Badminton Academy Features Dramatic Shuttlecock-Shaped Building

At the edge of Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, a new badminton academy turns a training hall into a piece of civic theater.

Studio Archohm designed the Dalmia-Gopichand Badminton Academy, nicknamed “The Shuttle,” to read like a trophy from the road, bold enough to claim a corner at a major crossroads, but tuned for the daily grind of practice.  

The building’s headline move is its inverted hemisphere, a sculptural form that nods to a shuttlecock’s cork base.

Pull that off and you inherit a structural problem, plus a chance to make the inside work better.

Inside, performance rules. Eight courts sit in a “dark box” configuration that badminton demands, with supporting spaces stacked below and around them: lecture theatres, classrooms, gym, coach rooms, and dormitories, all layered for vertical efficiency.

Concrete helps temper Bhubaneswar’s heat and cyclonic conditions, and it grounds the mass of that inverted form.  

After dark, the academy comes alive. Custom lighting traces feather-like lines across the shell, turning the building into a clear nod to the shuttlecock. It’s a celebration of the sport, and a new night landmark for Bhubaneswar.

What makes it feel like more than a sealed-off sports box is the ground plane. The academy opens itself to the city with cafes, sports retail, and other commercial spaces, wrapped in a transparent glass volume that lightens the building’s visual weight and makes the perimeter feel inviting, not forbidding.  

Then the site does its part. The landscape extends into nearby parkland with places to linger: a shaded 500-seat spectator gallery, amphitheatres, and framed views that encourage gathering whether you came to train, watch, or just pass through.

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