Incheon International Ice Rink
| Title |
Incheon International Ice Rink |
Location |
Sunhak-dong, Incheon, Korea |
| Facilities |
Sports |
Site Area |
242,447㎡ |
| Gross Floor Area |
12,760㎡ |
Planning Year |
2011 |
| Status |
Under Progress |
Awards |
2011 Design Competition Winner |
This plan is located in Seonhak Stadium where Asian Games for 2014 will be taken place. The Arena was eco-friendly
planned by harmonizing with surrounding stadium park and organizing green&open spaces. To become Incheon citys
landmark and mecca of winter sports, an ICE-ROCk is proposed which is the figuration of an ice bergs massiveness
and dynamic elements. The clear and translucent image formed from nature, is substituted into eco-friendly system,
and becomes a sustainable and high energy efficient, green building, the ECO-ROCK. The digital skins and high-tech
flexible spaces are future oriented MEDIA-ROCK which will correspond to various transitions. Also the stadium is a
multi-purposed FESTIVAL-ROCK which will accommodate leisure, entertainment and shopping activities. The
‘massive and dynamic ICE-ROCK floating on the ocean is a theme of expressing shining crystalloid of athletes dream.
As the Ice bergs melts into water, the theme park conceptualizes the changes of an ice berg to become a landmark
distinguished from other buildings. Also, the irregularly segmented design symbolizes the dynamic action of a skates
blade. The lights spreading out from the gap between the masses, expresses the athletes passion. The water zone
which reinforces the floating image, makes the community facilities more abundant. Also, the facilities, which operates
even when there are no games, turns this facility into a much more active place. On the surface area of 21,000㎡, the
building will be 1 story below ground and 3 stories above ground including 1 main ice rink, 1 supporting ice rink, 3,300
audience seats and resting areas. Also various leisure and entertainment spaces will be placed to form active civilian
communities. In able to transfer a handball arena into an ice rink after the 2014 Asian Games, a multi-purposed floor
system and storaged audience seats will be installed, which can be easily controlled.