Kirkintilloch Leisure Centre

The development comprises a Design & Build Leisure Centre Facility with a Sports Hall, Swimming Pool Hall, Changing Facilities, Ancillary Spaces and Lettable Spaces. 4No. flood-lit 5-A-Side pitches and 2No. flood-lit Tennis Courts are included within the proposed external landscaping of the site. The building sits to the rear of the existing Woodhead Park.

The building consists of 3 separate elements; Pool Hall, Sports Hall and Internal Street, which are expressed externally. The differing height requirements of the Pool/Sports Hall has been expressed with the use of 2 organic double curved roof and the transition between the differing height requirements incorporates a mezzanine plant level. A circulation ‘spine’ called the Internal Street links all the internal spaces. The Internal Street starts at the entrance, then leads customers past several open glazed areas looking into the Pool, Gym, Exercise Studio and finally the Sports Hall. The Street utilises the double-height volume to provide a visually expressive area with natural daylight drawn from both the Sports Hall and the Pool Hall; the red Exercise Studio store, the yellow Gymnasium curved wall and the blue Reception all seen as objects within this space.

The external front façade has a prominent glulam timber canopy, which provides both shelter from the elements and emphasises the main public entrance point to the building. A simple palette of materials has been adopted which comprises split face block work, insulated metal panels and curtain walling. Both the Pool Hall and Sports Hall have extensive sand blasted glazing to the southern elevation to help reduce glare. This limited palette emphasises the simplicity of the design concept and assists in the manifestation of the building form.