Dong’an Lake Sports Center / gmp Architects
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Text description of the architects. After winning the competition in 2018, architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) designed the Chengdu Sports Center (aka Dong’an Lake Sports Park), an ensemble of three new sports and leisure buildings, in Chinese Metropolis completed Chengdu. It will be the venue for the upcoming FISU World University Games. The new sports center will be the focal point of Dong’an New Town – a waterfront area west of the city center in the heart of Longquan District. The ensemble comprises a group of buildings around a central square, consisting of a sports hall with 18,000 seats, a multifunctional hall for culture, leisure and popular sports, and an indoor swimming pool with two 50-metre pools.
The three buildings each have a square floor plan and are connected via a common base, which houses indoor training facilities for basketball, table tennis and badminton as well as restaurants, shops and parking spaces towards the open courtyard area. The ensemble is visible from afar thanks to the lamella facades with folded, shiny silver aluminum elements, which rotate towards the center of the facade and thus reveal the shape and color of the escape stairwells on the outside. Each building has its own color code, which makes it easier for visitors to find their way around the site and in the halls. The lamellar structure of the facade continues on the roof as the fifth facade, whereby the technical structures on the roof are enclosed and the symbolic appearance of the ensemble remains visible from above. The entrance zones of each building are characterized by narrow recesses.
Two large urban traffic axes limit the area to the north and west. In terms of urban planning, the Dong’an Lake Sports Park takes this situation into account by directing its visitors from there directly to the site. At the same time, the ensemble creates interesting interior and exterior spaces through the staggered arrangement of the three buildings in connection with the neighboring stadium. The quiet interior offers space for encounters and exercise. This creates a diverse mix of functions with training facilities for competitive and popular sports as well as a new social meeting place for the Longquan district.
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