梅沙运动中心（Meisha Sports and Rehabilitation Center）

Meisha Sports and Rehabilitation Center is located at the junction of Wentan Road and Wangcui Road in Shenzhen, China. With a 2726 square meters longitudinal site and 8473 square meters total floor areas, the project houses the composite functions of professional rock-climbing and sports rehabilitation in a building of 7 floors above ground and 2 floors underground.



The project promotes the city-friendly and human-centered design ideology. Firstly, the shared open public space retreated along the street on the first floor is extended to the partially open underground courtyard, which contributes to the city a wide and varied three-dimensional open public space and reduces the sense of pressure brought by the huge building volume to the neighborhood.



Secondly, the two composite functions of professional rock-climbing and sports rehabilitation are vertically distributed. In between, there is the transition of the hollow middle open space. On the one hand, it isolates two vertically stacked programs; on the other hand, it frames the visual corridor between the streetscape and the mountain. The vertical volumetric space requirement of rock climbing is realized by the 70-meter large-span steel truss structure, which brings the openness and integrity of the lower public space.



Finally, the open plaza on the underground creates conditions for relatively independent rock-climbing entrances and exits. The retaining wall on the courtyard is facilitated with children's rock-climbing walls, which will be 24-hour open for the pass-by to experience the charm of rock-climbing. The folded triangular and perforated blue aluminum panels on the facade echoes the indoor climbing wall texture, defining the contrast and continuation of the indoor and outdoor spaces.