Architects:IDOM

Area :131051 ft²

Year :2022

Photographs :Pedro Pegenaute

Manufacturers :  Mondo, Schréder, Arcelor Mittal, Ecophon, Hunter Douglas, Record, Reynaers, TarkettMondo

Lead Architects :Inés López Taberna, Iñaki Garai Zabala, Gohar Manrique San Pedro

Collaborating Architects : DUFFAU & ASSOCIÉS

Costs : Fabien Tonasso - ALAYRAC & Inés López Taberna + Gohar Manrique San Pedro IDOM

Structures : Miguel Angel Valverde González - IDOM

Environmental Engineering : Arturo Cabo Ordóñez + Lucas Legay - IDOM

Lighting : Miguel García Castillo - IDOM

Public Health Services : Arturo Cabo Ordóñez + Lucas Legay - IDOM

Electrical Engineering : Arturo Cabo Ordóñez + Lucas Legay - IDOM

Process Facilities : Arturo Cabo Ordóñez + Lucas Legay - IDOM

Interior Design : Inés López Taberna, Iñaki Garai Zabala, Gohar Manrique San Pedro - IDOM

Technicians / Cad : Iñaki Zabala Ziarsolo - IDOM

Administration : Clarisse Guiraud - IDOM

Site Supervision : Pierre Duffau – DUFFAU ASSOCIÉS & Iñaki Garai Zabala+ Gohar Manrique San Pedro - IDOM

Construction Execution Management : Pierre Duffau – DUFFAU ASSOCIÉS & Gohar Manrique San Pedro - IDOM

City : Tarbes

Country : France

The project is the result of an ideas competition for the transformation of an old military industry building from the early 20th century into a large sports center of reference for the city, the region and the country.

The building, oriented north-south, measures 125 m long by 85 m wide, organized into a 20 m high central building and two 13 m high side buildings.  Endowed with a clear and repetitive geometry with a sawtooth roof, the buildings emulate the nobility of a cathedral, despite a very poor exterior appearance, the result of the passage of time, of neglect and the absence of a façade cladding. This nobility is confirmed in the interior thanks to the expressiveness of the polychrome structure that, although worn by the passage of time, defines the character of the space with the spectacular zenithal light that penetrates the glazed roof across fifty percent of its surface.