UoP Sports Facilities_Proposed New FacilitiesThe Sport & Recreation department at the University of Portsmouth is looking to develop its sports facilities and is currently preparing ideas and business cases to support that aim. We have a major need for modern indoor facilities to replace our outdated St Pauls sports centre, meet our student demand and align ourselves to core UCAS competitors in terms of quality and quantity of sports facilities.

Our modest 2 indoor sports halls and cramped gym now caters for 24,000 students, 4,000 staff, 40+ sports clubs and the local community and badly needs upgrading

“These much needed facilities will be used by University sports teams, academic ser-vices, the University at large and importantly the local community.”

- Paul Tilley (Head of Sport & Recreation)

What is planned?

We have plans to create a true multi-sport facility that will deliver an excellent user experience, including our large population of disabled students and community users. The new Indoor Sports Centre will feature a double sports hall (eight-court with spectator seating), a 25m swimming pool, a 1000m2+ (150 stations+) gymnasium, a suite of multi-use studios, three squash courts, a climbing wall and a martial arts studio along-ZPKL�V[OLY�ÅL_PISL�[YHPUPUN�HYLHZ��;OLYL�̂ PSS�HSZV�IL�H�JHMt�HUK�L_[LUZP]L�]PL^Z�V\[�V]LY�[OL�9H]LSPU�7HYR��̂ OLYL�we hope to create outdoor activity areas such as a trim running trail and outdoor exercise stations. The facility will be designed to maximise the usage for a multitude of groups and users including conferences, academic space and social learning areas.

We have chosen the Ravelin Car park site as we feel this space, its surroundings and proximity to other core student services makes this the most suitable place. We have given a clear focus on the need to retain park-ing on the site (underground) and for any building design to be sympathetic to its location and maximise the views and usage of the park itself.

We will explore the potential for the University to re-use St Pauls sports centre or sell this site if we gain agree-ment to go ahead with our primary plans to build a new sports centre on ravelin car park. We would still retain Spinnaker Sports Centre. We have looked at other options to extend either St Pauls or Spinnaker sports centres should our plans for the ravelin site be unsuccessful which would give greater gym capacity in turn enabling us to increase income from this area (to invest in our sports programmes). These solutions though would not meet our need for greater indoor sports hall space, access to a swimming pool and all round general improvement in our sporting and physical activity offer.

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Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

UoP Sports Facilities_.YV\W��Architecture BA3 Students : Aivita Mateika_Thierry Neu_Matthew Robinson

Group 1 consisted of three BA3 Architectural students.

Their ideas for the new sports facilities at the University of Portsmouth were based around the concept of ‘the space that lies between’.

This concept is used to identify the difference in old and new na din the type of spaces held within different parts of the new Ravelin Park Sports Centre.

Each of the three different buildings show a clear relationship to each other. This has been achieved through the aesthetic and materiality used. Three main materials have been used to create a sophisticated industrial feel to each design element; concrete, steel and timber alongside large areas of glazing.

Careful consideration was paid to the aspect and positioning of each new sport’s facility with views both into the gym and swimming pool areas and out onto Ravelin Park.

The schemes from Group 1 are successful in creating a wholistic and subtly dramatic presence for Sport & Recreation and the University.

‘They have met the brief exceptionally well and their use of materials has emphasised the qualities we will look for in the new Ravelin sports centre. Their understanding of layout and functionality of the building is excellent, creating a design driven twist on the standard cubic shape of most new sports facilities.’

- Paul Tilley (Head of Sport & Recreation)

RAVELIN PARK SPORTS CENTRE

SPINNAKER CENTREST PAUL’S GYM

Concept - space that lies between

UoP Sports Facilities_.YV\W��Architecture BA3 Students : Lavinia Tarantino_Yoyo Wilson_Alex Phedona

Architecture BA2 Student : Jessica Vieira

Group 2 consisted of three BA3 architecture students along with one BA2 architcture student.

Group 2 decided to create three very different and stand out spaces giving each their own identity. This immediately relates to each new facility having a different purpose to the others.

Each individual design reponded to the context in which it would sit and also to whether the new element was an extension to an existing building (St Pauls and Spinnaker) or a brand new facility within a public green space (Ravelin Park).

The proposal for the new Ravelin Park Sports Centre was based around circulation both around the Ravelin Park site and using the new Sports Centre as a converging/ meeting point. This created the challenging organic design which would hold new swimming pool facilities.

St Pauls Gym has been designed as a vibrant and distinct extension to the existing gym facilities. Using transluscent rainbow glazing creates a striking extension and would provide a unique space for a new climbing walls and gym facility.

The extension to the Spinnaker Centre is a subtle angular design using timer and large glazing panels to provide increased facilities.

‘Group 2 really thought outside of the box for their Ravelin sports centre design, challenging our preconceptions of how we thought the facility would / should look. It has created a stunning design, thoughtfully shaped around a ravelin. The design maximises, space, light and multifunctional spaces, which would create a truly iconic building.’

- Paul Tilley (Head of Sport & Recreation)

allowing natural light

Concepts -

plugging in

bolting on

inside / outside

converging circulation

design developments

ST PAUL’S GYM

SPINNAKER CENTRE

RAVELIN PARK SPORTS CENTRE

UoP Sports Facilities_.YV\W��Architecture BA3 Students : Ian Lenton_Diana Darmina_Alice Wardle

Architecture BA2 Student : Rafaela Neofytou

Group 3 consisted of three BA3 architecture students and one BA2 architecture student.

Group 3 produced a series schemes which although are three separate buildings all relate to each other through the use of materiality and colour.

The constant design element was the use of vertical glazing or cladding using Univeristy colours; purples, blues and greys. This as well as producing a striking and playful appearence helps to identify the sports buildings within the University campus.

The concept behind the Spinnaker Centre was the idea of adding to the existing building and linking the new and old with a subtle connection. For St Pauls gym the concept was based upon extruding the new from the old - taking on the existing buidling’s features in a modern new extension.

The Ravelin Park Sports Centre proposed design was formed through examing the history of the Park ‘the Ravelins’ and also from the idea of revealing views; this is both from inside the buildng to the outside and a passer-bys point of view into the building.

These designs show a wholistic scheme which would clearly identitfy the sports facilities and promote the Unversities successful sports presence.

‘This group focused on the excellent theme of colour to highlight the design ethos behind their ideas. The designs for Ravelin sports centre uti-lises sharp lines and contrasting angles which maximise space, highlights the different func-tions of the building and opens up the building to the outside elements of the park.’

- Paul Tilley (Head of Sport & Recreation)

Concepts -

addition + link

extrusion : new from old

ST PAUL’S GYMSPINNAKER CENTRE

RAVELIN PARK SPORTS CENTRE