Location Kalundborg, Denmark Client/operator Municipality of Kalundborg, supported by The Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities LOA (Lokale og Anlægsfonden) and A.P. Møller og Hustru Chastine McKinney Møllers Foundation Design MUTOPIA Frederiksberggade 30, 2 DK-1459 Copenhagen K www.mutopia.dk Architekten CASA ARKITEKTER A/S Gammel Kongevej 167 C DK 1850 Frederiksberg C www.casa.dk Design team members Serban Cornea, Kristina Jordt Adsersen, Stefania Addis, Klaus Jeppesen, Nanna Jee Lind Eriksen, Julie Buschardt, Suzan Ibrahim, Karolina Brzozowska, Kristoffer Michelsen, Madara Timrota, Mihael Rotarescu, Marcin Kruk Author MUTOPIA Photos Kalundborg Kommune, LOA (Lokale og Anlægsfonden/ Rune Johansen) Drawings LOA (Lokale og Anlægsfonden) and A.P. Møller Official opening 2017 Construction costs DKR 45 million (EUR 6 million)
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INSPIRING SPORTS THEATRE ‘THE SPIRAL‘ SPORTS AND CULTURAL CENTRE IN KALUNDBORG The 2,600 m² ‚The Spiral‘ house of exercise is designed by MUTOPIA architects to unite self-organised and organised leisure activities, including martial arts, boxing, fencing, gymnastics and dance, into a single synergistic whole. Located at one of the highest elevations in the town of Kalundborg, it supports the town’s ambition to provide a sports and culture powerhouse for both the neighbouring school and the growing local community of sports clubs and enthusiasts. As an alternative to the typical 20 x 40 metre, one-size-fits-all approach to sport, MUTOPIA has developed a new typology allowing many types of uses to co-exist simultaneously within the same building. In this way, the different activities become more visible and mutually inspiring, which in turn supports new patterns of shared usage as well as new ways of practising sport. The building, consisting of four different-sized playing areas spiralling upwards on four storey-high steps, enables maximum interaction between the many different users. Each floor
includes functions requiring ‘closed’ space such as club and storage facilities to back up the ‘open’ activities in the sports areas. These are meant to blend together like a natural continuum. The programme organisation allows activities with different noise levels and needs to co-exist side by side, while in the same time enabling easy access to club property and rooms, furniture and shared training equipment. Equipment aimed to support specific activities such as fencing or boxing is integrated smoothly into the floor slabs to ensure usage versatility on each floor. sb 1/2019