Roig Arena in Valencia

About

A multipurpose venue that has transformed the urban landscape of Valencia’s Quatre Carreres neighborhood. Intended to be much more than a new home for Valencia Basket Club, the arena was created with the aim of making it a leading hub for sporting, musical, cultural, and corporate events year-round. Promoted by Licampa 1617, owned by the Valencian businessman Juan Roig, the project involved a private investment of 400 million euros, financed entirely by the personal assets of him who is also the president of Mercadona and the proprietor of Valencia Basket. With a total surface area of 58,500 square meters, the building stands out visually for its ceramic cladding of 8,600 slats manufactured by Pamesa, with a texture inspired by the surface of a basketball and finished in three shades of blue. Arranged like scales on a double-curvature steel structure, these modular pieces (1.0 x 1.2 meters) were installed through parametric modeling, allowing angles between 10º and 63º, optimizing their assemblage and minimizing wastes. During the day they filter light and provide the exterior terraces with shade, thereby reducing the building’s thermal load.