UNIVERSITY OF BATH SPORTS TRAINING FACILITY

Exhibition: Tuesday 31 January - Sunday 5 March

“A world-class training environment” Tim Henman

David Morley Architects, established in 1987, has a design approach that is contemporary without over-elaboration; buildings are economical to construct, efficient to run and enjoyed by their users, whilst focusing on sustainability at many levels.

The 21,500m2 University of Bath Sports Training Village, home of the English Institute of Sport, is one of four regional centres which provide training facilities for the development of world class athletes. The sports facilities contain a multipurpose sports hall, a tennis hall, an indoor sprint track, a dojo, an indoor athletics hall, a fencing sale, hydrotherapy facilities, a fitness suite, sports injuries clinic and human performance centre and other auxiliary facilities.

A key focus for the building is the provision of holistic total care facilities for elite athletes with a particular emphasis on strength and conditioning, sports science and sports medicine.This reflects the emerging trend for athletes from different sports to share techniques and knowledge and provides a unifying purpose to the Institute.

This exhibition explores the meticulously planned Sports Training Village,which has received the accolade from the Director of Sports at Bath,Ged Roddy: “It puts us at the top of the tree in terms of university sports facilities.There isn't one in the country that can compete.”

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