Coll - Barreu Arquitectos

City of Jaca Hockey Arena

City of Jaca Hockey Arena
© Coll-Barreu Arquitectos

CITY OF JACA HOCKEY ARENA

Coll-Barreu Arquitectos

CATEGORY
Stadiums

LOCATION
Jaca, Spain

AREA
18123.0 m²

ARCHITECTS
Coll-Barreu Arquitectos - Juan Coll-Barreu & Daniel Gutiérrez Zarza

YEAR
2005

Text description provided by architect.

The City of Jaca Hockey Arena has been the most representative facility of the European Youth Olimpic Festival of Jaca 2007, the first event in the Pyrennes.

City of Jaca Hockey Arena
© Coll-Barreu Arquitectos
City of Jaca Hockey Arena
© Coll-Barreu Arquitectos

Two ice rinks allow the pavillion to celebrate hockey, figure skating, short track curling competitions, being simultaneously a recreational ice center.

The building has reinforced the relevance of the ice in Jaca.It has regenerate an undeveloped area of the city and it has become a successful reference of the Future of Jaca.

City of Jaca Hockey Arena
© Coll-Barreu Arquitectos
City of Jaca Hockey Arena
© Coll-Barreu Arquitectos

Throught the sipirit of the First Winter Games, the project suggestes the idea of natural landscape recovering its great relevance in this kind of indoor activities.

City of Jaca Hockey Arena
© Coll-Barreu Arquitectos
City of Jaca Hockey Arena
© Coll-Barreu Arquitectos

The Dome takes the strength of the nearby Oroel Mount and the Pyrenee peaks. And meets directly the ground without any sort of façade. As a drop of water, the content is contained by no container at all. The membrane is perceived as a soft crystal of Ice, and it must be crossed to accede, like a natural experience.

City of Jaca Hockey Arena
© Coll-Barreu Arquitectos
City of Jaca Hockey Arena
© Coll-Barreu Arquitectos
City of Jaca Hockey Arena
© Coll-Barreu Arquitectos
City of Jaca Hockey Arena
© Coll-Barreu Arquitectos

This membrane groups roof, facade, structure, lightning, electrical, security and air conditioning systems. The latest included into the main structure), and organizes the movements and uses of the pavillion.

Under that delicate efficient shell there is only concrete, brick and ice, with no constructive details.

City of Jaca Hockey Arena
© Coll-Barreu Arquitectos
City of Jaca Hockey Arena
© Coll-Barreu Arquitectos


City of Jaca Hockey Arena
City of Jaca Hockey Arena
City of Jaca Hockey Arena
City of Jaca Hockey Arena
City of Jaca Hockey Arena
City of Jaca Hockey Arena


City of Jaca Hockey Arena
City of Jaca Hockey Arena
City of Jaca Hockey Arena
City of Jaca Hockey Arena
City of Jaca Hockey Arena

Coll - Barreu Arquitectos
T +34 915 399248
Coll - Barreu Arquitectos
P.º de la Castellana, 115, Tetuán, 28046 Madrid, Spain