Abstract

This paper aims to analyse how the financial crisis is going to affect the trends in the construction of sport facilities in the Spanish Universities. The method is a survey conducted with 180 people including three different groups: Students, architects and sport facility managers. The results show that a high percentage of the respondents agree the use, construction and renewal of sport facilities in Spanish Universities will continue increasing within the next three years. Regarding the architectural trends, the wellness and recreational centres will be more successful than other options such as climbing walls or centres integrating sports and arts. Perhaps, these trends are more affected by cultural and social factors than by the economy.

Key words: Finance, crisis, architecture, University, sport facilities.