The new Sports Complex for the Real Club de Lima is conceived as a building of neighborhood scale with metropolitan ambition. Owing to the club’s strategic location within the city, the design, configuration and accessibility of its sports facilities and complementary services become key factors in enabling these spaces to be rented or allocated for top-level sporting events. At the same time, considering its position at the heart of San Isidro’s residential district, the project proposes placing the sports complex deeper within the site, reserving the new administrative and services building to define the urban frontage. This volume maintains a low, horizontal and discreet profile, in harmony with the domestic scale of José Granda Street... READ MORE

The proposal seeks to complete and optimize the existing access system. Following a logic of intensive and flexible use, the building incorporates three differentiated entrances: a main access for members and guests; a service entrance for providers and internal operations; and a third access exclusively for external athletes, teams and support staff, allowing direct arrival to the sports complex without interfering with the rest of the club’s facilities... READ MORE

Beyond expanding and diversifying the program, the project assumes the challenge of reorganizing and activating the rear sector of the club; a historically suboptimal area. To achieve this, the new volume aligns with the eastern boundary, releasing a generous longitudinal space that becomes a pedestrian boulevard. This operation not only enhances the visual and spatial value of the existing pergola —particularly its terrace and ping-pong area, currently overshadowed by the coverings of the sports courts— but also increases by 40% the amount of open and green space available to members... READ MORE

Functionally, the building follows a strategic zoning that optimizes operation, facilitates construction and ensures long-term performance. The proposal is ordered into two clearly differentiated blocks: one dedicated to sports activities, and another to administrative and service functions. Beneath both blocks are located the car parks and pools, taking advantage of the existing excavation and the structural need to support the heaviest elements directly on the ground. Above this plinth sits the multipurpose court, slightly sunken to –1.50 m to improve views from the new boulevard and provide direct access from pedestrian level. Above it are arranged the smaller-capacity sports spaces, such as the volleyball and bocce courts.

Defining the urban edge along José Granda Street, the administrative building is distributed across four levels. The ground floor houses access areas, reception and changing rooms. The second level contains an open-plan administrative floor, with views towards both the street and the multipurpose court. The third level accommodates the cultural area, including workshops and library. Finally, the fourth floor contains the restaurant, which opens through terraces towards the street and the sports zone.

Given the complexity of the program, a clear and efficient circulation system was required with well-defined vertical cores that support daily movement as well as safe evacuation in case of emergency. In the administrative block, two main cores —one for general use and another for services— connect the car parks, offices and member services (library, workshops and restaurant), in addition to linking the building with the upper sports courts. In parallel, the sports block incorporates strategically located staircases along its perimeter, enabling independent and multiple accesses from various points of the club according to the requirements of each specific use.