Stacking Sports in France

Neighborhood recreation center

Stacking Sports in France

  • Awards Acknowledgement prize 2017–2018 Europe

A wide array of sporting facilities is brought under one roof in this project in Bordeau – stacked in one volume, but in open air – and using sport as a social condenser.

Last updated: June 16, 2023

By Nicolas Guerin, Fabrice Long, Paul Maitre-Devallon, Ana Miscu, François Chas - NP2F architectes, Paris, France

The structure is an architecture of reduction to minimal means. Only restaurants and shops on the lower levels are enclosed within a facade. The rest of the reinforced concrete structure is mediated by just a braided mesh enclosure that acts as a shading device, windbreak, and ball-catcher without the need for large mechanical systems. This reduction is not only aesthetic: by minimising heating and cooling costs, the architecture contributes to the project's aim of providing low-cost access to sports for all.

Stacking Sports in France

Project authors

  • LafargeHolcim Awards 2017 for Europe prize handover ceremony, Marseille
    Nicolas Guerin

    NP2F architectes

    France

  • Neighborhood recreation center, Bordeaux, France
    Fabrice Long

    NP2F architectes

    France

  • LafargeHolcim Awards 2017 for Europe prize handover ceremony, Marseille
    Paul Maitre-Devallon

    NP2F architectes

    France

  • Neighborhood recreation center, Bordeaux, France
    Ana Miscu

    NP2F architectes

  • Neighborhood recreation center, Bordeaux, France
    François Chas

    NP2F architectes

Project updates

June 03, 2017 | Winners of the Holcim Awards 2017 for Europe | Marseille, France

Sustainability – systematic and multi-functional

LafargeHolcim Awards 2017 for Europe prize handover ceremony, Marseille

In the regional Holcim Awards, four projects in each region receive an Acknowledgement prize. The team from NP2F in Paris received an Acknowledgement prize for their project to create a recreation center in Bordeaux, France that is as airy as it is audacious. The other three Acknowledgement prizes went to projects in Romania, Spain, and Switzerland.

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June 03, 2017 | Regional Jury Report – Europe | Lausanne, Switzerland

“Providing access to sport through purposeful minimalism”

Neighborhood recreation center, Bordeaux, France

The jury commended the project’s contribution to providing access to sport through purposeful minimalism. The open air approach is thoughtfully mediated by an innovative enclosing mesh that adheres to fire regulations without sealing the building. By carefully including only the bare necessities of architectural infrastructure the project succeeds in providing a generous space of encounter.

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March 21, 2017 | Statements on the sustainability of the project by the author | Bordeaux, France

Project Entry 2017 for Europe

Neighborhood recreation center, Bordeaux, France

Sports equals all: Our project is not only a constructed object; it represents a balance between various and complementary contingencies: an urban project, an architectural will, but above all a program for all. From conception, we have integrated UCPA, to promote openness and accessibility. Together, we are committed to a shared, social and united use.

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Location

pin Bordeaux, France

Bordeaux, France

News

Holcim Awards 2017 for Europe prize handover ceremony, Marseille

Winners of the Holcim Awards 2017 for Europe

Sustainability – systematic and multi-functional

Marseille, France

Neighborhood recreation center, Bordeaux, France

Regional Jury Report – Europe

“Providing access to sport through purposeful minimalism”

Lausanne, Switzerland

Neighborhood recreation center, Bordeaux, France

Regional Jury Report – Europe

“Matière d’accès au sport par le biais d’un minimalisme ciblé”

Lausanne, Switzerland

Neighborhood recreation center, Bordeaux, France

Statements on the sustainability of the project by the author

Project Entry 2017 for Europe

Bordeaux, France

Videos

“A Stack of Motivation” – Sustainable design by Paul Maitre-Devallon

The vertical stacking of the building open to the new district makes a neighbourhood recreation centre in Bordeaux a shining example of urban sustainable design notes Paul Maitre-Devallon of NP2F architects. The Acknowledgement prize-winner co-locates an array of sporting facilities stacked in one volume, but in open air and thereby uses sport as a social condenser.

“A Stack of Motivation” – Sustainable design by Paul Maitre-Devallon

The vertical stacking of the building open to the new district makes a neighbourhood recreation centre in Bordeaux a shining example of urban sustainable design notes Paul Maitre-Devallon of NP2F architects. The Acknowledgement prize-winner co-locates an array of sporting facilities stacked in one volume, but in open air and thereby uses sport as a social condenser.

Stacking Sports: Acknowledgement 2017 Europe – Project Overview

Neighborhood recreation center, Bordeaux, France: An array of sporting facilities stacked in one volume, but in open air – uses sport as a social condenser. By François Chas, Nicolas Guerin, Fabrice Long, Paul Maître-Devallon and Ana Miscu, NP2F, Paris, France.

Stacking Sports: Acknowledgement 2017 Europe – Project Overview

Neighborhood recreation center, Bordeaux, France: An array of sporting facilities stacked in one volume, but in open air – uses sport as a social condenser. By François Chas, Nicolas Guerin, Fabrice Long, Paul Maître-Devallon and Ana Miscu, NP2F, Paris, France.