Expertise 04
Sports Facility Planning
Between the masterplan and the architecture sits facility planning: getting each venue right as a working machine. Court and field dimensions, orientation, support spaces, storage, access and the difference between a facility that operates smoothly and one that fights its users daily.
Outdoor fields and courts for football, cricket, hockey and athletics; indoor halls for badminton, basketball, volleyball and combat sports; aquatic facilities; racquet sports clubs; community and school sports infrastructure.
Playing-area geometry with correct clearances and orientation, spectator and player separation, changing and support space programmes, equipment and service access, and daily-versus-event operating modes.
Dimensional planning references the requirements and guidance of the relevant governing body for each sport and competition level, as applicable to the project brief.
