The Dome Sports Centre

MATERIALS: Concrete, with steel reinforcement. The attached reception building is steel and concrete block with corrugated-steel roof.

PLAN: The main space is circular, with an additional arc-shaped section following the curve of approximately 90 degrees of the eastern side of the circle, and a rectangular area intersecting it to the north, for the reception building.

EXTERIOR: A white concrete dome, 11 metres high, with a diameter of 36 metres. On the outer surface the waterproof liquid-applied elastomeric membrane is visible. The central opening from which the vibrator cables would have been fed during the process of setting the concrete, is covered by a three-metre ventilation cowl.

There is a drainage channel and grill in the ground around the circumference of the dome adjacent to the original ring-beam. The building has sets of double doors at four equidistant points around the exterior. There are two air ducts mounted on the northern side of the roof.

Attached to the east side is a curved section, part of the original design, flat roofed squash courts, and a concrete and glass section in the shape of two unequal triangles leaning abutting each other.

INTERIOR: There is a main gymnasium space using the full height of the dome, and most of the space. To the north and south edge are two-storey blocks of concrete block construction, providing smaller rooms. The upper floor to each block is accessed by a stair at the western end. The curved outer sector gives access to a pair of squash courts, and at its north end opens into the reception extension.