ciptaan yang sangat ketara dan dikagumi yang memberi manfaat kepada dan memajukan batas seni, sains, reka bentuk dan teknologi. Neumatt Sports Center Pusat Sukan ialah ciptaan yang sangat dicemburui yang membangkitkan keinginan, membawa perasaan positif dan mencetuskan rasa hairan serta kagum.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Neumatt is not one of the many standard sports centers in Switzerland. Inside, it is a true color burst of green, yellow, red, orange and blue. These rainbow-like colors not only help children to navigate around, but it’s also more playful and taps into the way children see the world. Outside, the translucent glass façade reflects the color of the sky and the rendered base is complemented with a special sport icon pattern that gives the building its unique identity.
Dimensions & Packaging
3-pitch sports hall. Building plot size is 4’100 m2. Floor area is 2’300 m2. Building volume is 16’700 m3.
Tags
Sports center, sports hall, sport, Switzerland
Production Technology
Inside, color is used both decoratively and as a navigation device. Changing rooms are colored rather than numbered and each shower room is a simple concrete and wood design that is enlivened by bright shades. The glazed upper level delivers perfect natural light by using a capillary glass that minimizes glare and also maximizes thermal insulation. There is no air-conditioning, instead an ecological geothermal heat pump, which heats the building in winter and cools it in summer.
Design Challenge
As the building was built by raising taxes of the local community, cost-efficiency was a very crucial aspect. The use of bright color concept inside helped to enliven the building, which is very simple in both materials and construction. To reduce the impact outside, the building accommodates the slight slope by being higher at one end than the other. The facade consist of the upper glazed level that changes color depending on viewpoint and the time of day and the vivid lower patterned base.
Research
At lot of time was invested in exploring the ecological potential of the sports hall. Aiming to reduce artificial lighting, a special capillary glass was used that maximizes natural light deep in the space and minimizes glare. By analyzing the natural airflow access across the building, natural night cooling was installed through openings in the façade and the roof to avoid installing air-conditioning. For heating and free cooling in summer a geothermal heat pump was used.
Inspiration
Often sports centers can be simple and dark spaces that provide required functions, but don’t inspire or motivate people to spend time there. By designing a bright sports hall flooded with daylight, the architects wanted to encourage people to spend more time doing sports and truly enjoy being there. Also children have different needs from adults, therefore using color was very important. Not only is it easier for them to navigate with color, but it’s also more playful.
Project Duration
Building works started in August 2014 and finished in December 2015 in a village called Strengelbach in central Switzerland
Operation Flow
Neumatt is used as a sports center by the local municipality, schools and sport clubs. The main sports hall can be easily transformed to 3-pitch hall.
Team Members
Marco Noch
Patrik Uihlein
Stefan Camenzind
Image Credits
Sue Baer Fotografie

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