Laykold

Laykold

Time for a change

Sand courts need to be maintained and irrigated in summer, and in winter they cannot be used at all. Laykold is a worthwhile alternative.

Sand pitches need to be maintained and irrigated in summer, and in winter they cannot be used at all. The alternative is called Laykold (by Melos).

Whether it’s court clea­ring or the removal of moss — sand courts are beau­tiful and certainly offer some advan­tages, but in any case they are a lot of work. Not to mention the water sprink­ling in the summer, which is not very resource-effi­cient and thus not very envi­ron­men­tally friendly.

In response to this, Melos GmbH supplies the acrylic-based “Laykold” hard court coating systems, as parti­cu­larly durable and low-main­ten­ance floo­ring systems. Laykold systems are suitable for tennis courts but also for multi­func­tional courts on which volley­ball, basket­ball or foot­ball can be played.

The courts with Laykold coating systems can be played on all year round in outdoor area – an important topic for clubs, espe­ci­ally if no indoor tennis court is available for the winter season.

In contrast to clay courts, they do not have to be made winter­proof.

The Laykold acrylic system is an all-weather hard court coating that is both hard-wearing and durable. It can be easily adapted to meet individual desires.

Laykold systems have a multi-layer struc­ture: the base, consis­ting of water-imper­meable concrete or asphalt*, an elastic layer (Masters 5, Masters 8 and Masters Gel), a level­ling layer, a textured top layer and a sealing layer (optional).

The textured surface layer is available in 17 UV-resistant colours and can thus be opti­mally adapted to indi­vi­dual circum­s­tances, e.g. club colours.

This struc­ture offers several advan­tages: For one thing, the mate­rials provide a force reduc­tion of up to 23 percent, which is a big plus for the joints in parti­cular. In addi­tion, the ball boun­cing beha­viour remains constant, as the even surface of the top layer ensures that balls can no longer misfire. The seam­less and joint­less instal­la­tion of the system supports this advan­tage.

A speci­ally made rubber cushion can be inte­grated into the system to improve the cushio­ning effect and, in turn, the comfort of play.

Laykold looks back on a long tradition: since the 1920s, this surface has been installed at more than 100,000 sports facilities throughout the world.

The wide choice of colours allows you to add a crea­tive splash to your asphalt or concrete surfaces whether old or new.

Thanks to the minimal main­ten­ance requi­re­ments and low instal­la­tion costs, you can reinvi­go­rate exis­ting concrete and asphalt surfaces, and extend the life of exis­ting courts. The main appli­ca­tion areas are tennis courts and multi-sports surfaces (for basket­ball, volley­ball, foot­ball). Laykold is also a popular solu­tion for roller sports or schools.

Laykold looks back on a long tradi­tion: since the 1920s, this surface has been installed at more than 100,000 sports faci­li­ties throug­hout the world.

During the tennis boom of the 1960s and 70s, Laykold became estab­lished as one of the few mate­rials suitable for hard court surfaces.

Thanks to the versa­ti­lity that it offers today, Laykold has become the global market leader for outdoor tennis courts.

Laykold supplies, among others, the surface for the US Open in New York’s Madison Square Garden.

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Laykold by Melos
Melos GmbH
Bismarck­strasse 4–10
D‑49324 Melle

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Melos GmbH

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Melos GmbH
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Athletics running tracks

Athletic running tracks for every occasion

Fits everywhere

Some interesting facts and figures about synthetic running tracks, tartan tracks and temporary athletics running tracks.

MOST of the ATHLETICS FACILITIES FOR MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS ARE BUILT IN STADIUMS, but SOMETIMES OUTSIDE AS WELL.

Athle­tics faci­li­ties offer suitable running tracks and sports surfaces for all the various disci­plines of athle­tics. The core of each faci­lity is the athle­tics running track. It encir­cles the pitch area in the stadium. In addi­tion, there are indi­vi­dual faci­li­ties in the stadium for the other disci­plines  – such as jumping, thro­wing and shot put.

