 |
| Product news |
 |
12 May 2016
Metal mesh cladding on Basel's new sports and cultural centre gives a unified look
Supplier: MÉTAL DEPLOYÉ SA
More MÉTAL DEPLOYÉ SA details
|
Each metal mesh-clad roof is made of two sloping elements to catch the sun
Located in Saint-Louis, Alsace, France in the inner suburb of Basel, the Forum is a new facility designed to host sporting and cultural events, designed by Manuelle Gautrand Architecture.
A metal mesh, supplied by Métal Déployé, is used as an exterior cladding throughout, giving the project an original, unified feel.
The cladding of the roofs and facades is entirely made of the copper-coloured expanded metal, giving this building a strong identity and making it a new landmark for the city of Saint-Louis and its inhabitants.
Around 10 000 square metres of the SUPREME 200XXL ‘brilliant effect’ powder coated metal mesh are used in the project.
Manuelle Gautrand Architecture says the modular aspects of the build all fit in a “unique writing” because they are all covered with the “same principles of forms, materials and openings”.
The roof of each section is systematically made of two slopes, inspired by the design of the roofs in the surroundings, alternating the orientation of the folded faces sometimes North-South, sometimes South-West, in order to capture a light each time different.
Created to give modularity and flexibility, the design also involves strong contrasts between smaller reception, offices and lockers spaces, and the Festival Hall and the Great Hall - two main spaces of the project.
The smaller spaces are placed around the edges of the larger, central spaces, and all 13 separate spaces are connected to each other like a single puzzle.
The surrounding area is characterised by residential, offices and workshops for small companies, as well as a kindergarten and a primary school.
|
|
|
 |
|
| Company profile |
|
Les Mills UK
For more than 50 years Les Mills has been leading the way in fitness. We produce 22 group fitness programmes, backed by science, to be experienced in club or at home via Les Mills+
View full profile>> |
|
| Catalogue gallery |
|
|
| Featured Supplier |
|
 |
|
|
|
in this issue
• Virgin gets right to wipe out rent arrears
• Fitness industry mourns passing of Jan Spaticchia
• STA offers mindfulness resources
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| Latest jobs |
 |
Cleaning Assistant
Salary: Competitive pay rates
Location: Gainsborough
Company: Everyone Active
|
|
Team Leader
Salary: Competitive salary, excellent benefits
Location: Barking
Company: Everyone Active
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Diary dates |
|
| Powered
by leisurediary.com |
 |
|
30 May - 02 Jun 2024
Rimini Wellness
Rimini Exhibition Center,
Rimini,
Italy
|
|
|
|
|
