Neumatt Sports Center Ntchito Yaikulu: Malo Ochitira Masewera by Evolution Design

Neumatt Sports Center Ntchito Yaikulu: Malo Ochitira Masewera by Evolution Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2016 Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award in Mapangidwe a Nyumba, Zomanga ndi Zomangidwa Competition Category.

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Neumatt Sports Center Ntchito Yaikulu: Malo Ochitira Masewera

by Evolution Design

Client: Evolution Design

Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award Winner in Zomangamanga Category

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The Design

About Neumatt Sports Center Ntchito Yaikulu: Malo Ochitira Masewera

Malemba a Bukhu: Neumatt Sports Center ndi holo ya masewera yokhala ndi mabwalo atatu ku Strengelbach, ku Switzerland. Mkati mwake, mitundu yobiriwira, yachikasu, yofiira, ya lalanje ndi yabuluu imagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati zokongoletsera komanso ngati njira yowongolera anthu, ndipo zipinda zosinthiramo zovala zimazindikiridwa ndi mtundu m'malo mwa manambala. Gawo lapamwamba loyikamo magalasi limagwiritsa ntchito magalasi apadera (capillary glass) omwe amabweretsa kuwala kwa dzuwa mkati mwa holoyo mozama ndikuchepetsa kuwala kowawa m'maso. Pampu ya kutentha kochokera pansi pa dziko (geothermal heat pump) imatenthetsa nyumbayi nthawi yozizira ndikuizizira nthawi yotentha, choncho palibe kufunika kwa mpweya wozizira wopangira (air conditioning). Maziko a nyumbayi omalizidwa ndi pulasitala ali ndi mapatani a zifanizo za masewera osiyanasiyana.

The Recognition

About the Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award

Neumatt Sports Center Ntchito Yaikulu: Malo Ochitira Masewera ndi mmodzi mwa opambana a Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award, kuzindikirika kolemekezeka modabwitsa komwe kumaperekedwa kwa mapangidwe a pamwamba, okongola ndi ochititsa chidwi. Opambana a Siliva ndi ntchito zowala kwambiri ndi zolenga kwambiri zomwe zimaonetsa ukatswiri, luso ndi nzeru zakuthwa za opanga awo. Neumatt Sports Center Ntchito Yaikulu: Malo Ochitira Masewera akuyembekezeka kukhala ntchito yodabwitsa yoonetsedwa, yaukatswiri wapadera ndi yatsopano kwambiri. Mapangidwe opambana Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award awa ndi chopangidwa chodziwika kwambiri ndi choyamikiridwa chomwe chimapindulitsa ndi kukulitsa malire a luso, sayansi, kapangidwe ndi ukadaulo. Neumatt Sports Center Ntchito Yaikulu: Malo Ochitira Masewera ndi cholengedwa chomwe anthu ambiri amachichitira nsanje, chomwe chimadzutsa zilakolako, kubweretsa maganizo abwino ndi kuyatsa kudabwa ndi chidwi.

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