Some­times track and field faci­li­ties are built for major inter­na­tional compe­ti­tions outside stadiums, for example in Zurich.

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Is the athletics track really 400 m long?

It is always said that the track is 400 meters long. This is correct, but it only applies to the inside lane of the track. All other lanes are longer. The outer lane is 40 to 50 meters longer than the inner lane. On lane two, the diffe­rence is almost eight meters. With a lane width of 122 cm, the lanes differ by 2 x Pi x 122 cm = 7.67 meters.

Ther­e­fore, at compe­ti­tions, the athletes’ starting blocks are placed at diffe­rent loca­tions so that all runners have exactly 400 meters of track ahead of them.

However, it is not that accu­rate when it comes to  who starts where in every compe­ti­tion. In the 10,000-meter run, the runners gather for the start freely distri­buted on all eight lanes. After the start, they then try to quickly reach the inner lane and stay there if possible, because this results in valuable meters gained and ther­e­fore time.

Why do people actually run to the left?

It is believed that the origin of this goes back more than 200 years. In England, the first horse races were not held in stadiums, but on country roads. Because of the left-hand traffic in England, it was safer to let the horses run to the left so that they would not collide with onco­ming traffic. 

When there were finally proper horse racing tracks just for sport, people kept with the habit. These tracks were also used by runners in the begin­ning. Because of this,  running on the left became the norm. This later on became accepted world­wide.

Athletics facilities: Type A, B and C

The cons­truc­tion of outdoor athle­tics faci­li­ties is regu­lated in DIN 18035–1:2003–02, Part 1 “Sports grounds; outdoor faci­li­ties for games and athle­tics, plan­ning and dimen­sions”. Among other things, the DIN stan­dard distin­gu­ishes between running track types A, B and C. Depen­ding on how the faci­lity is used, it still requires an addi­tional World Athle­tics Class 1 or Class 2 certi­fi­cate.

For national and inter­na­tional athle­tics compe­ti­tions, a type A compe­ti­tion faci­lity is required. For regional and other major sporting events, type B is suffi­cient. For all other faci­li­ties that are not intended for high-perfor­mance sports (for example, for school level sports), type C is suffi­cient.

To host national and inter­na­tional track and field events, a Type A faci­lity requires World Athle­tics Class 2 certi­fi­ca­tion. This faci­lity has eight indi­vi­dual running tracks. Its length is at least 176.91 m, and its width is at least 93.08 m. The pitch in the center of the stadium must have an area of 109 x 73 m to meet the foot­ball field  stan­dard size of 105 m × 68 m.

In addi­tion, Type A has indi­vi­dual running tracks for sprin­ting, hurdles and stee­ple­chase, faci­li­ties for high jump and pole vault, long jump and triple jump, discus and hammer throw, javelin throw and shot put.

In the past, the tracks were made of red ashes (or clay). The first athle­tics tracks made of synthetic mate­rial only came later. These are tradi­tio­nally also called tartan tracks. The first synthetic running track was installed in 1968 in the Letzi­grund stadium in Zurich. Conica is one of the pioneers when it comes to synthetic tracks and has equipped plenty of renowned stadiums around the world.

Weltklasse Zurich
Special running tracks for special events

Some­times you need special running tracks and formats for special events – like for “Welt­klasse Zürich”, the last global athle­tics high­light of the 2022 season.

Welt­klasse Zürich was also the finale of the Wanda Diamond League, the most important global athle­tics event after the World Cham­pi­on­ships in Eugene and the Euro­pean Cham­pi­on­ships in Munich. Athletes achieved the follo­wing: 4 annual world best times, 6 meeting records, 1 Diamond League record, 16 season bests and 9 personal bests. 

The finals took place both in the Letzi­grund Stadium and on the Sech­se­läu­ten­platz, where in just two days, Swiss track specia­list Conica had built a high jump and a pole vault module along with its record-brea­king world’s longest mobile running track measu­ring 560m.

Conica also installed modules for the jumping compe­ti­tions.

The particularly big challenge on Sechseläutenplatz was that the track had to be removed smoothly and without residue right after the event. 

