
For a new ecology of living
Ada Bursi’s legacy is transformed into an exam project of the two-year Interior Design specialist program at IED Turin, unfolding a narrative on contemporary living, between ecology, spatial flexibility, and social awareness.
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Designed by French studio Dominque Coulon & associés in Strasbourg, this sports centre establishes a dialogue with an existing school. It prolongs the logic of the fragments already used for the school building. The volumes of the two halls are dissociated and angled, which makes it possible to set the larger hall in an ideal position: perpendicular to the street, on the northern edge of the site, its position minimises the building’s impact on the site. The full depth of the site is used; the shorter side of the building gives onto the street, making it more porous in relation to the landscape.




The entrance hall is transparent, allowing sight from the forecourt through to the wood at the back of the site. The elements of the programme form a crown, with changing rooms and other premises surrounding the two halls and providing views both to the outside and among themselves. The project makes careful use of rough, durable materials: architectonic concrete, galvanised steel, glass and linoleum. The multi-sports hall plays on the grey shades of these materials.

- Project:
- ‘Human Rights’ sports centre in Strasbourg
- Architect:
- Dominique Coulon & associés
- Structural engineering:
- Batiserf Ingénierie
- Installations:
- Solares Bauen, BET Gilbert Jost
- Cost estimator:
- E3 Économie
- Acoustics:
- Euro Sound project
- Landscape:
- Bruno Kubler
- Area:
- 2,660 sqm
- Completion:
- 2018

Wood: a key resource for south tyrol
In this northern Italian region, wood is a vital resource that brings together tradition, the economy and environmental protection. The short and sustainable supply chain is worth €1.3 billion and involves thousands of local companies.
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