Telefonplan Hall

In Stockholm, a sports hall is replacing the existing one between the Västberga School and the soccer and athletics field. The existing hall was not suitable to play games in the juvenile leagues, there were only two changing rooms and was not accessible. The hall is built in the same place but due to its small dimensions, the program is divided into two levels. The ground floor area necessities were a bit too big, and the hall got too close to the running track. That is why one corner of the building has been rounded inwards, offsetting the track. In the ground floor, there is the hall with a coffee shop, the elevator, offices, changing rooms and the technical areas. There are eight changing rooms, four of them have external connection with the soccer field. The space in the middle of the building works as a gathering area, the central square, with the main stairs used as scene for award ceremonies. This square is visually connected to the field through a big window. Upstairs is the main sport hall located with storage rooms and a stand for public. As the area for the hall and its storage rooms was bigger than the ground floor, this creates shelter to the different entries. The interior concept is based on nature inspired materials and colorful surfaces. As the hall will be used mainly by young people, it is important to use materials that can take a high grade of vandalism. The interior walls of brick are kept unpainted and so is the few structural concrete walls. The toilets and shower rooms have tiles in two tones of the same color, to help people with visual disabilities. The floor is made by ceramic tiles that combines white and grey tiles, with turquoise ones to give a more cheerful character to the hall. The benches and the window ledges are made of pine plywood and so is the acoustic panel and stands in the sport hall. As nature is a recurrent topic in this hall, it seemed logic to choose a green sport floor. The ground floor has a brown-reddish brick facade, matching the facades of the area. The upper volume is covered with timber ribs in two different depths. Two big horizontal openings are made of polycarbonate panels, which filter the day light towards the inside of the sport hall and lightens up the building outside in the dark winter months. The main structure is made of glued laminate timber. Big pillars of glulam rise from the fundaments of concrete. A secondary structure of metal pillars is placed in the ground floor, independent from the main timber one. Some concrete walls are added in strategic positions to add stability. Solar panels provide with electricity. The hall has also an artwork integrated on the western façade. The artist duo Cecilia Aaro and Matilda Fahlsten, starting from the building's architecture, have created a pattern in gold-colored sheet that conveys the feeling of energy and movement.