A Comparative study of sport spaces in selected universities of the world

Nowadays, sport complexes are one of the most important parts of the universities that play a key role in improving the quality of studentschr('39') life and enhancing their desirable living standards, so that It is important to pay attention to the concept of forming these spaces throughout history and to suggest ways of promoting their position in universities and clarify their criteria and standards of designing. This article is a comparative study of the architecture of sport complexes among selected universities of the world. The data were collected through reviewing documents and plans related to sport places in selected universities. Then the similarities and differences between them were identified based on the basic concepts extracted from theoretical foundations and preliminary data, including: content and performance, symmetry and conflict, three-dimensional perspective of the stadium, matching the stadium with the general style of the university, structural expression, creative use from space and finally, unifying the stadium with the city and the scenery. The factors affecting these similarities and differences were studied and the impact of the characteristics of sport places on studentschr('39') quality of life in these universities were interpreted and explained. In this article, it is   presented some examples of the realities of todaychr('39')s sport complexes in universities, the criteria and standards of designing academic sports complexes and finally some guidelines for improving the design and architecture of sports complexes in Iranian universities