Ágora to reassure the landscape. Sports facilities by unparelld'arquitectes
04/12/2018.
[Olot] Spain
metalocus, ÁNGEL TORNE
metalocus, ÁNGEL TORNE
In a city with a long past, of Roman foundation, and troubled as so many others cities by the real state boom of a decade ago, Olot is a city near Girona that sews its urban gaps little by little.
The "sports city" project of the Morrot was executed in two phases, fields of play and facilities, the first phase was built by engineering companies, acording to what we have been able to verify, without attention and a disappointing sensitivity.
Facilities second phase was commissioned to the architecture studio unparelld’arquitectes.
The "sports city" project of the Morrot was executed in two phases, fields of play and facilities, the first phase was built by engineering companies, acording to what we have been able to verify, without attention and a disappointing sensitivity.
Facilities second phase was commissioned to the architecture studio unparelld’arquitectes.
Ágora, Sports facilities by unparelld'arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
Ágora, Sports facilities by unparelld'arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
Ágora, Sports facilities by unparelld'arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
Ágora, Sports facilities by unparelld'arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
Ágora, Sports facilities by unparelld'arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
Ágora, Sports facilities by unparelld'arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
Ágora, Sports facilities by unparelld'arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
Ágora, Sports facilities by unparelld'arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
Ágora, Sports facilities by unparelld'arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
Ágora, Sports facilities by unparelld'arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
Site plan. Ágora, Sports facilities by unparelld'arquitectes.
Ground floor plan and elevations. Ágora, Sports facilities by unparelld'arquitectes.
Elevation. Ágora, Sports facilities by unparelld'arquitectes.
Axonometric. Ágora, Sports facilities by unparelld'arquitectes.
Section. Ágora, Sports facilities by unparelld'arquitectes.
Section. Ágora, Sports facilities by unparelld'arquitectes.
Ágora, Sports facilities by unparelld'arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
The architecture firm unparelld’arquitectes is lead by Guillem Moliner and Eduard Callís. They has brilliantly resolved the commissioned project, in disjointed, aggressive urban context. They have established a more attentive dialogue with the landscape than the one given by the previous lamentable interventions.
A project that talks, that calms the surroundings, serenes and reduces its stress, deploying a basic program (an entrance, a bar, the box office and some changing rooms). The project is accompanied by a classic logia, whose dimensions dignify this modest space, and transforms the facilities in a classic temple. Dimensions that are quickly reduced by deploying its volume to the environment.
A project full of nuances and good architecture.
A project that talks, that calms the surroundings, serenes and reduces its stress, deploying a basic program (an entrance, a bar, the box office and some changing rooms). The project is accompanied by a classic logia, whose dimensions dignify this modest space, and transforms the facilities in a classic temple. Dimensions that are quickly reduced by deploying its volume to the environment.
A project full of nuances and good architecture.
Description of project by unparelld’arquitectes
A square-shaped public square, defined by two porches and open to the football pitches. This will be the centre of the sports complex of El Morrot. This is also the answer to the contradictions between use and site: an industrial estate and a street with hardly any sidewalks.
The square connects visually with the geographical landmarks, the outline of the mountains that enclose the county. At the same time, it becomes separated from the factories and the street, busy with many lorries. The pavilions share the same platform with the pitches. An interruption in the base leads to a complex and gradual entrance route: reception patio, entrenched steps and ramp, terrace on the street, porch at three heights, to end up leading into the central space tangentially.
The pavilions are twins but not equal. They share profile and porches, but they maintain the differences deriving from their position and use: one is used for changing rooms and the other one for reception, cafeteria and other facilities. Their scaled volume adjusts to the proportions of the square, their internal organisation and the horizontality of the base.
Everything is structure. Keeping to the reduced budget (620€/m2), investment is made in what is important: the activation of a shared space, the generous volume of the interiors and the entrance of natural light. In this sense, the construction with load-bearing walls of concrete blocks is simple and easy to build. Its internal logic defines the calligraphy of the construction.
The two pavilions facing each other dress a setting to cultivate one of the most appreciated values of sports for young people: socialisation.
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Architects
unparelld'arquitectes. Eduard Callís, Guillem Moliner
Project team
Xevi Rodeja, Jordi Moret, architects. Paula Alejandro, Mariona Planiol, Thommy Parra, Sara Palmada, Sergi Jiménez, architecture students. Jesús Bassols, quantity surveyor.
Collaborators
Lluís Guanter (Blázquez-Guanter), David Codinach (CODIestudi), structures. Lluís Parés (Serveis d’Enginyeria Sobirana Parés), supplies project. Albert Casademont (Colomer-Rifà), quantity surveyor.
Client
Ajuntament d’Olot
Builder
Argón Informática, S.A.
Area
2.083 m²
Venue
Carrer de França, 30-32. 17800 Olot, Spain
Dates
Project date.- 2016. Works date.- 2016-2017
Guillem Moliner, Eduard Callís. unparelld’arquitectes
unparelld’arquitectes is an architectural firm led by Eduard Callís and Guillem Moliner based in Olot. The office's work has been exhibited in different European cities and has been awarded by the Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (2018), Palmarés Technal (2018), Girona Architecture Prize (2017/2016/2004), AJAC Award (2016/2012), Darc Awards (2016), shortlisted at the AR Emerging Awards (2016), European Award for Urban Public Space (2016), Lamp Lighting Solutions Awards (2017/2015) or FAD Architecture and Interior Design Awards (2017/2014), among others.
Eduard Callís is a PhD in architecture from Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) with the thesis “The Architecture of Spanish Dams”, a professor at the ETSAB Barcelona School of Architecture (UPC), previously at Girona and ETSAV, and a member of the HABITAR research group.
Guillem Moliner is an architect who graduated from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and is a professor of interior design at Olot Art and Design School.
Eduard Callís is a PhD in architecture from Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) with the thesis “The Architecture of Spanish Dams”, a professor at the ETSAB Barcelona School of Architecture (UPC), previously at Girona and ETSAV, and a member of the HABITAR research group.
Guillem Moliner is an architect who graduated from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and is a professor of interior design at Olot Art and Design School.
