Educare Sports Facilities

Designed by TEN Arquitectos

in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico

Laax Freestyle Academy

 

There’s a centrally located bar with viewing platform over all the training facilities, a micro-skate ramp for children aged up to five years under the supervision of parents with free access at certain hours.  Challenging jumps, ramps and rails will attract pro riders.

Foam Pit

Facilities include a mini-ramp wooden half pipe with added bowl, corners and extensions; trampolinage with four large trampolines; a foam pit for soft landing; airtrack inflatable floor matting for bounce practise (12m long); a quarter pipe landing into a foam pit and a Snowflex Rail Slope for ski and snowboard (features a special coating enabling similar gliding as on snow.  Also features integrated rails and boxes for different proficiency levels.  There’s a micro-ramp wooden half pipe for the little skaters (90cm high) and a Big Air 3 high jumps for ski, snowboard, skateboard, BMX and Dirtbike landing into a foam pit.

1.   A mini-ramp wooden half pipe with added bowl, corners and extensions; 2.   trampoline area with four large trampolines;
3.   a foam pit for soft landing;
4.   airtrack inflatable floor matting for bounce practise (12m long);
5.   A quarter pipe landing into a foam pit
6. Snowflex Rail Slope for ski and snowboard. There are integrated rails and boxes for different proficiency levels.
7. Boulder area
8. A micro-ramp pipe for the little skaters (90cm high) and a 
9. Big Air 3 high jumps for ski, snowboard,  skateboard, BMX and Dirtbike landing into a  foam pit.
10. Entry including bar with viewing platform

Examples

The Burton Flagship Store (NYC)

Chill Factore (UK)

The Eudacare Sports Facilities (Mexico)

The Laax Freestyle Academy (Switzerland)

The Nintendo World Store (NYC)

Ski Dubai (UAE)

The Neil Barrett Store (Japan)

The NBA Store (NYC)

The Lego Store (NYC)

The Bastard Flagship Store (Italy)

Theoretical Design

1. The building typologies i will be researching are shopping/retail and sport facility.

2. I am researching these two typologies because I am interested in creating either a retail store that goes beyond the ordinary or a sports facility that takes on a different identity.

3. The specialty of these building types are a Snowboard and/or Skateboarding Retail Store and a Sports & Motion Control Video Games Facility or possibly combining both into one.

4. The examples i will be researching are:

•      The Burton Flagship Store in New York City
•      The Neil Barrett Store designed by Zaha Hadid Architects in Tokyo, Japan
•      Chill Factore designed by Faulknerbrowns Architects in the UK
•      The Lego Store in New York City
•      The Eudacare Sports Facilities designed by Ten Arquitectos in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
•      The Bastard Flagship Store by Studiometrico in Milan, Italy
•      The NBA Store in New York City
•      Ski Dubai in Dubai United Arab Emirates
•      The Laax Freestyle Academy in Laax, Switzerland
•      The Nintendo World Store by TGP Architecture in New York City

5. My goals in working with these building types is to create an interactive retail experience and to incorporate new technologies.

6. The program elements that i see included in my building at this point may include but are not limited to:

•      An indoor freestyle snowboarding arena
•      A snow tunnel
•      A workshop for board assembly
•      Storage
•      Retail area for snowboards and bindings
•      Retail area for skateboards, wheels, trucks etc.
•      Retail area for winter apparel and snowboarding boots
•      Retail area for other apparel and sneakers
•      Retail area for accessories and other merchandise
•      An indoor skate park
•      Bathrooms

     and/or for the sports facility idea...

•      A reception area
•      Retail area for all types of sporting equipment
•      Retail area for video gaming equipment
•      Tennis room
•      Track & field room
•      Boxing room
•      Race car room
•      Skate/Snowboard room
•      First person shooter room