Sports Club
Tarragona
2006
Public facility
An object in geography
The building is a facility for an Olympic shooting club. It is proposed in a rectangular-shaped plan and is positioned with its back façade facing the dominant strong wind direction, looking directly towards the shooting area, which is covered by a metal porch. Below the shooting area, there is a partially buried Olympic pit. The clubhouse pavilion is constructed as a cube made of corten steel plates. Three pivoting doors with a counterweight system allow the opening and closing of the main façade to prevent intrusion and protect the armory inside. Once inside, we can find a bar area close to the entrance hall. At the back, there is a storage room, the armory, and the toilets. In the area close to the entrance to the shooting range, a gravel The area next to the entrance of the shooting range is a parking lot delimited with plane-trees (Platanus hispanica).