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Polideportivo Sarapiquí, expansion

Sarapiquí, Costa Rica. 2015

Polideportivo de Sarapiquí, render of the locker room volume facing the soccer field, an extension that does not impose itself, Sarapiquí

Polideportivo de Sarapiquí, render of the side plaza with game tables under the raised court, the play focus of the complex, Sarapiquí

Polideportivo de Sarapiquí, render of the basketball court on the roof of the locker room volume, Sarapiquí

Polideportivo de Sarapiquí, render of the multipurpose gym with the wooded area behind, Sarapiquí

Section of Polideportivo de Sarapiquí with the L-shaped stands that resolve the level change between field and locker rooms, Sarapiquí

Polideportivo de Sarapiquí, aerial view of the complex surrounded by dense woodland, Sarapiquí

Overview

The Sarapiquí sports complex receives an expansion that joins the existing ensemble without overpowering it. The intervention adds four linked components. They are a soccer field, a locker room volume with exercise machine areas and game tables, a basketball court on the roof of that volume and a plaza that organizes the arrival to the complex. A dense wooded area surrounds the work and serves as its backdrop.

The section resolves the level difference between the soccer field and the level of the locker rooms and the gym. An L shaped grandstand takes advantage of that difference and creates a plinth that ties the spaces together. The side plaza is the play focus of the complex, visible from much of the sports grounds.

The gym is conceived as a multipurpose space for sports, dance and concerts. From its floor a grandstand rises toward one of its short sides, with a circular micro plaza as a stage, open to the natural landscape of Sarapiquí. The forest is visible from every angle of the project.