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Sports complex and park
LAND +STUDIOUAP + TSPOON - “LESS IS MORE 5” COMPETITION
LAND + STUDIOUAP + TSPOON WIN THE “LESS IS MORE 5” COMPETITION FOR A NEW SPORTS COMPLEX AND PARK IN PAGLIAN CASALE – PARCO RADICELLI, ROME
StudioUAP
Study of architecture
Rome, 20.10.2008
The landscape of the Agro Romano is preserved and enhanced in its meaning by re-proposing some stratigraphic bands that reveal the diversified landscapes of the Roman countryside with its typical elements (scattered trees, open agricultural fields, clearings, ravines and archaeological remains) and that gradually connect the urbanized area of the new neighborhood with the rurality of the surrounding territory. A significant choice is to reduce the impact of the built environment and to offer a homogeneous view from the park towards the urban "banks".
The themed strips descending in altitude through the alternation of green slopes and soft terraces offer gradually more rural atmospheres. The urban "banks" group together the accesses to the park, the activities, the sports complex and the system of parking and public spaces.
A web of paths continues the distribution of the park that, following the orography, connects the banks and the main path of the cycle-pedestrian ring in the heart of the park. The latter is the element that gives centrality to the park both for the activities that can be carried out there (rest areas, jogging, fitness trail) and for the interconnections that are generated with the entire neighborhood.
Inside the ring, along the entire Radicelli ditch, the park with the greatest natural character develops.
The new sports complex has a strong connection with the orography of Radicelli park in a game of horizontal and inclined planes that result in the integration between the park and the new neighborhood.
The new building, which contains the various elements of the sports complex (2 swimming pools, multipurpose gym for sports competitions, club house, meeting room) partially underground, dissolves into stratified floors to underline the relationship with the landscape. The floors, the first with a flowery lawn at street level and the second with mineral treatment at an intermediate level with respect to the park, are connected by ramps that guarantee the continuity of the pedestrian paths.
Some horizontal cuts that cross the volume allow wide views of the landscape allowing a fusion between the interior of the building and the precious area of the Roman countryside. One of these, on the roof, treated as an urban landmark, constitutes the entrance to the large central foyer, a covered square, which crosses the building in a transversal South/North direction, overlooking the park after having distributed the users towards the entrance halls of the swimming pools and the gym and the other functions foreseen by the program. The belvedere on the roof of the sports complex offers a new public space without compromising the continuity between the park and the new neighborhood.
Sports complex and park
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Category Contemporary Architectures
