The Cañales sports complex and skate park is a brand new facility in the town of Cárdenas, a Cuban municipality in the southern state of Tabasco. The building was designed and completed by the Mexican studio Quintanilla Arquitectos.
The aim of this project was to increase the availability of facilities dedicated to sport in the neighborhood, which was "born in the '90s, with a deficit of cultural and sports places," according to Quintanilla Arquitectos. The Cañales sports complex and skate park makes various facilities available to citizens, including a covered basketball court, a soccer field, a skatepark, a playground, and an outdoor gym.
With subtle cues to modern brutalism through the concrete posts and steel trusses, the Cañales sports complex also features substantial shaded areas "for enjoyment and coexistence."
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Why This Trend Is Growing
- Shaded Sports Complexes
- Providing ample shaded areas in sports complexes for optimum enjoyment and coexistence.
- Community Sports Facilities
- Constructing community sports facilities for public use to meet rising demand for leisure and recreational activities.
- Brutalist Architecture Design
- Designing public facilities with catchment concrete posts and steel trusses for modern brutalism aesthetics.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Construction Industry
- The construction industry can leverage on the demand for community sports facilities with multiple sports and recreational facilities.
- Architecture Industry
- The Architecture industry can incorporate modern brutalism in their design for public facilities such as sports complexes.
- Recreation and Leisure Industry
- The Recreation and Leisure Industry can partner with public and private sectors to provide quality leisure and recreational facilities to meet rising demand.
