Salmisaari Sports Center
Year
2010
Client
Koy Salmisaaren Liikuntakeskus (Salmisaari Sports Center), Helsinki
SCALE
22 193 m² (gross)
WHAT wE DID
Principal design, Architectural design, Interior design
Salmisaari sports centre houses more than ten operators in over six storeys. The centre includes an ice rink, gyms, ten-pin bowling centre, restaurants, a climbing centre and a dance studio. Finland’s highest climbing wall, measuring 29 metres, is located next to the main lobby.
The primary façade material is COR-TEN steel. The façades at the entrances are made of burnt clay brick and glass. The surface material used for the seven-metre recesses on the top floors and on the main entrance side is dark blue profiled sheet.
The exceptionally large floor heights – with some floors up to 10 metres in height – imposed special requirements on the design of the premises. The long spans also called for unusually robust steel lattices measuring up to 3.5 metres in height. Thanks to the lightness of the steel frame, the tall lattices lend the premises a celebratory openness.
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