SMC2: a partner for professionals in architecture and construction

With industrial production methods and the best digital tools at its disposal, SMC2 is able to satisfy all the requirements of professionals in terms of construction and architecture. Serving both private companies and local authorities, SMC2 offers solid guarantees to justify its status as a key partner. On the agenda: speed of execution, technical reliability, cost control, and low nuisance on the sites.

SMC2: qualified teams at every stage of your project

The success of a construction or architectural project depends largely on the skills of the teams in charge of it. Engineers, draughtsmen, economists, architects, graphic designers: the professionals involved at each stage of a project are responsible for ensuring that operations run smoothly and that the work is carried out in accordance with the requirements set out at the start of the project.

From this upstream design to the execution on site, the SMC2 teams master all the technologies that are the strength of our company. By entrusting your wood construction, textile architecture or other project to SMC2, you benefit from the expertise of many professionals. At SMC2, architects and computer graphics specialists design your future works. Engineers and draughtsmen study and analyse the structures and envelopes of these works, to ensure that they comply with construction regulations. Finally, economists study each item of expenditure in detail to ensure that you have control over your construction budgets.

The 3D “BIM” method for your construction and architectural projects

Throughout your project, the SMC2 teams ensure that they stay close to you and listen to your requirements. To meet your expectations and avoid unpleasant surprises, the SMC2 teams use the 3D BIM method.

The 3D BIM method is a digital mock-up tool designed to design and analyse a construction or architectural project from start to finish. The 3D BIM method offers a real-time description of the project. As a result, it is easier to check that the progress of the project is in line with your ideas and wishes.

Efficient and effective team management

The management of the teams largely determines the progress of a site and the delivery of a construction on time. At SMC2, all our teams are managed by an experienced and passionate team leader. SMC2 managers are committed to their tasks and ensure that the work is carried out correctly on a daily basis. Thanks to their experience in the field, they ensure that timber construction, textile architecture and other projects are carried out on time and safely.

Timber construction, textile architecture: many techniques mastered

In 2020, the construction industry must inevitably deal with the context of environmental preservation and the fight against global warming. In France as well as on the international scene, construction professionals are invited to implement more environmentally friendly construction and architectural techniques.

SMC2 has been involved in this eco-responsible approach since its creation, and today masters numerous and varied construction and architectural techniques. By combining the intrinsic qualities of each of them, it is thus possible to propose constructions that meet environmental challenges, without sacrificing aesthetics, safety, cost or the practicality of the infrastructures.

The use of materials recognised for their ecological and technical performance

This is one of SCM2’s strong points in its construction projects: using materials recognised both for their technical performance (strength, durability, etc.) and for their ecological performance (thermal qualities, recycling, low carbon footprint, etc.). In practice, this desire to adopt an eco-responsible construction approach is reflected in

• The massive use of wood;
• The use of composite membranes (textile roofing);
• The use of metals such as steel for the design of frames, panels, facades and roofing.

It is economical and provides all of the necessary comfort needed for dynamic sports. SMC2 recommends the ‘12°C Temperature Regulated Sports Hall’ to municipalities with limited budgets that are seeking to find cost effective ways to encourage sports and associative activities in their towns.

Game comfort guaranteed 
With its single or double fabric cover, the ‘Temperature Regulated Sports Hall’ is an ideal space for practicing dynamic sports in all seasons.
Its low thermal inertia ensures year round player comfort while its translucency provides optimal natural lighting, averaging 800 lux and balancing out any dark or overly bright areas. In addition its form and composition impacts positively upon the hall acoustics by curbing echo and reverberation phenomena.
Regulated to 12°C, the hall can be heated to facilitate the comfort of any spectators attending tournaments and competitions.

Significant savings
Temperature regulated halls save up to 50% in operational costs when compared to halls heated to 15°C.
This is largely due to the fabric membrane cover which economises on:
– annual energy bills by reducing heating and air-conditioning costs.
– artificial lighting costs by using natural daylight.
With a lifespan equal to other materials traditionally used to cover sports halls (about 30 years), the fabric membrane is up to twice as economical. It requires no particular maintenance and naturally retains its translucence.
Lastly, further savings are made on the cost of construction since the different component parts are prepared off-site in advance leaving only a simple assembly operation on site. This enables us to:
– shorten construction times
– reduce the use of heavy machinery to a minimum
– minimise waste

Retrouvez ici nos réalisations de Gymnases tempérés, Tennis tempérés, Dojo et salles de gymnastiques.

