Silent giant

The Rulan­tica indoor water world

Adver­to­rial

 

 

pbr & Trold­tekt Acou­stic panels

Situation

The incom­pa­rable Rulan­tica fairy tale water world in Baden-Würt­tem­berg offers adven­turous and extra­or­di­nary aquatic fun for the whole family. The gigantic water park with an area of 40,000 square metres is located in the imme­diate vici­nity of Euro­pa­park Rust, Germany’s largest amuse­ment park.

Embedded within 450,000 m² premises, which also includes a hotel, the magical Scan­di­na­vian water world comprises nine elabo­ra­tely themed areas that are popu­lated by fantasy crea­tures such as mermaids, trolls and sea mons­ters.

Rulantica’s attrac­tions include 17 water slides, the largest wave pool in Germany, a flow channel, several water play­grounds for diffe­rent age groups and water­falls.

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Behind Rulantica’s imagi­na­tive and mystical scenery there is also a diverse story based on the youth book series with the same name by Michaela Hanauer. The story tells about the orphan Mats and the mermaid Aquina from the myste­rious island of Rulan­tica in the North Sea.

The park’s inte­rior comprises a 32,000 m² large hall that is 20 metres in height, the shape of which is remi­nis­cent of a shell. It is traversed by one of the largest wooden roofs in Europe, made of natural wooden trusses (span­ning up to 50 metres) and supported by five circu­larly arranged concrete columns with a diameter of 1.20 m.

Construction

A complex venti­la­tion concept ensures that inlet air flows in from above and the air is drawn in at the lower area of the hall. The tech­no­logy was installed in speci­ally deve­loped wooden frame­work boxes. In this way, pollut­ants are opti­mally removed from the water surface.

The main facade is divided into five 33-metre-wide elements by facade towers. With their filigree steel and glass cons­truc­tions, they allow a noti­ceable amount of daylight into the hall.

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Ceilings

The fact that it is surpri­singly quiet in the impres­sive Rulan­tica bathing world is, on the one hand, due to the many rocks and deco­ra­tive elements, and, on the other hand, due to the Trold­tekt acou­stic panels built into the ceiling.

The panels, which are suitable for damp rooms and made from the 100 percent natural buil­ding mate­rials wood and cement, are charac­te­rised by excel­lent sound-absor­bing proper­ties. The acou­stic panels were also installed in the heavily frequented foyer and in the chan­ging room area.

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Project data

Architect

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Planungs­büro Rohling AG
Haupt­sitz Osna­brück
Albert-Einstein-Straße 2
D — 49076 Osna­brück

Ceiling

Trold­tekt A/S
Sletvej 2A
DK — 8310 Tranbjerg J

Client

Europa-Park Frei­zeit und Fami­li­en­park Mack KG
Europa-Park-Straße 2
D ‑77977 Rust

Physical address

Rulan­tica
Roland-Mack-Ring 1
D — 77977 Rust

Opening

2019

Author

Olaf Wiechers, Archi­tekt
Büro für Archi­tektur  +  Medi­en­dienst­leis­tungen
Klaus-Groth-Str. 1
D — 21629 Neu Wulmstorf

© David Franck

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