Skatepark Stožice Ljubljana building design, Slovenia sports facility photos, Skateboard project

Skatepark Stožice Ljubljana building

Sports Development, Slovenia – Stadium + Hall design by SADAR+VUGA

9 May 2024

The New Urban Sports Center Is Open To Public!

Design: SADAR+VUGA

Center urbanih športov Stožice – Skatepark

Skateboard park in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Address: Vojkova cesta 100, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Phone: +386 70 581 921

Sports Park Stožice

SADAR+VUGA is excited to announce that the New Urban Sports Center has finally opened its doors to the public.

photo : FOTO archive Sadar+Vuga

Skatepark Stožice Ljubljana Building News

Sports Park Stožice, designed by SADAR+VUGA and completed already in 2010, comprises a multi-purpose sports hall and a football stadium. Through years of observation of its usage, a potential to re-use and repurpose specific areas for alternative purposes, was identified. These adaptations aim to generate new possibilities for redefining the sports grounds over time.

Skatepark located in the garages under the stadium:

photo : FOTO archive Sadar+Vuga

With the initiative coming from Skatepark Rog community and Javni Zavod Šport Ljubljana, operated by The City of Ljubljana, this marks the first adaptive re-use project in the Sports Park Stožice, uncovering alternative possibilities for generating new programs and activities in the city.

North Hall (street):

photo : Klemen Ilovar

The New Skatepark Stožice utilizes the previously unused parking garage beneath the eastern stands of the football stadium. The central-eastern entrance to the stadium is used as the main entry, while the skate park is accessible directly from the garage as well.

Entrance to the skatepark:

photo : FOTO archive Sadar+Vuga

The Center features two halls. The northern hall, spanning 600 m2, recreates street environment with curbs and stairs, while the southern hall, covering 425 m2, is designed for fluid movement and includes banks, decks, and a skating bowl. In the middle, the two halls are connected by a social space on the mezzanine level, offering panoramic views of the action on both sides.

Access from the mezzanine to the North Hall (street):

photo : Klemen Ilovar

The main structure consists of a solid shell with the two-story mezzanine in the middle, nested within the existing structure. The dynamic skate landscape is constructed using drywall wooden elements, allowing for easy transformation and adjustments in the future.

Mezzanine:

photo : Klemen Ilovar

The surfaces of the perimeter walls are complemented by abstract artistic interventions, alluding to the iconography of the skateboarding subculture. The project is revealing another side of SADAR+VUGA, as it represents one of their first projects in which wood plays a prominent role in the design.

North Hall (street) Zoom In:

photo : Klemen Ilovar

The project is establishing itself as the first and largest covered public space for urban sports in Slovenia, offering around 1.350 m2 of new space designed for urban sports on wheels.

Garage under the stands:

photo : FOTO archive Sadar+Vuga

Skatepark Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia – Building Information

Project name: Skatepark Stožice

Investor: The City of Ljubljana

Architecture: SADAR+VUGA – Jurij Sadar, Boštjan Vuga, Petko Grabljič, Belen Villan Fernandez

Skate landscape design: Domen Stražar

Graphic design: Nejc Prah

South Hall (flow)

photo : Klemen Ilovar

Sports Park Stožice Stadium + Hall images / information from SADAR+VUGA d.o.o.

Previously on e-architect:

10 Oct 2011

Sports Park Stožice Slovenia

Design: Sadar Vuga Arhitekti

The Sports Park Stozice is a hybrid project. Its realization is the result of the public/private partnership between the city of Ljubljana and Grep Development Company.

Sadar Vuga Arhitekti

Sports Park Stožice Stadium + Hall images / information from Sadar Vuga Arhitekti

Location: Stožice, Slovenia, southeast Europe

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