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WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF SPORTS IN

OUR LIFE?
• PHYSICAL FITNESS
• MENTAL HEALTH
• SELF CONFIDENCE
• LEADERSHIP SKILLS
• STRESS MANAGEMENT
• https://impoff.com/importance-of-sports/
Sports Complex Design Considerations

• Maximizing Space and Versatility

• Maintaining a Smooth Flow
• Safety First in the Design Process
• Programming and Sports You Will Offer
• Planning for Players and Spectators

https://www.grandslamsafety.com/post/2019
/07/31/indoor-sports-complex-design
 Benefits of Indoor Sports Facilities
• Functional Throughout the Year
• Comfortable
1. Climate control
2. Efficient lighting systems
3. Different amenities
• Safe
• Easy to Maintain
• Versatile
• https://www.kieferusa.com/blog/benefits-of-indoor-
sports-facilities/
 materials
• » FINISHES - Consider finishes for activities considered
and levels of play/performance.
• » CEILING - Consider acoustic absorbency. Consider
color - reasonable contrast against the ball.
• » FLOORS - Consider different types of floor available
for purpose and level of performance. Consider color.
Consider markings - temporary or permanent.
Consider cleaning and maintenance. Are the bleachers
retractable? If so, they can possibly cause damage to
floors
• In the weight training area the floor must
withstand dropping or heavy weights. Floor
must be slip resistant.
• Machinery vibration or impact sounds can be
reduced by use of the proper floor covering
and/or by installing the machinery on floating
or resilient mountings.‘
• Criteria: flexibility, durability, cost.
• WALLS - Moisture-resistant walls with good
acoustical properties are recommended. Most
modern gyms have smooth surfaces on the
lower portion of the walls so they may be used
as rebound surfaces. Rough-surfaced walls
collect dirt easily and are difficult to clean.
• SPECTATOR SEATING - see spectator needs.
see internal environment
 noise transference
• This can be a problem if there are rooms
below a weight training room. High activity
areas should not impede on the activities
occurring in the administrative portion of the
building. The mechanical equipment should
not be a audial hindrance or distraction for the
athletic events.
• Sound through ducts can be reduced by the
use of baffles, or by lining the ducts with
sound-absorbent, fire-resistant materials. The
ducts may also be connected with canvas to
interrupt sound. Pipes can also be covered.
• In high sound transmissions spaces double
wall construction can be utilized.''
 order/organization
• straightforward direction , define paths , and
easily reached destination are essential when
dealing with thousands of people at a time .
 orientation
• Certain orientation requirements exist in athletic
facilities. For instance, an open-air football field
must be oriented with the length of the field on a
north-south axis to minimize the sun's effect on the
players, during games and practices.
• The planned orientation of the additional facilities
can be important for solar integration, favorable
entries, dynamic views to and from the site, existing
conditions, and/or the internal arrangement of
spaces.
 psychological effects
• Much research has been conducted on psychology
and sport. There are obvious differences between
golf and full-contact football. It is such differences
that can be explored in order to reveal athletes'
influences on structure, color, shapes, etc. or how
these physical attributes influence the athlete and
performance.
• The other factor to consider is the spectator. As a
"non-participant" he can influence and can be
influenced by the athletes and the architecture.
 structure
• Sports arenas must provide long, column-free spans to insure
optimum sight lines for viewing. Because of the high proportion
of structure in arenas and stadiums, it frequently follows that the
structural arrangement chosen can, to a large extent, dictate the
aesthetic and functional success of the building.
• The choices of a structural system are numerous and must be
examined for their viability, form, weight, economy, aesthetics,
and functionality.
• Those systems encountered in research were pneumatic domes,
tensile systems, interior long-span trusses (single direction and
double direction), and roofs supported by external frames and
trusses, and often some combination of systems.
 histor y
• The stadium was first produced by the ancient Greeks
to fulfill a religious and social need. It was one of a
group of buildings in which culminating rites were
performed.
• The competitions, which varied in number and nature,
began at sunrise with foot races for single runners,
pairs or teams of six. Those were followed by
wrestling; boxing and the pentathlon, which comprised
contests with discus, javelin, a foot race, jumps and
wrestling. All these contests were held in the stadium.
• The stadium was the foot racecourse in cities where
games were celebrated, and it was eventually used for
other athletic performances. It was usually straight at
the end used for the starting-place and semicircular at
the other, and was always 600 feet long, although the
actual foot unit varied in length in different states. It was
sometimes planned with its length skirting the side of a
hill so that the seats could be cut out of the hill slope, as
at Olympia, Thebes, Epidauros, and Delphi; or it was
constructed on the flat, as at Athens and Ephesus.
• The Romans spurned competitive physical sports.
They preferred public displays of mortal combat as
those were considered to be good training for a
nation of warriors. The oval amphitheater, with its
rising tiers of seats, may be regarded as a
compound of two theatres, stage to stage, thus
making an auditorium around an elliptical arena.
Amphitheaters were a triumph of Roman
architecture and engineering for a combination of
theatre and competition.
• The arena. a Latin word meaning sand or beach,
was so called because of the sand with which it
was strewn to absorb the blood of the combatants.
• The stadium as a building type disappeared and in
medieval times competitions on foot or horseback
were held in open meadows with temporary
staging for spectators. Edifices for jousting at the
lists were not of a permanent nature.*
 the modern stadium
• The design of and the facilities provided by Olympic
stadia have had a substantial effect on the forms of
provisions for a lower level of participation.
• Usually a track surrounds the field and gives
multipurpose facilities - but the conditions for
viewing football.
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 A Brief History of Sports
• The documented history of sports goes back
at least 3,000 years. In the beginning, sports
often involved the preparation for war or
training as a hunter, which explains why so
many early games involved the throwing of
spears, stakes, and rocks, and sparring one-on-
one with opponents
• With the first Olympic Games in 776 BC—
which included events such as foot and
chariot races, wrestling, jumping, and discus
and javelin throwing—the Ancient Greeks
introduced formal sports to the world. The
following by no means exhaustive list takes a
look at the beginnings and evolution of some
of today's most popular sporting pastimes.
• Cricket: The game of cricket originated in
south-east England sometime in the late 16th
century. By the 18th century, it had become
the national sport, making inroads globally in
the 19th and 20th centuries.
• Baseball: Alexander Cartwright (1820-1892) of
New York invented the baseball field as we
know it in 1845. Cartwright and the members
of his New York Knickerbocker Base Ball Club​
devised the first rules and regulations that
became the accepted standard for the modern
game of baseball.
 DESIGN GUIDELINES
• Design guideline drawings will be based on
three essential components of the project.
• 1. Function and program
• 2. Environmental Sustainability
• 3. Materiality, form and aesthetics
• 4. Utilities and Services
 FUNCTION AND PROGRAM
• The Complex is intended to create a safe, secure
environment that provides a range of opportunities for
the social, intellectual and physical development of the
youths giving special consideration to ingress, egress and
circulation patterns. Universal access (ramps or elevators)
for disable use is provided within the whole premises
where level changes exist.
• Furthermore, the design should follow latest and updated
guidelines set by the Ministry of youth and sports and
other relevant authorities for recreation, if any.
 Indoor Spaces
• They must be designed to ensure safety,
provide clear supervision by staff at all times
and contain range of programs (facilities).
• Designers must take into full account the
needs of visitors who may, for example,
require reasonable special design aspects such
as hearing and sight impairments, mobility
needs etc.
Relationship of indoor and outdoor space

