In the run-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Paris City Hall decided to build, as a complement to the AccorArena and the Paris Défense Arena, a new venue on the Gare des Mines industrial estate between Porte de la Chapelle and Aubervilliers. As the future home of the Paris Basketball club, this new sports facility will also feature among the most exemplary from an environmental perspective.
Adidas Arena: a sports complex serving an entire district.
Paris, France
Egis is supporting SAE Palais Omnisports Paris Bercy in the construction of a new Arena located at Porte de la Chapelle, designed to host sporting and cultural events and bring extra vitality to the life of the neighbourhood.
Client
SAE Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy (operator)
Timeline
2020 - 2023
Labels and certification
HEQ Sports facilities 2010 grade Excellent, E+C- label grade E3C1, Biosourced label grade 2, Accessibility label.
Key figures.
26 000 m²
floor area
95 %
of construction site waste recovered
110,000 hours
of labour by workers on back-to-work schemes
The challenge.
Imagine.
A community venue above all else.
Over and above its vocation to host sporting events, the venue was firstly designed as a community facility for visitors and residents of the neighbourhood, with its shops, leisure activities and food and drink outlets.
Over the 26,000 square metres of floor area, project will include, in addition to the future Arena (designed to hold 8,000 to 9,000 people depending on layout) two sports halls for community sport, a sports venue for the Paris basketball home club, a multistorey 350-space car park, a 2,600 sqm multipurpose retail and leisure complex, and a 1,200 sqm patio.
Create.
Egis displays its multiple skills
The Egis group will be providing the following services to the future operator:
- Assistance in overseeing the design studies
- Assistance in developing the plans for the multipurpose retail and leisure mall, in collaboration with Voltere (Egis group) on strategic and programme related positioning, and Ernst & Young on legal and financial aspects.
In the first phase, our team supervised the Arena’s design studies. Starting from an analysis of the bid, the preliminary design and the final design, we consolidated the functional and technical requirements in line with the commercial operating blueprint, and suggested adaptation solutions.
Currently we are supervising building and fit-out work on the multipurpose retail mall, for which we have already assessed the capital expenditure budget and the building schedule, and prepared specifications to appoint the future operator.
An environmental model…
Following the multiple applications submitted by the design-and-build consortium, the venue was awarded HEQ Sports facilities 2010 grade Excellent, E+C- label grade E3C1, Biosourced label grade 2, and the Accessibility label. The operator will be obliged to maintain these environmental standards.
The site depot which accommodates 400 people is eco-friendly, and the aim is to recover 95% of the waste generated on site.
To reduce environmental impact, material selection is an important factor. Thanks to a concrete mixing plant installed on site, 30% of concrete used is low carbon since its makeup is adjusted day by day.
Furthermore, a geothermal heating plant will cater to the heating needs of all the infrastructure with 100% renewable energy. Energy consumption will therefore be only a third of that of a classic Arena. Rainwater, meanwhile, will be harvested to cater to all the requirements of washrooms.
… and a social model
The project is also a model from a social point of view, since 110,000 hours out of the total labour contribution during the project will be provided by long-term jobseekers.
This social model also applies to the general public, since an “accessibility” label has been awarded to the Arena for the first time. It offers special access conditions to people with reduced mobility, gender neutral toilets and a sensory room, aimed at people with behavioural disorders or autism.
Achieve.
A district reinvigorated thanks to sport and culture
The future complex will be delivered in September 2023, and the venue will bear the name Adidas Arena on its inauguration.
In addition to sporting events, the complex’s programme will also include concerts, shows, congresses, etc.
The Adidas Arena will act as a true springboard to breathe fresh life into the neighbourhood thanks to its retail and leisure facilities, and an outstanding area for people to stroll and relax, offering a panoramic view over Greater Paris.