Robust and durable from an architectural point of view, textile construction contributes to the well-being of industry professionals. This type of industrial construction is distinguished by its thermal, acoustic and lighting qualities. Combined with SMC2’s know-how, they contribute to the creation of eco-responsible and more comfortable buildings.

TEXTILE ARCHITECTURE: FOR BETTER THERMAL COMFORT

Industrial warehouses are often characterised by huge interior volumes. When built with traditional materials, warehouses make it a complex task to heat and maintain these volumes. For local authorities or private companies, the energy cost of maintaining a comfortable temperature inside these buildings can be very high.

With textile architecture and the composite membrane, it becomes easier to obtain a temperate temperature or a heated environment. Due to its characteristics, the composite membrane has a high insulating capacity and a low thermal inertia. The construction of buildings and warehouses based on this type of architecture thus allows for valuable energy savings. For the professionals who work in this type of warehouse, working conditions are improved with a comfortable temperature at any time of the year.

TEXTILE ARCHITECTURE AND OUTDOOR CLIMATE CONDITIONS

In summer, the sun’s rays hitting the structure of a warehouse can easily cause the temperature inside to rise and the air to become stuffy. With the composite membrane, the textile prevents the greenhouse effect caused by the sun’s rays. The textile architecture thus protects the warehouse from uncontrolled temperature increases. In winter, the insulating properties of the composite membrane prevent excessive heat loss. This makes it easier to maintain a comfortable indoor temperature even when the thermometer falls below 0°C outside.

TEXTILE ARCHITECTURE: FOR REDUCED NOISE POLLUTION

There are hardly any warehouses in which there is no noise pollution. The operation of machines and the noise caused by mechanical equipment for handling stocks are indeed sources of significant noise pollution. In a traditional warehouse, workers are exposed to this noise on a daily basis, with a significant impact on their working conditions and health.

Textile architecture, perfectly mastered by SMC2, provides an effective solution to this problem. Due to its composition, the textile covering used in the construction of your warehouse contributes to the establishment of a better acoustic comfort. More specifically, textile architecture makes it possible to curb the phenomena of echoes and reverberation, which are sources of amplified noise pollution.

TEXTILE ARCHITECTURE: FOR A BRIGHTER ENVIRONMENT

This is the other strong point of textile architecture in the construction of eco-responsible and less noisy industrial buildings and warehouses: luminosity. With a translucency of up to 30%, the material used in textile architecture provides an average of 800 lux of daylight per year. In practice, textile architecture improves the visual comfort of professionals thanks to a homogeneously lit space. The disappearance of shadows and glare also contributes to greater safety in the warehouse.

TEXTILE ARCHITECTURE: FOR CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE

Are you one of those people who believe that concrete and/or unharmonious warehouses and buildings no longer have a place in the industrial landscape? Textile architecture, combined with the construction of wooden buildings, provides an architectural and aesthetic response to this view.

The translucent characteristics of the fabrics used, the elegance of the construction materials used and the creativity of the SMC2 team all combine to create aesthetically innovative industrial buildings and warehouses. Whatever your architectural wishes or aspirations, our design office will take care to provide you with a creative and tailor-made work.

More examples of SMC2 projects for industry and the service sector (storage buildings, warehouses, cement works, wastewater treatment plants, waste disposal centres, etc.):https://www.smc2-construction.us/references/industry-services/ 

As a specialist in wooden structures, SMC2 supports all local authorities, private clubs, companies and others in their ambition to build a wooden sports complex. On the agenda: a building dedicated to sports that combines innovation, respect for the environment and architectural creativity.

THE CHOICE OF WOOD AS A MATERIAL FOR YOUR SPORTS COMPLEXES

It is no longer a secret. For many years now, wood has been one of the most popular building materials. It has to be said that timber construction has many advantages, which are inherent to the many strengths of timber:

• It has a mechanical performance that makes it possible to integrate it into complex structures;
• It offers an architectural quality and an aestheticism that is highly prized by lovers of modern and contemporary buildings;
• It is economical compared to other building materials;
• It is ecological with its inclusion in the challenges of sustainable development and environmental preservation;
• It is efficient with very good thermal insulation, excellent fire resistance and high resistance to earthquakes;
• It allows for clean and fast construction sites.

Focus on the importance of wood construction in the context of climate change

In 2020, it is impossible for contractors and municipalities to consider the construction of a building (sports complex or other) without integrating the challenges of climate change. The use of wood as a building material meets this objective of a virtuous construction for the planet with a renewable material and a positive impact on greenhouse gas emissions.

