UD Las Palmas is the only football team at the Canaries playing in the premier league. Paradoxically, its training area occupies a former sand quarry and needs an urgent renovation of its facilities. The strategy of the new Brand training complex aims to transform this highly degraded space into a garden of local species. So that, the players will enjoy a pleasant natural atmosphere of trees and plants. Moreover, this strategy will also help to promote the city and its privilege weather, when opponents’ teams come to the Island. The development of this plan encompasses a full set of solutions that includes eco-retaining walls, the intensive use of sustainable timber, the recycling of water, the use of SUDS (Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems), and the underground-integration of buildings into the landscape. The reduction of waste and reuse of material has also been an essential feature of the sustainable parameters of the master plan.
UD Las Palmas Training Complex
Project
Masterplan de la Ciudad Deportiva de Barranco Seco
Location
Las Palmas de G.C (Gran Canaria)
Year
2018
Client
Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D.
Status
Granted Permission
Size
12 Ha
More Info
· Architizer A+Awards 2018 Finalist
· Architecture Master Prize Honorable Mention 2018
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A garden-like football training complex that restores the biodiversity of the site.
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