The idea of translating the social environment into one building with the activities become the core of the urban social environment. From the social studies around the site, we grab all the skills opportunity among the youth to enhance the skills into professional level. Hence VANS Skate Center is design to make the urban activities into professional level especially in skateboarding.
VANS Skate Center is a local skate center with a collaboration with VANS brand. The idea of collaborating is to brings the local skateboarder into international. This concept come with win win situation to both VANS brand and local skate center where the local skate center will received the visitor from all around the world through VANS Skate Competition and VANS brand also will get promoted throughout the building.
This VANS Skate Center consist of various program such as outdoor skate park, indoor skatepark, competition area, arts studio, digital studio, workshop, cafe, skateshop and many more. The space planning was designed truely for skateboarder where the skaters can be skate all around the building from the parking to skatepark.
The building is design using space frame steel construction in order to achieve longer span of space without any column in the middle. This is to provide a huge indoor skatepark with no columns. Space frame construction also used to ensure the unique design of the building form can be achieved and constructed.
This building is provided by 3 fire staircase with the bridge in between two blocks of the building to ensure the escape route is minimize. For the fire protection system, this building is using water sprinkler system, hose reel system and fire extinguisher. All water tank including hose reel and sprinkler system is place at the back of the building.