An arena was designed to host professional as institutional level competitions at a district and national level for Boxing and Wrestling. The arena was surrounded by supporting activities and facilities to promote and welcome more participation in the sports.
The Boxing Arena was built over an existing run-down municipality-owned tennis court which was being under-used. The location of the site was quite strategic due to its immediate context being a public garden and an upcoming lake with plenty of parking space.
The arena comprised of two primary structures; the large semi-open arena that was designed with a series of trusses as a folded plate structure to structurally span the large width but also to give a dynamism to the overall feel of the structure. The undulating planes open out to the secondary vaulted structure that housed the strength training section of the intervention. The other ancillary structure such as change rooms, washrooms, cafeteria | canteen, security cabin and storage cabins were also accommodated within the campus to support these main activities.
The undulating roof structure floats above large concrete columns that are anchored into the existing plinth to keep the view at the ground level as free as possible for seating and maximum interaction across spaces.
