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Sports Hall Bale

Sports Hall Bale
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SPORTS HALL BALE

3LHD

ARCHITECTS
3LHD

AREA
3.66 m2

YEAR
2006

LOCATION
Bale, Croatia

CATEGORY
Recreation & Training

Sports Hall Bale
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Sports Hall Bale
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Bale (Valle in Italian) is a small place in Istria with a population of 1000 people.

Sports Hall Bale
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Sports Hall Bale
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The new sports hall is adjacent to the old school, and due to the size of the village itself where this building is the second largest after the church, it will also be used as a public facility for various social gatherings.

The size of the building has been defined by the basket ball playground and modified by additional facilities on the gallery: a fitness centre and a sauna, while the locker rooms are planned as an extension to the school.

Sports Hall Bale
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Sports Hall Bale
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The traditional local dry stone wall motif has been used as a template for the whole surfacing, and the small traditional stone hut, the so called kažun, an example of the archetypical structure has been used as the basic structural pattern.

The sports hall solution plan has been made to meet the design and construction time schedule of 11 months, which was possible only by using RC prefabricated elements.

Sports Hall Bale
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Sports Hall Bale
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All the bearing and façade elements of the sports hall have been made from prefabricated elements.

Its integration into the environment has been achieved by minimizing its size, blending with the landscape but also by using local stone materials for façade surfacing which gives to this modern building the appearance of an traditional house.

Sports Hall Bale
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Sports Hall Bale
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Sports Hall Bale
Sports Hall Bale
Sports Hall Bale
Sports Hall Bale
Sports Hall Bale
Sports Hall Bale


Sports Hall Bale
Sports Hall Bale

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