This sports complex designed by Jan Henrik Hansen Architects with Rolf Iseli is based on the specific requirements of the game of badminton, reflected both in the structure and in the geometry of the volume of the hall.

The project presented by Jan Henrik Hansen Architects with Rolf Iseli and of the Best Architect 16 Award is based on the creation of a steel structure that allows to keep the existing car park area and, at the same time, to create a free and high space on the upper floor to accommodate the various courts.

Description of the project by Jan Henrik Hansen Architects

Starting point of the design was the requirement to create a new building over the existing car park of the sports center, and to ensure the spatial and operational connection to the existing infrastructure. The polygonal geometry of the hall volume was defined precisely by the spatial requirements of the badminton game.

The exceptional clear height of the inner space is contrasted by the rather flat parking field being open to the environment. The bearing of the hall is put into scene by a grid of specifically formed columns that in conjunction with the ceiling form a stiff concrete table. On it a steel skeleton structure spans a column-free interior over the five playing fields.

The spatial characteristics of the game of badminton can therefore be experienced from inside and outside by the rhythm of the supporting structure as well as the geometry of the hall volume.

Texto.- Jan Henrik Hansen Architects.

CREDITS. DATA SHEET.-

Architects.- Jan Henrik Hansen, Rolf Iseli, Ioanna Intze, Roman Zulauf, Vadim Unger, Armin Seltz.
Client.- Sihlsports AG, direct comission 2011.
Location.- Langnau am Albis.
Status.- Completion 2014.

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Jan Henrik Hansen born 1972, lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland. Dipl. Architekten ETH / SIA. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from the Swiss Federal Institute, Zurich. He has been teaching and researching at the Chair for Architecture and Digital Fabrication with Professors Gramazio & Kohler at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich and gained experience with digital and robotic fabrication strategies and infrastructure. In 2002 he became a founding member and CEO of WHIST Architects in Zurich. In 2010 he founded Studio Jan Henrik Hansen.

Rolf Iseli  born in Zurich, Switzerlan, 1971. Dipl. Architekten ETH / SIA.  Zurich, 1998. In 2002 he became a founding member of WHIST Architects in Zurich.

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