Sports hall, Rezé
The design for Rezé’s metropolitan sports centre is informed by the search for a simple, optimal and refined form. The arena and the public entrance areas occupy a simple parallelepipedal space; box-like shapes are added on the four sides to house annex units. The whole is broken up and lightened by the transparent treatment of the ground floor and the intermediary floor. The horizontality and fragmentation that dominate the architecture provide the arena with a strongly identifiable character. The metal latticework sculpts the building, enhancing its geometry and creating shimmering effects on the façades.
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Program
Sports hall of 4 140 seats (general public, VIP, persons with reduced mobility and press). Multi-configurations: basketball, handball and volleyball. Large independant training space with locker rooms, offices clubs, operation and administration premises, storage and technical premises.
Client
Nantes Métropole
Project team
Chaix & Morel et Associés, Paris
Philippe Chaix, Jean-Paul Morel, Rémy Van Nieuwenhove
with Denis Germond
and Rémi Brabis, Taeck-Gu Lee
Aurel & Laurent, architects
SNC Lavalin, engineering, fire safety, sports flooring
Bureau Michel Forgue, quantity surveyor
Franck Boutté, sustainable development (competition phase)
Alternative, acoustics
Neveux Rouyer, landscaping
Key figures
Area : 9 600 m² usable floor area + 7 150 m² usable floor area for outdoor
Construction costs excl. VAT : 19 M€ (competition phase)
Competition 2012 - under studies
Environmental specifications
High environmental quality approach.
Compliance with RT 2012 or RT 2005 -50%.
Trombe wall for natural ventilation in the training room.
Photography credits
Grégoire Couvert
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