Temporary Exhibit “Experimenta” Sport Expo Turin – June/October 1991 - Turin Architects | Magazine

Temporary Exhibit “Experimenta” Sport Expo Turin – June/October 1991

A Sport facility football training court has been realized to allow the visitors of the Expo to use it, trying unusual ways of playing football

The steel elements, with bolted joints type for an easy mounting on site, were all made off site at the workshop, painting included, in order to be mounted on the spot.
Several ways of using the field have been illustrated on boards attached to the outer side of the field confinement frames, as suggestion. The main feature is the limited space that forces the players to improve their basic individual skills.
Of course only at a limited numbers of players are allowed to play at same time. A number of players not exceeding 4 for the two teams it’s recommended.
The side transparent walls, that are made of Paraglass panels, allow the ball to bounce against, thus to pass an opponent. All the panels of the transparent walls are mounted on two guides, one above and one at the bottom to allow the walls to slide sideways, due to the expansion force caused by the increase in temperature under the sun light. That is also why the walls are fixed only on one of the two vertical sides. A maximum of 7 cm, in the horizontal expansion of the walls, have been measured on site.
A nylon net (10×10 cm) fastened to the top of the steel frames prevent the ball to exit the playing field.
Pictures:
(01) Bounded by Paraglass walls, the ball can bounce against, thus speeding up the game.
(02) The reduced size of the doors is proportional to the small size of the play field.
(03) Side view – The spectators can have a full view of the players from outside the cage.
(04) Pictures from the archive of the original Design drawings – Plan& Side views of the
“Football Cage” – Dimension m (10x20x3h) – Footprint Area(25×15)m.
05) Football Cage Design Drawing – Axonometric view.
(06) Steel Frame Corner – Detail of the Bolted Joint.
(07) Construction Drawings – Steel frame assembly.
(08) Football Cage – Panoramic View.
(09) Construction Drawings – Head Beams.

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Luigi MIRANDA ARCHITECT, Turin - Italy Summary Architect with solid scientific background, run my own architectural practice for more than 40years. Since 2014, also as Registered Architect in the UK, at A.R.B. (Architects Registration Board). Strongly believe in the structures as means of space design, and at parametric modelling as means of endless opportunities to explore the architect's best ideas, that are not practically reachable otherwise, to find the optimal solution for the architectural issues. Focused on maximization of the Client’s assets value of which, generally, they are not even aware of. Lately (two years so far) the emphasis is on the BIM Process, following the UK Norms, their Guides and Standards, waiting that, meanwhile, the Italian UNI Rules on the BIM Process, can be finally issued and fully embedded by Architects, Builders and by all others actors involved. Prompt to challenge the BIM Management as BIM Consultant/Manager, for Projects deliveries of which, the three-dimensional Model and its information related, are only a small part of the entire BIM Process. Education Politecnico di Torino Facoltà di Architettura Architecture Degree, 5 years (1972 - 1977) Work Experience - Architect founder & Managing Director, January 1978 – Present, Turin - Italy. - Consultant BIM Process Level 2 - Architectural & Structural Design - Parametric Design - Architectural Quality Design Consultant. Languages: Italian Native - English > Professional Working - French > Limited Working

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