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Basketball Pole Sportica

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City, Country Gravelines, France
Year since 2022
Client Ville de Gravelines
Architect Ferrier Marchetti Studio
Services Structural Engineering
Facts NFA: 4,978 m² | Competition: 2021

The initial project focused on refurbishing and extending the Sportica basketball arena in Gravelines. The design featured a 60-meter hybrid timber-steel frame supporting reinforced concrete bleachers. The beam's curved shape allowed it to align with the existing column grid while widening to accommodate the iconic central cube.

However, a devastating fire at the end of 2023 destroyed most of the structure, necessitating a complete redesign of the project, now envisioned as a new construction. The central cube, a key element of the original concept, remains part of this new design.

Structural Engineering
Sports