Patinoire des Vernets

Genève -Servette HC ( since 1958 )

The ice rink and swimming pool Vernets are municipal building of the city of Geneva from 1958 to 1966. Both buildings were planned by the plant community Cingria and his student Maurice, who had ruled the architectural competition for themselves, along with Jean Duret, Geneva.

Stadium

At the home of the Genève -Servette HC span mighty steel beam with about 70 meters Wingspan both bleachers and playing surface. The design is strictly linearly arranged so that the rows of seats big part to accompany the playing field side only, while the faces are free and exposed. The differing heights stands the building is asymmetrical, the flat roof spans from the higher bleachers, which are located to the street - on the playing surface over - down to the lower grandstands at the Arve; acts by the stadium like a slanted with carved work.

The design is appealing from the ranking of the binder and the 18 consecutively down and be added building axes: A steel truss will be outsourced relatively low on one side, while a certain extent spans on the other side of a cantilever made ​​of concrete, which is tied back by tieback the roof. This takes cantilever shaped as a tooth-carrier, at the same time the ranks of the main stand at limited under him, and the drawstring is the average triangular foyer.

When it was opened in 1958 at the stadium found a total of 11,820 spectators. In 1992, a renovation, so the capacity decreased to 6,837 seats. 2009 was a further modernization, with additional seats were created and the spectator capacity increased to 7,202.

In 1961 the Ice Hockey World Championships Top Division and Division B were played in the stadium. Ten years later, in 1971, the A- and B- World Cup in Les Vernet was played again. On Games home of the Genève -Servette HC Stadium (April 2010 ) was sold a total of 23 times in its history.

Swimming pool

The adjacent swimming pool, the second stage of development, the three pools are supported by a powerful steel roof, looks next to this slanted countersunk, technically appealing building behemoth like a soothing, clear, cubic overlapping counter-proposal. A continuous window separates the roof from the walls; it is supported by steel columns fungus inside the pool, so that the outer walls, free of static tasks, act like a light skin.

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