A TAILOR-MADE WOODEN SPORTS COMPLEX

Avec une grande liberté architecturale, le bois ouvre la porte de complexes sportifs sur-mesure, capables de répondre à toutes les exigences à la fois en termes de visuel et en termes d’usages. Avec le complexe sportif en construction bois, vous êtes libre d’imaginer :

• The construction of a multi-sports hall accessible to different types of public;
• A gymnasium conceived and designed to accommodate all types of activities: shows, team sports, competitions, cultural events;
• A sports complex geared towards competition with infrastructures dedicated to the highest level;
• A sports complex that fits perfectly into a natural landscape or, conversely, becomes a natural lung in an urban centre marked by the omnipresence of concrete.

DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR A WOODEN SPORTS COMPLEX

For all their projects, the SMC2 teams ensure that they use construction techniques adapted to the constraints and requirements of the site and your specifications. For the construction of a wooden sports complex, various techniques such as the use of solid wood panels, framed caissons, and post and beam structures are studied. All of them can be adapted to the constraints (fire resistance, etc.) and/or to the nature of the activities. With the use of complementary materials, such as textile membranes and ETFE, the wooden sports complex also benefits from an optimised natural light supply for the practice of sports and to reduce the building’s energy consumption.

ILLUSTRATION OF SMC2 SKILLS: EXAMPLE OF THE WOODEN SPORTS COMPLEX IN AVENCHES

At the beginning of 2013, the municipality of Avenches, in Switzerland, chose to place its trust in RealSport (SMC2’s Swiss distributor) for the construction of a customised wooden sports complex. With their expertise, RealSport and SMC2 delivered in a few months a complex designed to accommodate the practice of three major sports in the region: football, skater hockey and judo. On the ground, this sports complex in wood construction has the following characteristics

• Total floor area: 1160 m2 ;
• Total covered area, including eaves: 1500 m2 ;
• 1 cafeteria for 80 people, ancillary rooms, WC;
• 10 players’ changing rooms and 2 referees’ changing rooms, ancillary rooms;
• 1 Dojo with changing rooms and ancillary premises.

Learn more about the advantages of wood:

https://www.smc2-construction.us/the-many-advantages-of-timber-construction/

The town of Griesheim in the county of Darmstadt-Dieburg has been enriched with a sustainable and innovative sports facility: on 27 May 2020, the town inaugurated Germany’s first sports hall with a textile shell. A project by SMC2, a specialist in timber construction and textile architecture.

In the summer of 2015, TuS Griesheim, together with the school authorities of the county of Darmstadt-Dieburg and the city of Griesheim, developed the idea of joint financing for a sports hall in lightweight construction. Now, five years later, the flagship project is finally complete.

The hall, which cost around 1.5 million euros to build, was realised by the company SMC2 under the supervision of architects Wolfgang Berge and Michael Schröer-Becker and the client, TuS Griesheim. In contrast to conventional sports halls, the lightweight hall has a filigree structure made of glulam and a fabric envelope for its roof and upper façade. The textile membrane is translucent and offers three main advantages: natural lighting (daylight shines through the fabric), optimal acoustics by reducing the echo effect and thermal comfort thanks to its low thermal inertia.

The innovative design is characterised by low investment costs and durability. Compared to a conventional gymnasium, electricity and heating costs are saved and only environmentally friendly building materials such as wood from sustainably managed forests, recyclable steel and reusable textile membranes are used.

The new gymnasium in Griesheim, designed as a pure training hall without a stand, measures approximately 25 m x 45 m and has a playing height of 7 m. The area can be divided into 3 fields with 2 nets. If necessary, it can be heated to an ambient temperature of 12°C using gas radiators, which corresponds to a perceived temperature of 14-16°C for the athletes. The hall is equipped with energy-saving LED floodlights and the high-quality sports floor is applied on a mastic asphalt surface. A dehumidification system ensures a pleasant indoor climate even during peak periods. The new hall thus offers everything a sportsman’s heart desires!

3×3 basketball, an activity in full boom

If traditional basketball can boast more than 700,000 members in amateur and professional clubs in France, 3×3 basketball is even more popular, with about 2 million fans of this street sport. A street sport, because 3×3 basketball has been popularised in public playgrounds, where fans of this American sport gather for matches where good humour is the order of the day, but competition is real.

More than 10,000 outdoor basketball courts were built in France in the 1990s. This was the time when American basketball and its famous NBA gave rise to vocations among many amateur athletes. Some of them would later become great professional champions, such as Tony Parker, Rudy Gobert and Boris Diaw, to name but a few.

Simple to set up and fun by nature, 3×3 basketball matches are still very successful today. So much so that the FFBB – French Basketball Federation – has decided to create a real national competition: the FFBB 3×3 Superleague, some of whose games are broadcast live on YouTube to help as many people as possible discover the sport.

