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BIG Designs an Ice Hockey Rink in Sweden

The 4600 M2 Ice Hockey rink located on a bowl-shaped nature plot in Umeå, northern Sweden is designed as an extension of the surrounding landscape with an exterior amphitheatre on one side and an interior one swept under a green carpet on the opposite side.
 
 
 
In its original state, the site is a nice recessed area, whose bowl-shape offers natural shelter for people to hang out and enjoy the nature and the Umedalen Sculpture Park, located on and nearby the recess. The Ice hockey arena and facilities are swept under a green roof, the latter connecting the sculpture park with the entrance of the arena and the existing restaurant. The corner closest to the street is peeled up to allow for entrance and create a signal. The big glass facade can be opened up in the warm season, transforming the ice rink into a stage for a diversity of activities.

The interior landscape is considered as an extension of the exterior landscape. While modifying the existing landscape to fit an ice hockey rink, we created an exterior amphitheatre on one side and an interior one on the opposite side. The landscape is modified to allow for wheelchair, trolley and pram users to access and to get down to the bottom of the recessed area from both outside and inside the building, and to create a variety of spaces for recreational use.

 
 
 

 
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