Bordeaux Sports Courtyard Expands Practice Modes

A vast facade full of transparency and permeability opening onto an imposing solid wood frame! Welcome to the Betty Cuthbert sports playground ⁽¹⁾a new facility inaugurated last December, in Bordeaux (Gironde), Bassins à Flot district.

Responsible for the delegated equipment and project management mission at the city’s sports department, Philippe Thourel speaks of a “hall that is both open and closed”. Open, through this removable facade made of metal mesh in its lower part and capable of being released over its entire length. And in its upper part, “nets (in reference to the fishing formerly practiced on the site, editor’s note) and micro-perforated canvas”, describes Camille Ricard, architect of the Moonwalklocal collective, the project manager…