L'Alqueria del Basket solves the need to create a space that shelters the academy of the Valencia Basket team. It was necessary a sports complex of great scope where new generations could play in the best conditions.

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Architects: ERRE arquitectura

Location: Carrer del Bomber Ramon Duart, s/n, 46013 Valencia, Spain

Area: 12.807 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Daniel Rueda

Project Supervisor: Ismael Padilla

Facility Coordinator: Adolfo Ortiz

Engineering: Adypau

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Text description provided by the architects. L'Alqueria del Basket solves the need to create a space that shelters the academy of the Valencia Basket team. It was necessary a sports complex of great scope where new generations could play in the best conditions.
Axonometric

The project is located next to La Fuente de San Luís, the current stadium of the club, and its area is roughly 15,000 square meters. The program is divided into two volumes and is composed by a total of 13 courts: 9 indoor and 4 outdoor.

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The first volume contains the main court where the main games and the training sessions take place. The second one contains 8 courts designed for training purposes.  These courts can be used simultaneously and become independent by an automated curtains system.

Plan

The basketball courts are distributed around a...