Six of the 32 compe­ti­tions (women’s and men’s 5,000m final, women’s pole vault and men’s high jump, women’s and men’s shot put) were moved from the stadium to down­town Zurich.

The parti­cu­larly big chall­enge on Sech­se­läu­ten­platz was that Conica’s usual process tech­nique – casting/pouring in place the running track surface – could not be used because the track had to be removed smoothly and without residue right after the event. 

For this reason, Conica used a spray-coated running track pre-produced on mats, which were then rolled out and fixed onto the Sech­se­läu­ten­platz pave­ment.  For the tight turns, speci­ally made inclined curve ramps  based on indoor faci­li­ties were produced, which offered the athletes optimal condi­tions for the best compe­ti­tion expe­ri­ence in the middle of the city.

Conica has been deve­lo­ping and manu­fac­tu­ring inno­va­tive seam­less floo­ring solu­tions based on poly­ure­thane and epoxy resins for sports, games, leisure as well as other areas for over 40 years. Conica is one of the world’s market leaders and inno­va­tion drivers in this field.

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Athletics running tracks

Conica AG
Indus­trie­strasse 26
CH — 8207 Schaff­hausen

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Conica AG

Author

Johannes Bühl­be­cker
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Locations

Welt­klasse Zürich
Sech­se­läu­ten­platz
CH — 8001 Zürich

Stadion Letzi­grund
Bade­n­er­strasse 500
CH — 8048 Zürich

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Nepal Skatepark

Nepal Skatepark

Getting up over and over again!

A skate park as an engine of development for social infrastructures.

The Nepal Skatepark empowers the young people who use it and, at the same time, fulfils a function as a focal point for the neighbourhood.

The Nepal Skate­park was opened in spring 2022 and is an important part of the deve­lo­p­ment of social infra­struc­tures in the country. The project was initiated and financed by Skate-Aid. The maier land­schafts­ar­chi­tektur office in Cologne desi­gned and built the complex.

The most important outcome of this colla­bo­ra­tion is the sustainable part­ner­ships that are formed on the ground with those who not only install the project but also operate it on a long-term basis. In this instance, it’s the orga­ni­sa­tion “Yuwa for Change”.

The Nepal Skate­park empowers young people through its on-site educa­tional skate­board work­shops. At the same time, the complex func­tions as a kind of focal point for the neigh­bour­hood.

The Nepal Skatepark is part of a sports and educational programme designed to rebuild the country.

Nepal is located in southern Asia, between the Peop­le’s Repu­blic of China and India. The country had deve­loped and moder­nised rapidly over a period of 20 years, until a devas­ta­ting earth­quake destroyed large parts of the country in 2015.

The Nepal Skate­park is part of a sports and educa­tional programme desi­gned to rebuild the country.

The park is located on the outskirts of the city of Butwal (138,000 inha­bi­tants), at the foot of the Hima­layas, about 240 km west of the capital Kath­mandu.

The concept fulfils more functions than a skate park alone can do and enables the sustainable operation of the facility.

The design of the skate park was based on the abstract image of two crossed skate­boards, which is the logo of Skate-Aid. This cross forms the basic layout of the complex and subdi­vides the 400 m² park.

The central area is the heart of the faci­lity. The skate­park is located here. The selected skate­boar­ding elements repre­sent a straight­for­ward intro­duc­tion for local young people, but also provide variety for advanced skaters – espe­ci­ally benches, curbs and handrails. The outer ends have been desi­gned as ramps which serve to increase momentum and ensure a better flow.

The adja­cent areas are each 120 m² in size. Here they consist of a street­ball surface and a basin-shaped skate­boar­ding feature known as a bowl. However, they can also be flexibly adapted, for example as multi­func­tional sports and event areas, further skate­boar­ding areas, play­grounds or for the cons­truc­tion of a youth centre.

The concept fulfils more func­tions than a skate park alone can do and enables the long-term, flexible and sustainable opera­tion of the faci­lity.

The concept can be reconstructed in a modular way at other locations.

