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Zamet Centre

Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD

ZAMET CENTRE

3LHD

ARCHITECTS
3LHD

LOCATION
Rijeka, Croatia

CATEGORY
Recreation & Training

AREA
12.289 m2

PROJECT YEAR
2008

PHOTOGRAPHS
Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD

Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD
Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD

Situated in Rijeka’s quarter Zamet, the new Zamet Centre in complete size of 16830 m2 hosts various facilities: sports hall with max 2380 seats, local community offices, library, 13 retail and service spaces and a garage with 250 parking spaces.

Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD
Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD

One third of the sports hall’s volume is cut in the ground, and the rest of the Centre is fully fitted into the surrounding landscape.

The building’s main architectural element are ribbon-like linear stripes stretching over the site in a north-south direction, functioning at the same time as an architectural design element of the object and as a zoning element which forms a public square and a link between the park on the north and school and B. Vidas street on the south.

Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD
Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD

The stripes were inspired by “gromača”, a type of rocks specific to Rijeka, which the centre artificially reinterprets by colour and shape.

Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD
Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD

They are paved with 51.000 ceramic tiles designed by 3LHD and manufactured specially for the centre.

The steel construction, girder span of 55 meters and their varying height allow the natural light illumination of the sports hall.

Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD
Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD
Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD
Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD

The hall has been designed in accordance with the latest world sports standards for major international sports competitions. The concept is based on flexibility of space.

Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD
Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD

Playground size is 46 x 44 meters, for two handball courts. The hall contains all the supporting facilities for professional training and competition, and the auditorium designed as a system of telescopic stands enables the transformation for everyday use as well as for other activities such as concerts, conferences and congresses.

Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD
Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD

Selected interior materials - wood and acoustic panels, suggests that the hall is a large living room for athletes.

The main access to the hall and other facilities is located west of the hall from the public square and from the underground garage.


Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD
Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD
Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD
Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD
Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD
Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD
Zamet Centre
© Domagoj Blazevic + 3LHD


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