Architecture practice, NAOS Arquitectura and MCEA | Arquitectura, have developed the Municipal Sports Pavilion for the city of San Vicente del Raspeig, in Alicante, as a spacious and bright container of great versatility to house a series of sports modalities and large-capacity events to promote the sport with strategies such as visual communication between the interior and the exterior.

The building is configured as a dynamic system in a permanent change in which the superposition of the different geometries on the façade gives rise to an interior play of light and intensities that differentiate the sports spaces from each other, through nuances of light and colour, giving them a unique character and inviting users to transit and remain in them.

The Municipal Sports Pavilion, designed by NAOS Arquitectura and MCEA | Arquitectura, groups the different sports modalities into two main spaces, giving rise to a very extensive programme: a central space for team sports with a capacity equivalent to four indoor basketball courts and a grandstand, and spaces for gymnasiums and sports classes.

The project results in a building with very high energy efficiency that maximises natural lighting and allows cross ventilation throughout its entire volume due to the design of the checkerboard-shaped façades, which, in addition to creating a geometric game that gives rise to different interior perceptions, plays an important role in the thermal regulation of the project.

Municipal Sporst Pavilion by NAOS Arquitectura + MCEA | Arquitectura. Photograph by David Frutos.

Municipal Sporst Pavilion by NAOS Arquitectura + MCEA | Arquitectura. Photograph by David Frutos.

Project description by NAOS Arquitectura and MCEA Arquitectura

The Municipal Sports Pavilion of San Vicente del Raspeig is configured as a large container of great versatility to host multiple sports modalities and large capacity events in general, in which the visual connection between interior and exterior becomes one of the directing threads of the project with the aim of making sports practice visible from the outside as a measure to promote sports.

To achieve the greatest degree of versatility of its spaces, the different sports modalities are grouped in two large spaces: on the one hand, the central space intended for team sports modalities and with the equivalent capacity of 4 indoor basketball courts and, on the other, room spaces for directed activities and gyms. Each of these interior spaces will be characterized by different nuances of light and color: the central space, overhead lighting through 5 skylights facing North and with a predominance of the warm tones of the wood of the flooring; the activity rooms, through illumination filtered through the two sheets of the facades and the different cold tones of its floors.

Pabellón Municipal de deportes por NAOS Arquitectura + MCEA | Arquitectura. Fotografía por David Frutos
Municipal Sporst Pavilion by NAOS Arquitectura + MCEA Arquitectura. Photograph by David Frutos.

This spatial organization of uses at the same time offers great versatility in the management of the building, by allowing each of the main uses (pavilion, gym and cafeteria) to function independently.

The facades of the building are configured as a dynamic system in permanent change, in which the superposition of two different geometries, horizontal striping on the exterior leaf and checkerboard on the interior leaf, alternate with greater or lesser intensity depending on the nuances of the interior and exterior lighting. These changes in the composition of the façade are reinforced by the alternation between the intense white colour of the façade during the day and its decomposition into the different blue colours that arise from the reflection of the lighting on the interior floors of the building.

Municipal Sporst Pavilion by NAOS Arquitectura + MCEA | Arquitectura. Photograph by David Frutos
Municipal Sporst Pavilion by NAOS Arquitectura + MCEA | Arquitectura. Photograph by David Frutos.

The building is configured as a very high energy efficiency system, maximizing the natural lighting of all spaces and configuring a motorized natural ventilation system that allows cross ventilation of the entire volume through its facades and the vents located in cover, allowing the nighttime dissipation of the heat accumulated during the day. These passive measures are complemented by the provision of an aerothermal system for the production of DHW and a photovoltaic installation for the production of electricity, thus configuring a building with almost zero energy consumption.

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Project and Construction works Management.- MANUEL COSTOYA ESTUDIO DE ARQUITECTURA (MCEA), NAOS 04 ARQUITECTOS.
Execution Works management and Health and safety coordination.- RAFAEL MORA FOLLANA.
Structure Engineering.- QUBE INGENIERÍA.
Systems Engineering.- JG INGENIEROS, VALNU.

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Mediciones.- MARÍA JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ.
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Bill of quantities.- MARÍA JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ.

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Client
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EXMO. AYUNTAMIENTO DE SAN VICENTE DEL RASPEIG.

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General Contractor
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UTE TECOPSA – AITANA.

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Area
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Plot area.- 11,232 sqm.
Constructed area.- 6,648 sqm.

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Dates
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2024.

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Location
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Plaza Charles Darwin, 3, bajo. San Vicente del Raspeig. Alicante, Spain.

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Budget
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8.225.000 €.

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Roof.- RUBEROID SL, ARCELOR MITTAL, KINGSPAN.
Metalic carpentry and glasses.- SINGULAR GLASS, CORTIZO.
Sports equipment.- MONDO IBÉRICA, EQUIDESA.
Façade.- GRUPO PAFER, KINGSPAN.
Ironmongery.- CERRAJERÍA NAVARRO.
Hvac.- AERNEX.
Electricity.- BERNARDO FLORES.
Prefabricated stands.- LECRIN.
Sports court pavement.- SDI SPORTFLOOR, GRABOPLAST.
Gym pavement.- GESCOM, TARKETT.
Seats.- DAPLAST ASIENTOS Y TRIBUNAS.
Elevators.- OTIS.

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MCEA | Arquitectura was founded by Manuel Costoya in 2008, focusing its interests on the development of architectural and urban projects of different scales and uses, ranging from single family homes to large public facilities. Currently MCEA | Arquitectura has its headquarters in Murcia, from where it develops projects in multiple locations, including Ibiza, A Coruña, Lorca and Alicante, with a multidisciplinary team of architects, engineers and draftsmen that includes many collaborators.

Manuel Costoya graduated in Architecture at the A Coruña ETSA in 2004, going on to complete his studies at the La Villette School of Architecture (Paris) and the Higher Technical School of Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, where he was awarded the Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA).
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NAOS Arquitectura has been developing projects since 1991 in both the public and private sectors, with the aim of offering unique and innovative proposals, linked to the idea of environmental integration, quality and flexibility.

At the head of this Study are Santiago González García (director), Paula Costoya Carro, Mónica Fernández Garrido and Miguel Porras Gestido, who lead a large team of professionals.

The NAOS Architecture Studio carries out projects throughout Spain and around the world of sports and cultural architecture, urban spaces and green areas, residential, commercial and hotel buildings, administrative buildings, hospital and educational centers, as well as the restoration of historic buildings.

Its architecture has as a priority the creation of buildings and spaces that respond to an optimal functional program, with a sustainable environmental design and with minimum maintenance costs.
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