Norwich City Football Club Recovery Hub
The new recovery hub at the Club's Avant Training Centre contains a swimming pool, with additional aqua therapy areas and specialist equipment.
The new Recovery Hub at Norwich City Football Club’s Avant Training Centre is specifically designed to support elite level player recovery by significantly reducing player injury time through hydrotherapy.
The state-of-the-art facility houses a range of specialised equipment including a 15m length swimming pool, additional aqua therapy areas featuring hot and cold recovery baths, a HydroWorx underwater treadmill, and camera systems to monitor movements for performance analysis and injury prevention. There is also a dedicated player changing area and sauna.
LSI Architects engaged closely with the Club’s Executive Committee and Sports Science Team to develop a design solution that effectively balanced the individual building requirements with a wider masterplan. This resulted in the Recovery Hub being strategically positioned at the heart of the campus with well-connected adjacencies to the First Team Building, offering seamless access between the different facilities.
The design of the building features a generous roofscape, creating a spacious and light-filled pool hall. Internal finishes are of a high quality and have been selected to respond to biophilic and wellness principles, promoting connectivity to the natural environment through direct views and a substantial use of natural materials.
A significant basement level accommodates the extensive plant needed to efficiently run the pools, which alongside careful detailing in the pool hall itself, works to keep services out of sight and ensure the successful delivery of a tranquil, high-quality environment that is free of clutter.
The building features robust buff brick base with a contemporary grey cladding. Darker cladding fins accentuate the verticality of the new facility, and visually mimic the vertical cladding lines of neighbouring buildings to situate the Recovery Hub comfortably within the campus.
From the Project Team
"We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Norwich City Football Club which has recently seen the completion of the recovery hub. This state-of-the-art facility will provide players with the optimal environment to recover and rehabilitate, aligning perfectly with the club's vision of being seen as genuine leaders in the football world."
Rob Ruffles Associate Director
"I have felt incredibly privileged to be a part of the team on this project. With everyone involved in the project sharing a common vision for the future of the campus and appreciation for good quality design, the end result truly speaks for itself."
Samanta Berzina Architectural Technologist