3×3 basketball also has its own club championships since late 2018/early 2019 and its professional championship which will be launched in October 2020.

Better still, as a sign of international success, 3×3 basketball will be an Olympic discipline for the first time at the next Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020.

3×3 basketball has a very bright future

The FFBB and the public authorities are aware of the unprecedented development of 3×3 basketball in France, so much so that it has become a real driving force for all French basketball, including for the classic 5-on-5 professional championship.

Very popular in the big cities but also in the regions, and practiced by several generations, 3×3 basketball conveys an image of modernity, youth, conviviality and dynamism. This sport is perfectly in line with the expectations of a large public, looking for a collective sport with few constraints, simple rules and where everyone can have fun.

Given this success, several thousand tournaments – between 3,000 and 5,000 – are organised each year in France. Jérôme Prigent, head of 3×3 basketball at the FFBB, explains that “the objective is to create a network of professional 3×3 players while offering a new and attractive sport for the masses without losing the festive and friendly spirit of this discipline.”

The covered outdoor basketball court, an essential element

The covered outdoor basketball court is the ideal and historic facility for 3×3 practice. It responds to a strong expectation from the public, who want quality sports facilities, allowing them to play all year round, whatever the weather conditions.

For local authorities and companies wishing to install a covered basketball court, there are many advantages:

• It fits perfectly into any environment because of its size;
• It plays the card of high environmental quality thanks to the association of wood for the framework and the frame, and a textile membrane for the roof;
• It blends harmoniously into an urban or greener environment.

Another advantage is that the initial investment for the construction of a covered outdoor basketball court is much lower than that of a conventional gymnasium, making it particularly accessible from an economic point of view.

If you would like more information on covered outdoor basketball courts, contact us and ask for a quote.

With no less than 600 000 members in 94 countries on the 5 continents, the least we can say is that petanque is an international sport, which goes far beyond the borders of France.

PETANQUE, A TRADITIONAL SPORT THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED

Petanque, invented in the south of France and whose origins go back to Gallo-Roman times, is a true national symbol, a sport that cannot be ignored in France, whether it is for a moment of play between friends or for official club competitions.

A symbol of conviviality, good times shared and relaxation, petanque is one of the most practiced sports in the country. Amateur bowlers, as well as the more experienced, meet several times a week on outdoor bowling alleys but also on improvised bowling alleys: dirt roads, car parks, house yards, parks, etc.

Municipalities and companies that decide to build a covered or indoor bowling green are guaranteed to offer the public a high quality playing field that allows them to enjoy their passion all year round and in all weathers.

There are several million amateurs in France who participate in pétanque competitions organised all over the country, between friends, between members of the same club or even as a family. The passion for pétanque is passed on from generation to generation: it is a popular sport, inter-generational and a way of living together. But it is also a sport that requires concentration, skill and technical agility.

INDOOR OR COVERED BOULODROME, PRACTICAL AND ECOLOGICAL FACILITIES

Local authorities that choose to build a covered or indoor boulodrome provide an ideal response to a very strong demand from unconditional pétanque fans: to practice their favourite sport in all weathers.

The temperate indoor bowls courts have the most comfortable indoor temperature and protection against wind, rain and snow, allowing you to play your favourite game in comfort, whatever the weather outside and whatever the season.

The single or double-walled textile membranes that cover the frame of the bowling green filter out UV rays, protect the players and the facilities from rain and wind and maintain a pleasant temperature in the bowling green and on the various courts.

In addition, an economical gas radiant heating system, combined with an air circulation system, provides a high level of thermal comfort while limiting energy consumption. The difference with a heated bowling green is indeed significant: a tempered bowling green like those built by SMC2 consumes up to 50% less energy than a bowling green heated to even 16°C.

Practical because they allow you to play pétanque in all weathers and all year round, tempered indoor bowling alleys are also economical. They are also environmentally friendly because the frame, walls and framework are made of wood. Their environmental impact is therefore less than that of concrete buildings, for example, for an eco-responsible approach centred around the now inescapable notion of sustainable development.

Another strong point is that they blend in perfectly with their environment, thanks to their clean, modern and discreet lines.

SMC2 also offers the construction of heated indoor bowling alleys and covered outdoor bowling alleys.

If you would like more information about our work, please contact us. Do not hesitate to contact us for a detailed estimate tailored to your project.