The concept of the Nepal Skate­park can be scaled and repro­duced in a modular way at other loca­tions. This is parti­cu­larly useful when local condi­tions are diffi­cult and when there is a low budget. The zoning of the faci­lity also means that cons­truc­tion can take place in various, inde­pen­dent phases.

Due to its elon­gated shape, the middle area is ideally suited for deve­lo­ping diffe­rent and exci­ting skate parks for future projects.

The clear, simple shapes make it possible to build a roof over certain areas at a later date, so that these can be used even in bad weather.

Falling down and getting up again — that’s what it’s all about. In Nepal and everywhere else in the world.

maier land­schafts­ar­chi­tektur and Skate-Aid have been working toge­ther for more than a decade to improve the pros­pects of children and young people in diffi­cult situa­tions and envi­ron­ments – with the help of social and sporting faci­li­ties in the form of skate parks. Earlier examples are the Beth­lehem Skate­park, Janwaar Castle and the Damascus Skate Park .

Common to all these projects is their sustainable opera­tion by local partner orga­ni­sa­tions. What good is the most beau­tiful faci­lity if no one takes care of it? In this way, faci­li­ties such as the Nepal Skate­park give children and young people easy access to perma­nent oppor­tu­ni­ties to develop into strong perso­na­li­ties by being part of a commu­nity in a posi­tive envi­ron­ment.

Falling down and getting up again – that’s what it’s all about. Lear­ning to do so is perhaps the grea­test benefit that sport and archi­tec­ture can provide.

Project data

Design

maier land­schafts­ar­chi­tektur
Rösra­ther Straße 769
D — 51107 Cologne

Client

skate-aid inter­na­tional e.V.
Wall­straße 86
D — 10179 Berlin

Operator

Yuwa for Change

Physical address

Dhunga Skate-aid
Skate­park Butwal
MF22+57
Tilot­tama 32907
Nepal

Opening

2022

Author

Johannes Bühl­be­cker
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Wiesental outdoor pool

Wiesental outdoor pool

Best of Bochum

The 50-meter pool was and is the decisive factor behind the ongoing success of SV Blau-Weiß Bochum, both in fitness and competitive sports.

The new 50-meter pool was introduced in the summer of 2021. It is used for both competitive and popular sports.

The beau­tifully situated Wiesental outdoor pool in Bochum is the home of SV Blau-Weiß Bochum, one of the largest swim­ming clubs in Germany.

The new 50-meter pool was intro­duced in the summer of 2021. It is used for both compe­ti­tive and popular sports. Blau-Weiß Bochum has been espe­ci­ally domi­nant in women’s water polo.

The new pool replaces an outdated liner pool occu­pying roughly the same space. It was supplied and installed by Myrtha Pools.

The CO2 emissions in the production of a Myrtha pool are significantly reduced.

Myrtha Pools supports the deve­lo­p­ment of swim­ming by buil­ding high quality and sustainable pools. The Wiesental outdoor pool is an excel­lent example of this.

The new pool consists of stain­less steel panels that have been perma­nently coated with colored rigid PVC and bolted toge­ther and sealed on site. Using this modular system, the pool is easy to install and at the same time very robust and durable.

This tech­no­logy leads to signi­fi­cantly shorter cons­truc­tion times and shar­pely reduces the use of heavy machi­nery. In addi­tion, the CO2 emis­sions in the produc­tion of a Myrtha pool are signi­fi­cantly reduced: by 50% compared to a tradi­tional rein­forced concrete pool, and by 30% compared to a welded steel pool.
The modular, stain­less steel panel approach enables abso­lute precision from plan­ning to instal­la­tion. In addi­tion, the pool can be operated prac­ti­cally main­ten­ance-free for the first 20 to 30 years — another clear advan­tage over the tiles and joints required for concrete pools.

The 50-meter pool was and is the decisive factor behind the ongoing success of SV Blau-Weiß Bochum, both in fitness and competitive sports.

