Tennis Courts

Year2024

CategoryCivic Amenities, Sports

LocationPrague

StatusCompleted

The new grounds of the TK LTC 1927 Praha Michle tennis club are being built on the site of the former Michle bakeries, which is gradually changing from an industrial site into a new urban district with residential, work and public functions. The sports grounds become part of this structure as an important element of civic amenities and as a more open leisure facility for the wider neighbourhood.

The project comprises a clubhouse, seven tennis courts and one practice court, combining sports operations with high-quality facilities for club members.

The heart of the building is the club room, which serves as a place for meeting, relaxing and social life and, thanks to generous glazing, opens directly towards the courts. Its spatial character is further emphasised by the rising plane of the roof. The programme is completed by changing rooms, sanitary facilities, a relaxation and training room, a caretaker's flat and plant rooms. The interior also includes recycled furnishings from the original club room, carrying the continuity and memory of the club into the new setting.

Client	PASSERINVEST GROUP, a.s.
Design team	Martin Krupauer Pavel Kvintus Martin Sedmák Michael Vojtěchovský Ladislav Krlín

Club Room and Facilities

The central space of the building is the club room, conceived as the centre of the club's social life, a place for meeting and for relaxation. Its importance and connection with the grounds are reinforced by full-width glazing towards the tennis courts and the extra height created by the rising plane of the roof.

The building's programme is completed by a block of sanitary facilities and changing rooms, a relaxation or training room, a caretaker's flat and the building's plant rooms. The interior also reuses recycled furnishings from the original club room.