Synopses & Reviews
Sport is becoming a philosophy of life. Sport architecture is today increasingly seen as a commercial symbol, reflecting a growing culture of mainly media-induced grandeur. Consequently, structures built for international sports events are effectively the largest 'theatre buildings' of our times - a far cry from the formal severity of ancient examples.
A contrary trend in sport architecture is represented by complex volumes constructed in an elegant and yet economical way. Partly functionally severe with reduced forms, partly playful, and often timeless, sports buildings of this type feature increasingly flexible structural features such as retractable roofs.
This book was conceived against this background of current trends. It presents a varied selection of the most inspirational sports buildings to have emerged throughout the world in recent years. Contributions by international specialists add to the debate on the nature and form of sport architecture. Among the structures featured are football and Olympic stadia, sports halls, velodromes and grandstands, swimming centres and open-air pools, thermal baths and seaside resorts and a formula-one racetrack, representing the full range of this field of architecture.
Synopsis
* This is an English language co-edition of an existing German work.
Synopsis
Architecture for Sport showcases top achievements in international sports architecture of the last ten years, introducing 25 magnificent projects by leading architects throughout the world.
These projects represent a new and exciting fusion of architecture with the spirit of engineering, corporate architecture, futuristic design and sport. Each one is described from conception to completion, with detailed texts complemented by high-quality photographs and accurate drawings.
The project presentations are supported by specialist contributions by international authors exploring issues such as the relationship between form and temporary/long-term use, and that between building and landscape/town, to name a few.
Architecture for Sport offers a valuable resource to architects, planners, engineers, organisers of sports events and sports clubs, municipal decision-makers, managers in the building and construction industry, investors and events managers. It challenges readers to define their own position within the multifaceted world of sports construction.
Synopsis
* Includes the work of such leading architects as Enric Miralles, Tadao Ando, David Chipperfield, and Massimiliano Fuksas.
* Features projects from around the world.
* Comprehensively illustrated with plans, drawings, and photographs.
* This is an English language co-edition of an existing German work.
About the Author
PETER ST?RZEBECHER teaches Architecture at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and at the Ecole d'Architecture de Nantes. He has devoted himself in recent years to research, development and practice, and especially to the conception and realisation of public, sports and leisure buildings. This book presents the conclusions of his intensive architectural analysis.
SIGRID ULRICH is a qualified economist. Since her graduation, she has been working at the Deutsche Journalistenschule (German School of Journalism) as a writer and economic journalist for printed media and radio in Hamburg, Berlin and Vatilieu (France).
Table of Contents
PREFACE
Frei Otto
SPECIALIST CONTRIBUTIONS
Peter St?rzebecher, Sigrid Ulrich, Hamburg/Berlin/Vatilieu (Grenoble)
Architecture of Sport New ways of integration -
Economy and modern living
Thomas Beyer, Hamburg
Mad and Made for Sports Sport in everyday life
Benjamin Hossbach, Berlin
Sports Worlds
Work and Sport -
Inside opinions from Nike, Reebok, adidas
Heinz W. Krewinkel, B?blingen
Glass Exteriors Transparent facings and constructions
Niccol? Baldassini, Florence/Paris
Aerodynamic Expanses Architecture without perspectives or angles
Peter St?rzebecher, Sigrid Ulrich
New International Architecture of Sport 25 Constructions
PROJECTS
International Athletic Centre Sydney, 2000 -
Philip Cox, Richardson, Taylor, Peddle, Thorp
STADIA
Retractable Roof over the Centre Court at Rothenbaum in Hamburg -
Werner Sobek
Stade Charl?ty in Paris -
Henri and Bruno Gaudin
Stade de la Licorne in Amiens -
Philippe Chaix and Jean-Paul Morel
Stade de Gerland in Lyons -
Tony Garnier/Albert Constantin
San Nicola Sports Stadium in Bari -
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
STANDS
Rankhof Football Stadium in Basle -
Michael Alder
Sepang International Circuit in Sepang -
Hermann Tilke, Peter Wahl, Ulrich Merres
SPORTS HALLS
Sports Hall in Losone -
Livio Vacchini
Buchholz Sports Hall in Uster -
Stefan Camenzind and Michael Gr?fensteiner
A Hall for Sport and Culture in Meiningen -
Peter Kulka
Horst-Korber Sports Centre in Berlin -
Langhof-H?nni-Meerstein
Sports Hall in the Sixth Form College in Berlin -
L?on Wohlhage Wernik Architekten
Sports Facilities in a School for the Physically Disabled in Ingolstadt -
Vogel and Brunninger
National Training Centre for Rhythmic Gymnastics in Alicante -
Enric Miralles
'Dojo r?gional' Judo Hall in Br?tigny-sur-Orge near Paris -
Patrick Berger
Sports Hall and Playing Field in the Candie-Saint-Bernard Block of Flats in Paris -
Massimiliano Fuksas
Gymnase du Lyc?e Gustave Eiffel in Talange -
Alain P?lissier
Baseball Hall: O-Shaped Dome in Odate -
Toyo Ito
SWIMMING POOLS
Columbia Swimming Pool in Berlin -
Peter St?rzebecher
San Fernando de Henares Swimming Centre in Madrid -
Luis Moreno Mansilla and Emilio Tun?n
Swimming Pool in a Shopping Centre in Tokyo -
Tadao Ando
Adventure Pool in a Hotel in Oulu -
Paavo Karjaleinen and Arktes Oy
MUSEUM OF SPORT
River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames -
David Chipperfield
INSTITUTE OF SPORT
Netherlands Sport Museum in Lelystad -
Victor Mani
SPECIALIST CONTRIBUTIONS
Martin Wimmer, Berlin
Subterranean Movements In Earth Architecture
Ulrich Stock, Hamburg
Body and Rock A thermal spring of natural stone in the Swiss village of Vals Peter Zumthor
Peter St?rzebecher
Art Room -
Sports Room
Work in Progress by Tadashi Kawamata and Bathing Resort in Zug by Alfred Kr?henb?hl
Peter St?rzebecher
Architecture Room -
Sports Room
Bath House for Saint Nazaire by Sven Liebrecht
Peter St?rzebecher, Sigrid Ulrich
Asphalt Sport A private appearance in the urban space
St?phane Courarie-Delage, Paris
The City as a Stadium -
Paris, Press report
Ulrich Pramann, W?rthsee (Munich)
A Magical Place Called 'Stadium'
APPENDIX
Index of Projects
Short Biographies
Architects and Structural Designers/Engineers
Index of Photographers for the Specialist Contributions