The Wiesental outdoor pool was first opened in 1950. Origi­nally, only a 25-meter pool was planned and approved, but ener­getic club members spon­ta­neously built a 50-meter pool instead. That fateful choice turned out to be crucial, as this large pool was and is the decisive factor behind the ongoing success of SV Blau-Weiß Bochum, both in fitness and compe­ti­tive sports.

The compe­ti­tion pool is the heart of the faci­lity. Since 2013 it has been covered with an inflated dome in winter, and since summer 2021 it has featured the wonderfully updated Myrtha Pools vessel. It is used for both compe­ti­tive and popular sports.

In addi­tion, the aquatic centre offers a teaching pool, a lawn for sunbathing, a sun terrace that is used as a grand­stand during meets, a play­ground, a beach volley­ball field and a small gym and well­ness area.
The setting is completed by first-class amen­i­ties inclu­ding chan­ging rooms, and spaces for admi­nis­tra­tion, main­ten­ance and food services.

Myrtha Pools is also a supplier of mega events where ecological sustainability is required — for example the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008, in London 2012, Rio de Janeiro 2016 and Tokyo 2021.

Myrtha Pools was founded in 1961 in Castig­lione delle Stiviere on Lake Garda. Today the company supplies and installs more than 1,500 swim­ming pools per year in 70 count­ries world­wide.

Myrtha Pools wants to raise public aware­ness of the importance of sustainable, func­tional and barrier-free sports faci­li­ties. Myrtha pools offer lasting quality throug­hout their life­cycle — from quick and easy instal­la­tion to hassle-free disposal. In between there is a long life with almost no main­ten­ance and a high quality of use.

That is why Myrtha Pools is also a supplier of mega events where ecolo­gical sustaina­bi­lity is required — for example the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008, in London 2012, Rio de Janeiro 2016 and Tokyo 2021.

Project data

User

SV Blau-Weiß Bochum

Pools

Myrtha Pools

Physical address

Freibad Wiesental
Am Wiesen­grund 18
D — 44795 Bochum

Opening

2021

Photograph

Björn Boltz
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Johannes Bühl­be­cker
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Jahn Sports Hall

Jahn Sports Hall in Lippstadt

New opportunities

The Jahnplatz in Lippstadt is the sporting center of the city, so the new Jahnsporthalle creates new opportunities here.

The construction of the new three-field sports hall adds another attractive element to the sporting centre of the city.

The new Jahn Sports Hall in Lipp­stadt, Germany, enhances the sporting centre of the city and harmo­nises perfectly with its surroun­dings. The joint project between the Evan­ge­lical Church and the city of Lipp­stadt offers more oppor­tu­ni­ties for schools and asso­cia­tions.

The Jahn­platz in Lipp­stadt (North Rhine-West­phalia) is a para­dise for sports enthu­si­asts. It offers not only the oppor­tu­nity to play foot­ball or burn off energy on the running track but also ample scope for indi­vi­dual sports. For example, the dirt park for moun­tain bikers, the skate­park or the large exer­cise park.

The cons­truc­tion of the new three-field sports hall adds another attrac­tive element to the sporting centre of the city. Eling archi­tekten of Lipp­stadt have created a modern 2,450 m² three-field hall on behalf of the city and the Evan­ge­lical Church of West­phalia, which harmo­nises perfectly with the local surroun­dings.

The existing retaining wall bordering on Jahnplatz was skilfully integrated into the design, offering visitors as a place to sit and watch the world go by.

Located in the imme­diate vici­nity of the secon­dary school and the Jahn­platz, the light-flooded white hall rests on a brick base.

The exis­ting retai­ning wall borde­ring on Jahn­platz was skilfully inte­grated into the design, offe­ring visi­tors as a place to sit and watch the world go by.

Here visi­tors will also find the entrance, with long concrete stairs leading into the foyer, which is flooded with light thanks to the large windows. There is also a ramp leading into the new buil­ding.

Acoustic ceiling panels enhance the wood-and-concrete aesthetic.

