Bennetts Associates creates cross-laminated timber sports hall in King's Cross
UK studio Bennetts Associates has used cross-laminated timber and glulam to create the lightweight King's Cross Sports Hall, which is currently being used as the Construction Skills Centre.
Set alongside Coffey Architects' 22 Handyside Street office block, to the north of King's Cross station in London, the sports centre was built three metres above a railway tunnel.
The King's Cross Sports Hall was built above three train lines
Named the King's Cross Sports Hall, the building's main space is a double-height hall that can be used as four badminton courts, a basketball court, a volleyball court or a five-a-side football pitch.
Initially, however, this space forms part of the King's Cross Construction Skills Centre, which will use the building to provide construction training and apprenticeships while its permanent home is built in nearby Euston. A gym and fitness suite, which are open to the public, are located on the upper floor.
It was built from glue-laminated timber and cross-laminated timber
Due to the location above three Thameslink railway tunnels, the building needed to be lightweight.
Bennetts Associates therefore designed the structure from glue-laminated timber columns and cross-laminated timber panels. To allow the building to be dismantled at the end of its life, un-boltable connections were used to assemble the structure.
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