Sport Center – Shanghai
Two luminous volumes stand by the water.
- Type
- Competition won
- Status
- In progress
- Scale
- 145,000 m²
- Program
- Main arena with 15,000 seats, 50 m competition pool, fencing and youth training center, shooting hall, sports museum, retail and food and beverage
- Architect
- AND Studio
About
One is a 15,000-seat arena whose floor converts for basketball, volleyball, handball, ice hockey, gymnastics, boxing and esports, as well as concerts, exhibitions and conferences. The other is a swimming centre. A bridge for pedestrians ties them to the city across the canal.
The swimming centre has an eight-lane, 50 m competition pool, a children’s pool, a spa and wellness area, and up to 1,000 spectator seats. The fencing and youth training centre holds 20 fencing pistes, a multi-purpose hall for basketball, badminton and volleyball, and rooms for dance, fitness, martial arts and climbing.
The shooting hall has an 80-lane 10 m range, a modular 25 m and 50 m finals hall with ten combined lanes, and a moving-target section. A cultural hub holds a branch of the Shanghai Sports Museum, exhibition galleries, spaces for patriotic and science education, and shops and restaurants. Sport, education and culture share one site.
The ribbed skins soften the buildings by day and turn them into lanterns at night.