Inside Jahn Sports Hall, a large grand­stand offers space for about 600 people, and there are several multi-purpose rooms, which can be used for the theory lessons taught along­side the sports classes, as well as chan­ging rooms.
Light concrete elements are combined with light wood elements, making the entire hall, which also includes a clim­bing wall, bright and invi­ting. In keeping with this design, acou­stic panels in a natural wood tone were installed on the ceiling.
Since its inau­gu­ra­tion in October 2021, the Jahn Sports Hall has enjoyed great popu­la­rity not only among students but also among clubs.

Project data

Architect

Eling achi­tekten
Cappel­straße 8
D — 59555 Lipp­stadt

Client

Evan­ge­li­sche Kirche
Stadt Lipp­stadt

Acoustic ceiling

Trold­tekt GmbH
Frie­senweg 4 · Haus 12
D — 22763 Hamburg

Physical address

Jahn­sport­halle
Udener Str. 2
D — 59555 Lipp­stadt

Opening

2021

Author

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

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Olaf Wiechers

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Casa Futebol

Casa Futebol: Living in a World Cup stadium

Stayin’ alive

Appartment instead of upper tier: How about using our unused big stadiums as residential space?

Casa Futebol is a response to the large-scale structures known as “white elephants”.

The project “Casa Futebol” proposes a mixed and sustainable use of the stadiums reno­vated or built for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil by inser­ting 105m² housing modules.

Casa Futebol is an archi­tec­tural response to the white elephants resul­ting from major sports events like the Fifa World Cup 2014 in Brazil.

The project was desi­gned by Axel de Stampa et Sylvain Macaux as a part of their Think Tank “1week1project”. Casa Futebol takes into account the housing deficit in Brazil (5.2 million homes) and covers all 12 Brazi­lian World Cup stadiums.

The central part of the stadiums (pitch and lower tier) is not affected by the conversion work, neither are match day activities.

Axel de Stampa et Sylvain Macaux insert living space into these stadiums, repla­cing the upper stands by prefa­bri­cated housing. Six stadiums are capable to inte­grate apart­ments in their facade: Brazilia, Mineirao, Arena Fonte Nova, Mara­cana, Arena Castelao and Arena Das Duna.

Five of these six stadiums have been built with concrete or metal columns patterns with a 7 or 8 metres span.

The prefa­bri­cated housing units can easily be inserted between the spans. The central part of the stadiums (pitch and lower stands) is not affected.

About 1,500 to 2,000 people could live in each stadium.

There are appro­xi­m­ately 315 resi­den­tial units cove­ring the exte­rior facade and 315 indoor units for the Brasilia National Stadium.

About 1,500 to 2,000 people could live in each stadium, in total about 20,000.

The archi­tects are concerned about the socials context accom­panying such big events. The stadiums are absurdly big, the housing issue in Brazil is so real.
Cape Town Stadium, venue of the 2010 World Cup Final in South Africa, only hosted only seven matches in four years.

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Tomás Faquini
Jobson Galdino
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Common Monnem

Common Monnem

Mannheim together

Florian Budke combines architecture, graphic design and typography in his work. He also invents so-called supergraphics.  

Mannheim is not only known for its square city layout and Baroque palace, but also for its diverse citizenry.

Mann­heim, a medium-sized city in southwes­tern Germany, is known for its grid-plan city layout, its baroque palace and its bruta­list buil­dings – but also, and above all, for its ethni­cally and cultu­rally diverse popu­la­tion. This diverse and colourful mix of people can be expe­ri­enced, among other places, in Neckar­stadt East and Neckar­stadt West, two districts northwest of the city centre.

The cultural link between the two neigh­bour­hoods is ALTER, a public space situated next to the Alter Mess­platz, which, with its free sports and cultural acti­vi­ties, is a place to meet, pass time and get toge­ther.

A graphic has been installed on a sports pitch at ALTER that tries to express all the posi­tive quali­ties of this commu­nity-crea­ting space: a ‘super­gra­phic’ that seeks to visually repre­sent and streng­then the exis­ting cohe­sion of the people and its atmo­sphere.

The project also aims to set a marker for the preser­va­tion of public cultural spaces, both within the city and beyond.

