Plug and Play

Context

The Bern and Biel School of Design has been based in Berna­park since summer 2024 and will remain here until at least 2034, while the main buil­ding on Bern’s Schänz­li­halde is being exten­si­vely reno­vated.

The former Deisswil card­board factory with its charac­te­ristic indus­trial character creates an inspi­ring envi­ron­ment for crea­tive trai­ning. In addi­tion to the exis­ting studios, work­shops and a photo lab, the campus now also includes a new sports hall.

The new “Turn­halle im Berna­park Stettlen” offers ideal condi­tions for tempo­rary use for around ten years. NUSSLI built the hall within a few weeks, and did so sustain­ably.

Equip­ment

The new buil­ding meets all the requi­re­ments of a modern school sports faci­lity. The sports hall has a high-quality, pollutant-free hall floor and light-colored wood clad­ding, which toge­ther create a plea­sant indoor climate. The timber cons­truc­tion also regu­lates humi­dity in a natural way.

The ancil­lary rooms are housed in prefa­bri­cated modules that have already been deli­vered fully equipped (modular system). These include the chan­ging rooms with showers, sani­tary faci­li­ties and other func­tional rooms. All tech­nical equip­ment was also already inte­grated into the modules.

Cycle instead of tempo­rary solu­tion

The gymna­sium in Berna­park Stettlen impres­si­vely demons­trates the prin­ci­ples of the circular economy in the cons­truc­tion industry. All buil­ding mate­rials used are desi­gned for dismant­ling and reuse. When selec­ting the mate­rials, the highest demands were placed on envi­ron­mental and health compa­ti­bi­lity, which is why pollutant-free mate­rials are used throug­hout.

Thanks to the foun­da­tion-free cons­truc­tion, only minimal inter­ven­tion in the buil­ding ground was neces­sary, allo­wing the area to be returned without a trace after dismant­ling. The modular design not only allows flexible adapt­a­tion during the period of use, but also easy dismant­ling at the end of the service life.

The gymna­sium in Berna­park Stettlen proves that tempo­rary buil­dings do not neces­s­a­rily have to be makes­hift, but can be user-friendly archi­tec­ture that is of course also committed to sustaina­bi­lity.

The combi­na­tion of rapid realiza­tion, high quality of use and consis­tent sustaina­bi­lity makes the project a refe­rence project.