Main Building of the E.F.G.S. - Macolin - Switzerland

Abstract

Thirty years after the foundation of the Federal School of Gymnastics and Sports and in view of the urgent need of enlarging its installations it has been necessary to construct a new block that contained: auditoriums, projection halls, offices, gymnasium, dressing rooms, swimmingpool, etc., reserving the premises of the original building for housing and recreation rooms. The new building with metallic structure and flat roofs is situated behind the old one,, and developed along the natural slope of the ground and has curtain walls that give it a transparent look. It consists of an almost transparent storey with entrance and terrace; two further storeys with a large auditorium and library and five basements with the remaining installations of the Centre.