Ice Rink, Montpellier
The three elements of the skating arena have curving battered blue concrete walls that converge toward the round plaza where the tramway stops. The entrance façade interrupts the movement and rises to the sky in a vertical and fragmented plan. The arena houses an athletic rink and a recreational rink, with an overhanging walkway open to the public. The walls of the recreational rink are treated as screens, 100 meters in length, which can be used to change ambiances and backdrops.
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Program
Végapolis, district ice rink of Montpellier:
Olympic track with 1 200 - 2 400 seats depending on the events, playful track of 1300 m² with different levels, initiation area and tunnel, in communication with the Olympic track by ice; scenographic treatment of the hall of fun.
Client
District de l'Agglomération de Montpellier
SERM (Société d’Equipement de la Région Montpelliéraine)
Project team
Chaix & Morel et associés, Paris
Philippe Chaix, Jean-Paul Morel, Rémy van Nieuwenhove
and Rémi Lichnerowicz, Stéphane Monfort, Dorothée Nourisson, Francesca Pisani, Sophie Poussange, Anabel Sergent, Mirco Tardio
INGEROP Paris et Sud-Ouest, engineering
INEX, mechanical engineering
Peutz & Associés, acoustics
AR & C, framework, roofing
Margaret Gray, graphic designer
Grouping SOCOTEC/APAVE, quality surveyors
SICSOL, soil studies
Cabinet SIRAGUSA, land surveyor
Ingénierie Sportive et Culturelle – Paris, detailed programming
B.E.H.I. – Toulouse, energy optimization
ARTEBA COORDINATION, scheduling, construction management and coordination
Lucien ROS – SERM, coordination for safety and health protection
Key figures
Area : 9 000 m² SHON - 3 100 m2 of ice
Construction costs excl. VAT : 10 M €
Competition 1998, completion 2000
Photography credits
Hervé Abbadie
Bertrand Delamain
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