SMC2 Sport und Freizeit Bau

GREEN ENVELOPES

TOMORROW’S CITIES WILL BE GREEN

Taming concrete jungles, combating global warming, reconnecting with nature, providing coolness and shade; the reintegration of plant life into urban environments is no longer an option but a necessity.

Our green envelopes are made up of either deciduous or evergreen climbing plants which grow on secondary meshes carried by primary supporting structures. These latter frameworks, inspired by nature, are made from timber rather than steel to ensure a perfect integration of the vegetation into the built environment.

Modular balconies, and even play structures, can be incorporated into a building’s green façade in keeping with the idea of delivering an enhanced building. These intermediary spaces, between the ‘inside’ and the ‘outside’ simultaneously link private, intimate spaces to the city. Harmonious places where we can forget the polluted concrete jungle and where everything becomes plant-like, serene and playful.

The dream becomes reality.

TIMBER FRAMES

COMBAT GLOBAL WARMING

Unlike other structural materials, wood is one of the only building materials which stores CO2 through the process of photosynthesis during its growth phase.

Carbon footprint
Kilos of CO2 emitted per tonne produced

ATHLETICS HALLS

Athletics sports are usually practiced outdoors, and are often disrupted by the vagaries of climate and inclement weather.

The desire to free athletics from these constraints and to enable the practice of athletics all year round has created a growing demand for suitably adapted infrastructure.

We meet this demand with our comprehensive turnkey solution for indoor athletics halls. Right from the start of the design stage we consider the best possible layouts and options for the facility so as to overcome any challenges associated with constraints on space or configuration – such as using banked tracks etc.

This comprehensive approach using glued-laminated timber and textile membrane clad structures, allows us to offer economical as well as ecological solutions, both in terms of capital investment and operation.

Covering an athletics track brings with it certain inherent necessities in terms of large spans as well as considerable internal volumes and heights. Whether it is a 200m or 400m track to include facilities for pole vaulting or not; we aim to liberate spaces and construct buildings with great length and height. The physical properties of glued laminated wood and textile membrane together with our engineering prowess, enable us to erect large buildings with beautiful free-spanning timber trusses.

In Miramas (France), we designed and built the largest athletics hall in Southern Europe, which boasts a 80m free-spanning timber frame – a feat which was achieved thanks to our knowhow and expertise of Glulam construction systems combined with the lightness of surface tensile textile membrane coverings for the roof and façades.

A textile envelope has several advantages for the comfort of athletes. It guarantees excellent natural lighting without glare and provides acoustic comfort. Control of hygrothermics parameters within our athletics halls mean that comfort is ensured in summer as well as winter.

BOULODROMES

Highly sought after in the French market where playing boules is a national pastime, our boulodromes offer the highest of standards for playing all types of boules (petanque, boules Lyonais , Breton boules, Provençale bowls, etc.) all year round. They represent a solution which is suited to the demands of both amateurs as well as competitive players of these sports, who can engage in their passion year-round inside pleasant surroundings.

We will deliver the solution best suited to your project that respect the wishes of your players: from a covered courtyard to a closed building, or a building with sliding facades; players can enjoy the outdoors during the summer months and be sheltered during the winter months.

We can put our structures over existing boules areas, either covering them fully or partially.

TIMBER SCHOOL BUILDINGS

A timber classroom offers a warm, pleasant, and wel­coming atmosphere in which children can thrive.

To make sure that the air in our schools is healthy, we chose materials (insulation, cladding, paints, etc.) with low VOC (volatile organic compounds) emissions. We favour the use of natural materials that have been minimally processed. That way children become more aware of the elements which surround them. This awakens their curiosity and contributes to strengthening their link with nature.

Air quality is also ensured by strong ventilation systems (double-flow ventilation (DFV)) which prevent the build-up of CO2 and controls humidity.

Thanks to the high degree of insulation within the timber walls and the installation of energy production
systems (photovoltaic panels, VOC double flux recovery, biomass heating and cogeneration), buildings designed and built by SMC2 have very low energy consumption.