Neumatt Sports Center Setsi sa Dipapali by Evolution Design

Neumatt Sports Center Setsi sa Dipapali by Evolution Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2016 Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Meaho, Dikaho le Dibopego Competition Category.

SileveraMeaho· 2016

Neumatt Sports Center Setsi sa Dipapali

by Evolution Design

Client: Evolution Design

Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award Winner in Meaho Category

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The Design

About Neumatt Sports Center Setsi sa Dipapali

Setsi sa Dipapali sa Neumatt ke holo ea dipapali e nang le libaka tse tharo tsa ho bapala, e Strengelbach, Switzerland. Ka hare, mebala ea botala, mosehla, bofubelu, ‘orenje le botsooa e sebelisoa e le mokhabiso hape le e le sistimi ea tsamaiso, moo makamoro a ho fetola liaparo a khethollotsoeng ka mebala ho fapana le linomoro. Boemo bo ka holimo bo nang le khalase bo sebelisa khalase ea 'capillary' e kenyang leseli la letsatsi ka botebo holo ka hare le ho fokotsa khanya e babatsehang mahlong. Pompo ea mocheso oa lefatše (geothermal heat pump) e futhumatsa moaho nakong ea mariha le ho e pholisa nakong ea lehlabula, kahoo sistimi ea ho lekanya moea (air conditioning) ha e hlokahale. Motheo o rendiloeng o na le mokhoa oa maswaniso a maemo a dipapali.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award

Neumatt Sports Center Setsi sa Dipapali ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo e phahameng ka ho fetesisa, e ntle le e tsosang maikutlo. Bahapi ba Silevera ke mesebetsi e khanyang haholo le e nang le boqapi bo ikhethang e bontšang botsebi, talenta le bohlale ba baqapi ba eona. Neumatt Sports Center Setsi sa Dipapali e lebelletsoe ho ba mosebetsi o motle, oa mohlala, o nang le boprofeshenale bo bonahalang le mehopolo e mecha e tebileng. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award ke mohopolo o hlokomelehang haholo le o ratoang o tlisang molemo mme o sutumelletsang meeli ea bonono, mahlale, moralo le theknoloji. Neumatt Sports Center Setsi sa Dipapali ke mosebetsi oo batho ba bangata ba o lakatsang, o tsosang litakatso, o tlisang maikutlo a matle le o tsosetsang ho makala le ho hlolla.

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