A warehouse. Eight courts. Five sculptural objects.

A disused industrial warehouse is transformed into a boutique padel centre, providing sophisticated and innovative facilities for the sport, as part of the new destination 8 Marvila, in the vibrant district of east Lisbon. 

The existing building undergoes an aesthetically light-touch refurb, weighing the bulk of the works on the structural, thermal and acoustic performances of the space, in order to create an ideal base ground for the padel centre programme.

3500 m2
Lisboa, Portugal | 2024
Client: Nave Padel
Completed
Photography: Salto + Tadeu Machado

PADEL
1.8.5

Five sculptural objects break away from the padel courts’ orthogonal grid in order to signify its presence and create a dynamic circulation flow, allocating the different spaces of the programme: shop, office, bar, amphitheater and changing / shower rooms.

The project has been designed and built based on pre-fab construction principles, with all of the structural elements, partition studs and joinery items manufactured off-site, envisioning a fast assembly on site, in line with a reduced carbon footprint approach from a brief standpoint.

The materiality of the existing building fabric sets the tone for the material and finishes strategy of the project, dwelling on the cast iron finishes from the original structure, which is permanently referenced across the various terracotta toned elements - from the bespoke court pitch to the shower room tiles.