Ego Sport Center

1st Prize in Competition

The project is located on one of the most important and central municipal plots in the city of Almería, which was occupied by the old Ismael Moratón Sports Complex. The intervention preserves the 25m indoor pool building built for the Mediterranean Games and demolishes the rest of the pre-existing buildings. At the corner of Avenida del Cabo de Gata and Calle Angel Jover, an “L”-shaped two-story building is designed for the Sports Center and other commercial uses that complete an interesting range of services for the citizen. The roofs are occupied by a series of sports courts for paddle tennis and other sports. This “L”-shaped building gives access to the entire complex, which occurs below a cantilevered body at the corner that marks the entrance of the building and gives rise to a double-height lobby where the reception is located.

The facades are designed to seek cross views of the sea and city landmarks such as the Mineral Loading Dock, offering adequate solar and thermal protection. They are configured as a white concrete shell of variable size according to the requirements of light, views, acoustic protection of the adjacent buildings, etc.

The action is completed with another building body of a commercial and municipal nature that faces Avenida del Paseo Marítimo and with the retractable covering of the pre-existing Olympic pool that will allow its use at any time of the year.

TECHNICAL SHEET

Project: Ismael Moratón Sports Complex
Developer: UTE CDS Almadrabillas

Architect: José Ángel Ferrer
Technical Architect: Antonio Pérez

Internal Collaborators in the project phase: Raúl Vallejo, Javier de Simón, Antonio Palenzuela, Antonio García, Ismael Motos, Rafael Robles, Pedro Seguí and José Espín
Internal Collaborators in the construction phase: Raúl Vallejo, Antonio Palenzuela, Ismael Motos, Pedro Seguí and José Espín
External Collaborators: E3i, Eycom
Contractor: Construcciones Tejera y FACTO

Photography: David Frutos

Built area: 13,571.80 m²

Publications:
Newspaper: Diario de Almería. “Las Almadrabillas”. 25/03/2011
Newspaper: Ideal. “Las Almadrabillas”. 25/03/2011
Newspaper: La Voz de Almería. “Las Almadrabillas”. 25/03/2011