Swansea Arena
Swansea Arena
Swansea Arena
City: Swansea, Wales
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Designed by:
Buckingham Group Contracting
AFL Architects
Amron Architectural
Ceiling project by Kriskadecor inspired by balé tutus
Copr Bay is destined to be Swansea’s vibrant new cultural and leisure quarter. Situated between the city centre and its spectacular beach, it will enable it to reach its full potential as one of the UK’s leading places to live, study, work and visit.
Within the state-of-the-art regeneration project, we find a new hotel, high-end conference facilities, a waterfront park of almost half a hectare and a 3,500-seat stadium designed to host major cultural and sporting events.
The interior-exterior relationship of the Swansea Arena is a statement of intent. On the outside, a fluid cladding of copper-coloured panels and nearly 100,000 LED lights form a gigantic wraparound screen that acts as a digital façade, the largest in the UK.
The interior is dominated by black and gold tones. Of particular note is the custom ceiling, designed by Buckingham Group Contracting, AFL Architects and Amron Architectural with aluminium chains from Kriskadecor.
Inspired by balé tutus, the countless curved pieces in brilliant apricot bring movement and warmth to the building’s interior. Their shape and aesthetics are meant to reflect the ethereal nature of their nature. Like the tulle of the dancers’ costumes, the Kriskadecor ceiling is translucent, light and vaporous.
It required 128 km of chain, with a total surface area of 1647 m2.
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