By Hospitality Design Special
Info & Image:Courtesy the architects
The Polour Rock
Climbing Hall is a spirited sports facility – architecturally contextual and
iconic…
The Polour
village to the south of Mount Damavand – the highest scalable peak in Iran,
houses the best settlement for mountain climbers in the region. It marks the
starting point of mountain climbing with at least 16 known routes to the summit
– some very dangerous requiring rock climbing.
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the Development and
Maintenance of Sports Facilities, Iran, the Rock Climbing Hall designed by architects,
Lida Almassian anf Shahin Heidari from Tehran-based New Wave Architecture, is
inspired by the geological process of the large-scale movements of the earth‘s
crust and its tectonic forces. The
facility is designed to simulate the exhilarating rock-climbing experience for
both, adventurers and onlookers alike.
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The fragmented mass becomes a multi-faceted
entity; it stems from the layers of nature and gradually rises, peaks and ebbs soberly.
Nature and landscape visually creep into the building through the transitive
atrium and triangular openings, flooded with natural daylight and providing a
dynamic sport hall for climbers, from training to competition.
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of the atrium, proposing new impressions for the moving observer.Both the users
inside and viewers outside interact in a dynamic relationship with the climbing
gym, while the exterior facets offer outdoor bouldering for climbers.
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square meters extending along south-east to south-west, the rock climbing gym creates
a tangible architectural space, where aesthetics is as prominent as
performance. Bouldering hall, temporary accommodation zone, fitness gyms and
maintenance areas are enclosed by boulder–like walls.
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moment resisting frames that are used as the main structural system; while
tubular trusses transmit the floor loads to vertical elements due to project
long spans.
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surroundings, white fibre cement panels comprise the exterior facets of the
built form, merging the building into the surrounding, heightening the
experience.
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