The existing site is a naturally recessed bowl and BIG takes the concept and extends it further by sinking the ice rink into the bowl and covering it with a green roof. Facing the south, a huge east-west window naturally lights the interior of the rink and lets people on the outside see the ice hockey action inside and vice versa. A corner of the rink is peeled up to a small peak to act as a landmark and entrance facing the street. The green roof also becomes an extension of the adjacent Umedalen Sculpture Park.
Open to the public, the ice rink and surrounding park become a year round recreational facility, and in the summer the recessed bowl becomes an amphitheater for concerts and plays, and the windows of the rink open up to create a stage. Ramps allow wheelchair and stroller access down to the bottom of the bowl and inside the rink. The 4,600 sq meter ice rink includes a variety of different user spaces including a cafe, outdoor seating, a bonfire area and winter sliding zone.
Taking cues from the natural landscape of a bowl-shaped site, BIG carves out a nice spot for an underground ice rink. Naturally lit from the south, the rink enjoys bright daylighting on the interior and the adjacent amphitheater park becomes a protected
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The existing site is a naturally recessed bowl and BIG takes the concept and extends it further by sinking the ice rink into the bowl and covering it with a green roof.
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A corner of the rink is peeled up to a small peak to act as a landmark and entrance facing the street.
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Facing the south, a huge east-west window naturally lights the interior of the rink and lets people on the outside see the ice hockey action inside and vice versa.
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Open to the public, the ice rink and surrounding park become a year round recreational facility.
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In the summer the recessed bowl becomes an amphitheater for concerts and plays, and the windows of the rink open up to create a stage.
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Ramps allow wheelchair and stroller access down to the bottom of the bowl and inside the rink.
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The design of the ice rink and park was inspired by the natural topography.
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Various programs are designed to flow into one another through the landscape.
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The result is a site and building that seamlessly flow between the inside and the outside.
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The green roof becomes an extension of the adjacent Umedalen Sculpture Park.
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The 4,600 sq meter ice rink includes a variety of different user spaces including a cafe, outdoor seating, a bonfire area and winter sliding zone.
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This park exalts the natural bowl-shape of the original site.
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Terraced landscaping creates a natural amphitheater.
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