Steel-clad clerestory windows protrude from concrete badminton hall by JHW IROJE Architects
The concrete exterior of this badminton centre in the South Korean city of Gwangju is coloured to match the local soil, and contrasts with a row of clerestory windows clad in blackened-steel.
Cheomdan Badminton Court was designed by Seoul studio JHW IROJE Architects for a plot on the banks of the Yeongsan River, to the north of the city centre.
The robust rectilinear volume contains several badminton courts in a single-span hall measuring 50 metres long by 20 metres wide.
The building's exterior is rendered in concrete that is pigmented to echo the tones of the surrounding earth. Steel-clad boxes containing vertical windows intersect with the hall's flat roof.
"The plan began with concern about how to represent something of the texture of nature, which has a different character from the scale of the indoor stadium," said the studio's director, Jung Hyowon. "We wanted the soft red-brown colour of the Yeongsan riverbank to continue throughout the mass."
A ribbed treatment introduces further texture to the external surfaces. The horizontal lines engraved into the facades are intended to evoke the movement of a shuttlecock.
To ensure there are no interruptions to the building's large hall, the studio utilised post-tensioned beams to supplement the concrete framework and negate the need for visible vertical supports.
The result is a simple and uncluttered interior that is illuminated from above by the clerestory windows. Natural light filters into the hal...
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