• A strong visual connection should exist

between indoor and outdoor activity areas.
• Facilities should be located and designed to
ensure that the facility, the outdoor space and
pedestrian and vehicular approaches are
defensible spaces and can be readily visible
from main circulation routes.
 Human Circulation
• Main circulation routes and entrances should be
well lit and main entry points should be
immediately recognizable with effective signage and
design elements. Access from street or drop off
areas should be covered (shelter from rain) and
direct as possible. These points should be safe from
oncoming traffic. The main entrances should be well
lit and main entry points should be immediately
recognizable with effective signage and design
elements.
 Vehicular Circulation & Parking
• It is preferable that the design can
accommodate necessary vehicular parking.
And vehicular circulation should be separated
from all human circulation areas.
 Safety and Security
• Consideration should be given to the design
and siting of the building to ensure that
unwanted visitors cannot enter the building
without permission, along with clear defined
site boundaries using appropriate fencing and/
or planting, if necessary intruder with alarms.
 Fences and Boundaries
• All fences should be designed to discourage
climbing. However boundary walls should
promote urban interactions. Roof top or
above ground play spaces should have
perimeter safety rails and fences with vision
panels to discourage climbing for views over.
 3.2 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

• The design of the school should address long

term sustainability both environmentally,
economically and socially.
Sustainability and Adaptability
 Material use
• - Construction material for the building should
reflect on durability and effects of weathering.
- Building envelope inclusive of roofs, skin and
doors/windows should not have any water
leakages into the building even during
monsoon seasons
• . - The effects of weathering on the school
should only add to the aesthetical value of the
building over time.
 UTILITIES AND SERVICES
• All services must be in accordance with the standards
set by the relevant utility authorities.
• - Consideration should be given in design stage such
that plumbing and sewage lines can be accessed easily
for maintenance purposes.
• - Panel boards and water meters should be easily
accessible for meter readings and routine
maintenance.
• - In order to expedite the approval process, please co-
ordinate with MNDF Fire Department