Building concept: The space problem on the small square was solved by using three levels with different functions. The upper level houses basketball and tennis halls with 2,500 spectator seats. The 85 x 42 m area is spanned without a central span. The lower level contains the changing rooms, the swimming pool, handball courts, and workshops. All building services are located in the space between the columns and their cladding, or run along the outside of the columns.
Building concept: The space problem on the small square was solved by using three levels with different functions. The upper level houses basketball and tennis halls with 2,500 spectator seats. The 85 x 42 m area is spanned without a central span. The lower level contains the changing rooms, the swimming pool, handball courts, and workshops. All building services are located in the space between the columns and their cladding, or run along the outside of the columns.
Lava architecten transformed an old mission building in Leuven into a place where circus arts, music, theatre, and dance coexist under one shared roof. Effective soundproofing is the precondition for the shared use of the facility.
The Jewish Museum in Šeduva commemorates the culture of Eastern European towns before World War II. With their building, Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects from Finland reimagine the small-scale structure of one such village. Its residents were murdered in 1941 by Nazis and their local collaborators.
The new UCCA Clay Museum advances the millennia-old tradition of artisanal ceramics the Chinese metropolis Yixing is renowned for. An armour of red clay tile encloses the exhibition spaces and the open timber roof constructions above them – an expressive space for the presentation of modern ceramic art.
The Glasshouse Theatre adds a fifth venue to the heritage-listed Queensland Performing Arts Centre. It can be flexibly used for concerts, operas, and dance and theatre performances. The glass facades of the deeply cantilevered foyer visualise the theatrical art of illusion on the exterior.
In their restoration of the Monastery of Santa María of Sijena, Pemán y Franco and Sebastián preserve traces of destruction, rebuilding, and decay spanning 800 years. Recently, they remodelled the east and north wings into an exhibition space for the convent’s valuable artworks.
Housing for the homeless often consists of stacked contain ers. While the overnight shelter designed by Hild und K utilises prefabrication, thoughtful details adorn the robust building through which the Munich-based office conveys impres sions of warmth and home.