Ferdeghini Sport Complex

This project provides a new vision of sports and environment, and combines youth education and growth with Spezia Calcio's athletic needs, always respecting the context and the local resources. The sports center "Ferdeghini" was renovated with a minimal building footprint, high energy efficiency, and sensorial comfort, designed to become the "home" of the youth sector of the historic company Spezia Calcio. The project aims to recover a degraded area, intending not only to create a functional center, but also to redevelop an entire district of the city at an urban level, becoming a landmark of La Spezia and a point of reference for the world of soccer and sports. The architecture of the building was inspired by the city’s personality, which is bound to its harbor and industry. The project includes a soccer field, and two smaller additional fields, all with synthetic turf and a single volume containing the stands, locker rooms, offices, and all the auxiliary services necessary to run the entire sports complex. The new building lies in a barycentric position on the footprint of the old building that has been demolished; its position is dictated by the soccer fields in order to make the best use of ...