Pietro Carlo Pellegrini Architetto

Sports Hall

Sports Hall
© Iacopo Pasqui

SPORTS HALL

Carlo Gaspari Architetti + Beatrice Comelli Architetto

ARCHITECTS
Beatrice Comelli Architetto, Carlo Gaspari Architetti

CLIENTS
Municipality Of Gissi

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Tecnocostruzioni, Saulle Impianti Srl

PLANT DESIGNERS
Paolo Iannucci, Massimiliano Verna

MANUFACTURERS
Autodesk, Chaos Group, Reckli, Adobe, Cinema 4d, Dott. Gallina, Mcneel, Melathron, Polytan

DESIGN TEAM
Gaspari Carlo, Beatrice Comelli

CONSTRUCTION COMPANIE
Tecnocostruzioni, Saulle Impianti Srl

ENGINEERING
Gianni Duronio

PHOTOGRAPHS
Iacopo Pasqui

AREA
3768 M²

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
Gissi, Italy

CATEGORY
Sports Architecture

Text description provided by architect.

The Sports Hall is a building located in a small village in the Abruzzo countryside (Italy).

Sports Hall
© Iacopo Pasqui
Sports Hall
© Iacopo Pasqui

The building has a direct dialogue with the square which it overlooks, making the Sports Hall attractive for the entire service area.

Moreover, it is easily visible from the city hall, the stadium, and the swimming pool.

Sports Hall
© Iacopo Pasqui
Sports Hall
© Iacopo Pasqui

The volume is divided into two levels, the first, more permeable and transparent, is in polycarbonate and the second is in dark concrete.

The upper part of the building close to the parking lot is intended to be an attractive and warm place that makes semitransparency an element that induces curiosity due to the visual relationship between the outside and the activities inside the gym.

An entrance ramp leads to the building and an external cover entertains people who are outside.

Sports Hall
© Iacopo Pasqui
Sports Hall
© Iacopo Pasqui
Sports Hall
© Iacopo Pasqui

From there, the inside structure of the gym is visible through the glass window placed on the short side of the entrance.

From the ramp, you access the entrance hall of the gym. The building will be used constantly by the children of the school during the daytime, while in the afternoon it will host the volleyball team.

Thus, two entrances are displayed, the main one for the spectators situated on the street front and one for the students and the athletes located on the long side towards the school, at the level of the garden.

Sports Hall
© Iacopo Pasqui
Sports Hall
© Iacopo Pasqui
Sports Hall
© Iacopo Pasqui

Here the construction of a covered shelter is planned to allow safe passage of the pupils even during rainy days.

During the day, polycarbonate absorbs the shadows of the surrounding trees and buildings, creating a continuously moving facade; the black concrete protects the lower part of the building and contains the play space. 

The coloured pattern enhances the internal section of the building in the lower part, and the geometric iron cover painted in white becomes a lattice that gives depth and lightness to space.

Sports Hall
© Iacopo Pasqui


Sports Hall
© Iacopo Pasqui
Sports Hall
© Iacopo Pasqui


Sports Hall
© Iacopo Pasqui
Sports Hall
© Iacopo Pasqui
Sports Hall
© Iacopo Pasqui


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