The district sports hall in Wangen 

Does not inter­fere

 

Steimle Archi­tects 

Steimle Archi­tekten wanted to create an atmo­spheric buil­ding with the Wangen district sports hall – one that “does not disturb”, even though it is larger than the previous hall. That worked out very well.

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Versa­ti­lity

The new district sports hall in Wangen replaces a 70-year-old hall on the same site, between two voca­tional schools on the edge of the old town. Wangen is located in the Allgäu region near Ravens­burg. It is home to 27,000 people.

The new three-court sports hall impresses with its spacious yet modest archi­tec­ture and its versa­ti­lity of use. In addi­tion to the hall, there are also two gymnastics rooms and a spacious cafe­teria in the foyer, which are used not only by the 2,000 or so pupils, but also for school and other events.

The design was created by Steimle Archi­tekten from Stuttgart/Überlingen and is the result of a compe­ti­tion held in 2020.

Reor­ga­niza­tion

The guiding prin­ciple of the design is the urban reor­ga­niza­tion of the area with radi­cally few inter­ven­tions. The new Wangen district sports hall was built on the site of the old hall, which meant that all the trees could be preserved.

With its foyer and cafe­teria, the hall opens up to the west, north and east and thus to all neigh­boring uses such as the voca­tional school, town hall, grammar school and also to the historic old town of Wangen. Six large doors open the hall to the south onto the festival site, making it part of the outdoor events.

In the course of the 2024 State Garden Show, which took place in Wangen, this site took on a special signi­fi­cance.

Orga­niza­tion

The compact, two-storey cube of the Kreis­sport­halle Wangen is based on the rational aesthe­tics of the neigh­boring buil­dings in its design language, mate­ria­lity and simpli­city.

Between the three-bay hall in the south and the foyer in the north of the buil­ding are the ancil­lary rooms such as the kitchen, chan­ging rooms, equip­ment rooms, control room, tech­no­logy, storage and the two stair­cases to the upper floor. There are two large, almost square gymnastics rooms. For sports acti­vi­ties, the hall is also accessed via a side entrance to the east with short routes to the chan­ging rooms on the upper floor.

Sun protec­tion

The elegant wooden façade is comple­mented by a skylight strip that ensures even illu­mi­na­tion with daylight. Ball-proof roller blinds were installed to protect against sunlight and glare. These are certi­fied as ball-proof in accordance with DIN 18032 “Part 3 Ball impact safety test” and offer high-quality sun and glare protec­tion as well as thermal insu­la­tion in summer.

Thanks to its metal­lized reverse side, the curtain, which is also certi­fied, achieves the best values for thermal insu­la­tion in summer and ther­e­fore fits in perfectly with the sustainable concept of the Wangen district sports hall.

In order to meet the special requi­re­ments of the timber façade, the lateral drop rod guides of the roller blinds are embedded in the timber mullions. An attic also provides a special instal­la­tion solu­tion. In addi­tion to the roller blind systems in the sports hall, elec­tric roller blinds with cable tensio­ning are also installed in the gymnastics rooms.

All roller blinds are from Durach.

Lighting

The lighting in the Wangen district sports hall was speci­fi­cally desi­gned for sustaina­bi­lity, energy effi­ci­ency and user comfort. A circum­fe­ren­tial skylight strip provides uniform daylight illu­mi­na­tion of the hall, thus redu­cing the need for arti­fi­cial lighting.

Modern LED strip lighting systems are used in the sports hall to ensure uniform and glare-free illu­mi­na­tion. The lumi­n­aires are certi­fied ball-proof and meet the requi­re­ments for school sports. The combi­na­tion of energy-effi­cient LED tech­no­logy and intel­li­gent control signi­fi­cantly reduces power consump­tion.

The lighting concept and its imple­men­ta­tion fit harmo­niously into the sustainable overall concept, contri­bute to the plea­sant atmo­sphere in the hall – and were supplied by emsLICHT.

Windows and doors

The window and door solu­tions also play a central archi­tec­tural and func­tional role in the Wangen district sports hall. Large-format fixed glazing in wood (spruce) and high-quality wood-aluminum cons­truc­tions were used, which provide both natural lighting and a warm mate­rial effect.

Parti­cular atten­tion was paid to the over­sized pivot doors, the tech­nical imple­men­ta­tion of which posed a special chall­enge. The system is comple­mented by indi­vi­du­ally tail­ored external doors and effec­tive sun protec­tion that is tail­ored to the requi­re­ments of the daylight concept.

Fink Duo GmbH, an expe­ri­enced company in the field of high-quality window and façade solu­tions, was respon­sible for instal­ling the sophisti­cated cons­truc­tion elements.

Foot­print

The district sports hall in Wangen was built using a timber hybrid cons­truc­tion method. The entire design and buil­ding concept is based on a climate-friendly and recy­clable cons­truc­tion. It was realized with a view to a sustainable foot­print in accordance with the guide­lines for sustainable buil­ding of the district of Ravens­burg and with the support of the Vorarl­berg Energy Insti­tute.

The imple­men­ta­tion was based on a holi­stic approach and took into account criteria such as buil­ding ecology, biodi­ver­sity and near-natural cons­truc­tion. This included measures such as the use of regional buil­ding mate­rials and native woods, the avoid­ance of pollut­ants, species protec­tion on the buil­ding, the mini­miza­tion of sealed surfaces and a green roof desi­gned for biodi­ver­sity.

Project data

Desi­gner

Steimle Archi­tects
Markt­platz 6
D- 70173 Stutt­gart

Buil­ding owner

District of Ravens­burg
Eigen­be­trieb Immo­bi­lien, Kran­ken­häuser und Pfle­ge­schule

Sun protec­tion

Durach GmbH
Alte Bahn­linie 20
D – 88299 Leut­kirch

Lighting

emsLicht AG
Ölwerk­straße 58
D – 49744 Geeste-Dalum

Windows & Doors

Fink Duo GmbH
Schul­straße 28
D – 89191 Nell­ingen

Opening

2024

Address

Kreis­sport­halle Wangen
Jahn­straße 9
D – 88239 Wangen im Allgäu

Photos

Brigida González, Stutt­gart
Durach (section “Sun protec­tion”)

Text

Johannes Bühl­be­cker
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