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DB3 Architecture was successful in a competitive tendering process and appointed lead consultant in the design of a new leisure centre to be built alongside the existing Graves Tennis Centre. The project is unique in that it also contains the NCSEM (National Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine) headquarters which is fully integrated within the leisure facilities. The client is Sheffield City Council with the NCSEM as a sub-client.

Other stakeholders included Sport England, the Lawn Tennis Association and British Gymnastics. DarntonB3 provided full Architectural services to Sheffield City Council on a Two Stage Design & Build contract. DarntonB3 was then novated to BAM Construction Ltd for completion of RIBA Stages 5-7.

The circa £14million project comprises the following facilities:

6 lane 25m community swimming
Learner pool with associated changing village and group change
150 station fitness suite
3 large flexible studios
Dance studio
1000sqm gymnastics hall which includes for elite level trampolining
2 court extension to the existing tennis centre to create 8 indoor courts in total
The NCSEM includes consultation rooms, ice/wax treatment, physiology and biometrics lab and an x-ray facility along with associated utility spaces

The concept for this design was to provide maximum transparency with very clear and ordered circulation whilst keeping the wet and dry facilities fully integrated with the NCSEM spaces and the existing tennis centre. Materiality was important in the design and contrasting materials were specified to provide differences in texture and finish within a natural colour palette. The double height circulation splits the three main elements of the new build section and stretches out of the building to mark a striking entrance.

The other key features are the large double height circulation hub that provides views and access to all facilities removing the need for long corridors and providing users with legible layout of facilities. The circulation hub also contains a café servery, reception space, informal pool viewing and the primary waiting area for the NCSEM.

The result was an efficient use of space from circulation to pool hall. Through our extensive knowledge of swimming pool design we created a very efficient pool hall and changing village layout that meets Sport England guidance. We also retained large open circulation spaces that could be used for various activities such as informal meetings, waiting, café, pool viewing and NCSEM information spaces.

Including the National Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine brought the challenge of how to integrate what in essence was a medical facility within the leisure centre. This was overcome through sharing some of the key spaces such as the reception, studio space and the fitness suite and swimming pool. We managed to integrate the NCSEM functionally and spatially through locating the facility on the ground floor in a prominent front of house location without compromising any of the other ‘shop window’ facilities.

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