RECREATION CENTRES

1. Youth Recreation & Cultural Centre, Denmark

2. Tempe Center for the Arts, Arizona

Youth Recreation & Culture Center,

Denmark

Architect: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter Aps + Cebra Arkitekter A/SLocation: Hellerup, Copenhagen, DenmarkProject Year: 2008Engineer: NCC Construction DanmarkLandscape: Peter Holst LandskabConstruction Area: 2,600 sqmOutdoor Area: 4,000 sqmThe building is situated in a residential area in a

northern suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark. The area predominately consists of large villas from the turn of the century.The site is long and narrow- on one side bordering the railroad and on the other a busy road- Gersonsvej – hence there was a noise problem to be solved.

• The site is noise polluted in a degree demanding noise reducing walls to protect the outdoor play area.

• Elements such as a bunker and a transformer box were integrated in the landscape of green noise baffles surrounding the site.

• To express the complexity of the program under one roof, the building is shaped to the area with a form that morph recreation and leisure in 3 connected houses.

• As interpretations of the surrounding villas, the design of the building basically downscales the large volume of the gym to the scale of the area.

• The houses spread out into individual villas:Sports villaCafé villaWork shop villaMusic villa• Ground level activities all have direct access to the garden or

court yards.• The merge between indoors and outdoors is an important

feature for the users.

• The terminology of the building recognizes classical domestic spaces such as the entrance hall, dining room, atelier, living room, terrace, garden and attic. Through the use of color, light and surfaces, varying moods are emerging as a series of rooms.

• Each is done with its own special character, specific technical, acoustic, material and surface related qualities depending on their unique function.

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Tempe Center for the Arts, Arizona

• Architect: ArchitektonLocation: Tempe, ArizonaProject Year: 2008Client: City of Tempe

• The new Tempe Center for the Arts, designed by Tempe Arizona’s Architekton is a 90,000 sq.ft arts center designed to support community performing and visual artists. Under the protective roof, individually expressed venues consist of a 600 seat proscenium theater, a 200 seat studio theater, a 3,500 sf gallery and a multi-purpose lakeside room. Each venue opens up to a central “city room” with dramatic views to the North. Unlike most theaters, this lobby is open to the public without a ticket and becomes a popular gathering place that brings art and community together while enhancing the Tempe landscape, promoting positive quality of life issues related to sustainability, recreation and culture.

• A variety of special zones were created from contemplative to large gathering areas, all designed to frame the tremendous views from this site and all accented with visual art.

• At the entrance 8,000 embedded marbles and tiny mirrors to create a shimmery sunlit effect at the Center’s marquee have been used.

• This shimmering effect echoes on the west wall of the Lakeside room where a massive array of mirrors capture and digitize the available light reflecting off of the Center’s expansive negative edge pool.

•  The materials and overall shape were chosen to engage the building with its environment (concrete, sandstone, copper, and native river rock).

• The Tempe Center for the Arts (TCA) is an excellent example of regional architecture that responds to the unique Arizona desert climate.

• The building is sited so it can open its main public gathering spaces to the north.

• All openings are triple glazed and deeply recessed or protected by extensive building elements.

• The base walls are three feet thick providing an excellent thermal mass protecting the interior spaces.

• The massive circular wall protects the spaces within from the harsh natural (climate) and man-made (sound and vibration) elements creating a communal area (lobby) to mirror the layout of pueblo villages to the north of the city. 

Its has a main entrance, reflecting pool, 600 seat theater, 400 seat theater, art gallery, Multi purpose room, gift shop, outdoor fireplace, terrace, bar, outdoor café , dressing room, Loading , sculpture garden , town lake, outdoor sitting, and administrative office .

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