Tossols Basil Athletics Stadium / RCR Arquitectes
The athletics track presents the act of running in the middle of nature, in the spirit of the first Olympic Games in Greece.
© Simon Garcia
Architects: RCR Arquitectes
Location: Olot, Girona, Spain
Project Year: 2000
Photographs: Simon Garcia, Hisao Suzuki, Ramon Prat
© Simon Garcia
The athletics track presents the act of running in the middle of nature, in the spirit of the first Olympic Games in Greece.
Plan
Elevations
The area called Tossols-Basil, which is designated for leisure activities, is located at the edge of both a city and a natural park along a river. When contemplating adding sports facilities here, the architects faced a dilemma of either clearing large amounts of slow-growing oak trees or succumbing to environmentalists who wanted no change at all.
© Simon Garcia
© Simon Garcia
The solution was to site the athletic track in a forest clearing, previously used for cultivation. Nature and sport are united and runners appear and disappear as they make their way around the track. The project highlights the beauty of the landscape and preserves the vegetation as a filter that changes with the seasons.
Sketch
Sketch
The seating for observing the athletes is developed as small terraces or embankments between the clearings, often using the natural topography. The slender lighting towers become points of referen...
© Simon Garcia
Architects: RCR Arquitectes
Location: Olot, Girona, Spain
Project Year: 2000
Photographs: Simon Garcia, Hisao Suzuki, Ramon Prat
© Simon Garcia
The athletics track presents the act of running in the middle of nature, in the spirit of the first Olympic Games in Greece.
Plan
Elevations
The area called Tossols-Basil, which is designated for leisure activities, is located at the edge of both a city and a natural park along a river. When contemplating adding sports facilities here, the architects faced a dilemma of either clearing large amounts of slow-growing oak trees or succumbing to environmentalists who wanted no change at all.
© Simon Garcia
© Simon Garcia
The solution was to site the athletic track in a forest clearing, previously used for cultivation. Nature and sport are united and runners appear and disappear as they make their way around the track. The project highlights the beauty of the landscape and preserves the vegetation as a filter that changes with the seasons.
Sketch
Sketch
The seating for observing the athletes is developed as small terraces or embankments between the clearings, often using the natural topography. The slender lighting towers become points of referen...
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