.Opened in the first half of 2018, the Miramas Métropole Stadium has already hosted several national and international athletics competitions. On 16 and 17 February, the French Elite Indoor Championships will take place, qualifying for the European Indoor Championships to be held in Glasgow in early March. This is another opportunity for the Stadium to showcase its many qualities, recognised and praised by athletes and spectators alike.

A unique facility in the south of France, the Miramas Métropole Stadium is one of the largest covered athletics halls in Europe and the only one in the Mediterranean Arc, between Genoa and Barcelona.
This facility was planned at the initiative of the French Athletics Federation and was built by the Ouest-Provence new agglomeration syndicate, which has since become the Istres-Ouest-Provence Territorial Council. It was created within the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis, which is now the project manager. This space completes the sports centre of Les Molières, already equipped with a stadium and an aquatic centre. It has been designed to host the world’s biggest competitions, team sports matches and, thanks to the modularity of its spaces, various shows.
Carried out under a design-build contract won by Travaux du Midi, SMC2 and Chabanne, the project brought together the complementary skills of the various players involved:

• Travaux du Midi, a subsidiary of VINCI Construction France historically based in Provence, coordinated the design and carried out the civil engineering work, the construction of the stands and tracks, the construction of the external works, the technical trades and the finishing work;
• The architect Chabanne, a specialist in the design of complex structures, who designed this large-scale facility;
• SMC2, a specialist in the design and construction of sports facilities with a wooden structure and textile roofing, which carried out the framework, façades and roofing;
• The Serge Ferrari group, which advocates an economic and ecological approach, wove and coated the high-performance composite membranes that combine flexibility, lightness, translucency and great resistance.

An architecture of movement designed for international competitions

“The kinetic and faceted architecture of the hall offers an attractive and contemporary image of athletics, marked by dynamism, movement and vitality,” says the architect. Complemented by a 67 x 25 metre gymnasium, the 130 x 82 metre hall appears as a large volume, both massive and aerial, characterised by its white pre-stressed fabric roof which shapes its silhouette. It houses a 200-metre circular track with 6 lanes, a 60-metre central track with 8 lanes, 2 pole vaults, 2 long vaults with triple jump, a high jump, a mobile shot put workshop and 110-metre warm-up tracks installed under the stands. Its approval by the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) implied particular technical and dimensional constraints which, as Carole Martin, Director of Activities at Travaux du Midi, points out, impacted on the construction processes: “The bends of the central track are inclined to the millimetre and its surface is the most efficient in the world.”
Connected to the hall by a glassed-in interior street from which one can enjoy the spectacle of the sports activities taking place on either side, the gymnasium is used for the practice of team sports – basketball, handball, volleyball, etc. -, dynamic sports and training for athletes.
Depending on the type of event, the capacity of the stands and the floor varies from 5,500 spectators in an athletics configuration to 7,500 in a team sports or entertainment configuration.

The combination of several materials for a unique building

The athletics hall is structured by a glued laminated timber frame consisting of lattice girders, triangulated purlins, crossbeams and bracing elements assembled with steel parts to form more or less complex joints. The 12 gantries of the hall, anchored in a concrete base, span 82 metres without intermediate support in order to free up as much space as possible.

The teams achieved this technical feat with the help of Building Information Modeling (BIM), a 3D modelling method that provides a global vision of the building and all the elements provided by the project’s stakeholders, and allows the construction to be phased.

The use of wood in the framework of sports buildings is a real eco-responsible alternative to more traditional solutions such as steel. By storing CO2, wood has undeniable ecological qualities that help combat global warming.

The use of a double membrane to cover the competition hall provides protection from the weather, filters UV rays and, unlike other systems, provides even light without glare and shadow-free illumination, ideal for competitive athletics. It also offers excellent acoustic and thermal qualities, for optimum comfort for both athletes and spectators. As Laurent Tournié, Serge Ferrari’s business manager, explains: “The appearance of Flexlight Xtrem TX30 fabric is very durable thanks to the Crosslink treatment. In addition, the prestressing ensures great dimensional stability for this very homogeneous product under tension. Guaranteed for 25 years, its durability is estimated at over 40 years.”

The membrane used for the facades has been the subject of a technical assessment of experimentation (Atex) issued by the CSTB, in collaboration with the control office Qualiconsult.
The Miramas Stadium is, to date, the largest stretched fabric building in Europe. This work makes its various contributors and the local players proud, as they now enjoy a modern, elegant stadium, ready to welcome high-level athletes and to serve their sporting ambitions. Nicolas Robin, Managing Director of SMC2, is delighted: “We wanted the Stadium to illustrate the challenge that sportsmen and women take up when they put on their boots. To always do better, to always see further.”