Eilat Sports Center
The Red Egg | |
Sports Center at Eilat Israel. | |
Full name | Eilat Tze'elim Sports Center |
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Location | Eilat, Israel ISR |
Owner | City of Eilat |
Field size | 2,000 sqm |
Construction | |
Built | 2012-2013 |
Opened | September 2013 |
Construction cost | $3.5 million |
Architect | Moti Bodek |
Eilat Tze'elim Sports Centre is located in the Tze'elim neighbourhood north-west of Eilat, Israel. The building offers approximately 2,000 square meters on two levels. The entry level includes the main basketball court, a stage for performances and seating. The lower level features a gym, changing rooms, showers, toilets, and machine rooms. Funding for the building, which cost approximately 12 million NIS (about $3.5 million USD), came from the National Lottery and Eilat municipality.
Design & Construction
The building that has designed by Moti Bodek, is an elliptical eggshell that is truncated on the northern and western sides, by screen walls which reveal the interior activity space on the street level. This derived from the building position of the north-west corner of the site near the existing school. The shell of the hall consists of arches of different radius, double-T steel beams that support a system of yellow acoustic perforated tin panels and several layers of thermal insulation.
Rigid metal sheets are supported by a secondary structural system, layers of waterproofing and the exterior overlay of red aluminium panels with openings for ventilation and smoke release. On the western side, the shell descends to the lower floor and reveals a wide lighted passage leading to the gym, changing rooms and the open inside courtyard. Completion was scheduled for September 2013.
Gallery
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Photo by Eyal Tagar
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Photo by Roni Bodek
References
- Jacobson, Michael (2011-09-15). "Eilat Sports Centre/היכלות ושעשועים". Xnet (Hebrew).
- Riba, Na'ama (2012-09-15). "Eilat Sports Center/מה העירייה עושה למענך השנה". Xnet (Hebrew).
- Sports Center in the City of Eilat Website
- Riba, Na'ama (2013-11-26). "Eilat's red egg: a new gymnasium at Tse'elim school /הביצה האדומה של אילת: אולם הספורט החדש בבית ספר צאלים". Xnet (Hebrew).
External links
- "Virtual reality video of Eilat Sports Center".
- "Eilat Sports Center under construction". Project Description.
- "Eilat Sports Center". Eyal Tagar (Photographer),.
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Coordinates: 29°33′39″N 34°56′04″E / 29.560699°N 34.934383°E