New sports citadel
Prato - Italy
Studio Bandini & Associati, Carlo Bandini, Alessia Mulone, Maria Grazia Arca - Edilizia pubblica e dei servizi
White Ground Active 60x30 cm
Eco White Active 60x30 cm : 1275 mq (ca.)
The project consists in three functional areas which will house a rugby football pitch, an athletics field and sports/games area.
The rugby area will have new roofed stands, with a ticket office/washrooms block of around 50 m2 under cover, upgraded fencing for the pitch, upgraded lighting, and a connection between the pitch and the car park. The second area will house the requalified athletics field, while the sports/games area will include thematic areas dedicated to expanding the offering of services to the community (five a side, gym, multi-functional area, outdoors skating rink). The area for parties and events will be rebuilt with a paved square, with additional green space and urban furnishings and a small kiosk/cafeteria. The recreational area will be equipped with wooden courts for physical activities and a basketball playground.
The functional buildings in the multi-functional area, changing/washrooms and gym, feature an aluminium cantilevered roof. The chromatic unifying feature is the panelling of the large multi-functional roofed complex, the facades of which become a collage of the colours used for the various building blocks, alternating with large glazed surfaces. The buildings will be constructed with a prefabricated bearing structure, with insulating plaster exterior with quartz paint finish, while the floors and wall coverings will use the photo-catalytic ACTIVE Clean Air & Antibacterial Ceramic™ stoneware material, which partially degrades dirt when exposed to sunlight. The H block in contrast with the others, will be clad in ACTIVE Clean Air & Antibacterial Ceramic™ material externally as well as internally.
As for the roofed multi-functional complex, the need for the most functionally flexible space suggested a single-space structure of 25 m with reticular beams, with a light weight roof, and walls composed of insulated sandwich panels in press-folded and painted aluminium sheeting alternating with large glazed panels.
The project also provides for two systems to reduce the energy consumption of the new buildings, a thermal solar system in the changing rooms and gym, and photovoltaic panels on the multi-functional complex.
