"The Sijing Town Sports Center, designed by Spanish architecture studio Selgascano, is set to be built on the outskirts of Shanghai and conceived as a sustainable, human-scale landmark. Planned between transport routes and green corridors, the project emphasizes accessibility and active mobility, linking jogging paths, bike trails, and nearby parks into a wider network of wellness-focused public space. In contrast to the surrounding high-density developments, the sports center introduces an architectural language rooted in openness and landscape integration."
"With the layout of the Sijing Town Sports Center's pavilions, Selgascano draws inspiration from traditional Chinese water towns. Here, bridges, courtyards, and walking paths structure daily life. These elements appear here as spatial rhythms that connect interior activity with outdoor circulation, reinforcing cultural continuity while supporting community use. By embracing the ground plane, the architects prioritizes human scale and sensory engagement over a monumental form that feels unwelcoming from the street."
"The design avoids vertical dominance, instead dispersing its program across a series of low, transparent pavilions with voluminous ETFE rooftops. Each volume is enveloped in greenery, aligning the project with the natural environment and creating a calm counterbalance to the speed and scale of the skyline beyond. Still, two sculptural and organic volumes serve as the project's focal points. Their fluid geometry and bold presence establish a recognizable identity while remaining consistent with the horizontal composition."
Selgascano's Sijing Town Sports Center will occupy the outskirts of Shanghai, positioned between transport routes and green corridors to promote accessibility and active mobility. The complex disperses program across low, transparent pavilions topped with voluminous ETFE roofs and enveloped in greenery to integrate with the landscape. Pathways, bridges, and courtyards knit interior activities to outdoor circulation, creating connections with jogging and cycling networks and nearby parks. Two sculptural, organic volumes act as focal points while maintaining a horizontal composition. The design prioritizes human scale, sensory engagement, and a calm counterbalance to surrounding high-density development.
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