Buttress Architects | Leventhorpe School Sports Centre

The 1500m2 Sports Hall for Leventhorpe School accommodates four badminton courts sports hall, fitness suite, dance studio and classroom, changing rooms, all weather pitch, tennis courts, hard play area and surrounding landscaping works.

The new centre is designed to Sport England space standards and provides amenities to the wider community in addition to the school.

Other accommodation is housed in two blocks that wrap around the hall with the timber ‘pavilion’ to the west end of the building overlooking the all-weather pitch and fields beyond.

The design facilitates efficient management and security for the school and community use, addresses the user’s specific needs and provides a sense of calm and general well-being both within and around the building.
The largest single element of the building is the 37m x 21m sports hall, positioned to the site periphery with supporting accommodation wrapping around two sides. This allows a clear circulation route within the building and allows the hall to utilise the clear, long elevation for high level windows, enabling good natural light levels within whilst minimising solar gain.