Lewandowski Architects has rejuvenated Eton College's tennis and hockey centre with a charred wood pavilion and two all-weather pitches.
The Eton-based practice refurbished the college's Willowbrook Outdoor Sports Centre, which contains tennis courts and hockey pitches on a flood plain and named after the brook that runs through.
Lewandowski Architects placed a pavilion alongside two all-weather hockey pitches at the centre of the site to replace an existing building, which was unfit for purpose and poorly located.

"It was a very low-grade, prefabricated pavilion at the end of its life expectancy", Alex Chapman, director of Lewandowski Architects told Dezeen.
"It would have been a long way from the new all-weather pitches and visually separated by the tennis courts – the new pavilion was carefully positioned in a more central location."
The new structure is a simple black form, clad in charred timber with floor-to-ceiling corner glazing built into retractable screens that allow the building to open completely to the elements.

The pavilion houses changing facilities, storage and a social space, as well as a roof terrace for spectators, and is clad internally with contrasting birch ply.

Due to the flood plain, the entire structure needed to 'float' at least 800mm above ground level. Lewandowski used this raised ground floor to improve visibility for spectators, with the steps leaving up to it also doubling as informal se...