The aspect of active togetherness already came into play during the realisation, because several interested people spontaneously followed the public call for help every day.

“Common Monnem – toge­ther Mann­heim”: The title of the project is composed of the words “Common” and “Monnem”.

The 38-metre-long and 16-metre-wide super­gra­phic with a total area of over 560 square metres follows a typo­gra­phic approach. This draws refe­rence from the basic geome­tric motifs in the poster for 1975 State Garden Show in Mann­heim. The iconic skyscra­pers over­loo­king ALTER were also cons­tructed around this time. The over­sized lette­ring “Common” forms the focal point of the graphic. The letters are oriented towards the centre of the pitch – analogous to players who gather toge­ther in a circle before a game begins: they hook into each other in a circle and thus form a unit.

The graphic’s connec­tion to its loca­tion is also rein­forced by the choice of colours. The pink, for example, picks up on the colour of ALTER’s facade, while the green estab­lishes a rela­ti­onship with the adja­cent green space on the banks of the Neckar river. The red, blue and yellow are taken from Mannheim’s city coat of arms.

The intended theme of active toge­ther­ness was already present during the realiza­tion of this project. Nume­rous inte­rested people spon­ta­neously responded to the public call for help on a daily basis. Thus, while the super graphic was being created, the declared goal of the project was already being realized: “Common Monnem – Toge­ther Mann­heim”.

Project data

Design

Florian Budke

Organiser

POW Mann­heim e. V.

Team

Hein­rich Schmid, MWM Head­quar­ters | Cater­pillar Energy Solu­tions GmbH, MVV, Montana Cans, Farben­haus Metzger

Address

Am Alten Mess­platz
Dammstr. 1
D — 68169 Mann­heim

Opening

2021

Photograph

Marius Heim­burger

Author

Florian Budke

 

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L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped

L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped

Le grand art

Six million visitors in 16 days: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s “L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped” has also been a commercial success.

No tickets or reservations were required to admire and touch the artwork.

An esti­mated 6 million people viewed Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris, 1961 — 2021 during its 16 days from September 18 through October 3, 2021. The project, realized in part­ner­ship with the Centre des monu­ments nati­onaux (CMN), in coor­di­na­tion with the City of Paris and with the support of Centre Pompidou, wrapped the Arc de Triomphe monu­ment in 25,000 square meters of recy­clable silvery blue fabric and 3,000 meters of recy­clable red rope.

The artwork was free and acces­sible to the public, no tickets or reser­va­tions were required to view and touch the tempo­rary work of art. The artwork of Christo and Jeanne-Claude created an excep­tional enthu­siasm: six million visi­tors came to admire L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped”.

Like all of Christo and Jeanne-Clau­de’s past projects, L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped received no public funds or spon­sor­ships, and was enti­rely funded through the sale of original works of art by Christo, inclu­ding prepa­ra­tory studies and collages, models, artworks from the 1950s and 1960s and litho­graphs. The cost of the project was appro­xi­m­ately 14,000,000 Euros (16 million USD). The cost includes plan­ning, engi­nee­ring, buil­ding, staf­fing, main­ten­ance, and removal of the work of art.

Of the 6 million visitors, an estimated 3.2 million were tourists. This means an approximate 235 million euros in tourism revenue during the 16 days.

More than 1,200 workers contri­buted to the project, inclu­ding manu­fac­tu­rers, engi­neers, buil­ding contrac­tors, onsite moni­tors, and secu­rity personnel. The cons­truc­tion team was made up of 140 indi­vi­duals with 95 clim­bers, who unfolded the fabric panels on each of the four facades of the Arc de Triomphe from its rooftop terrace.

Over 350 welcome moni­tors greeted visi­tors to the artwork and handed out free fabric samples throug­hout its 16 days. The majo­rity of moni­tors were from France, however, they repre­sented appro­xi­m­ately 20 diffe­rent natio­na­li­ties, and languages spoken inclu­ding French, English, Italian, Spanish, German, Bulga­rian, Chinese, and Japa­nese.

Accor­ding to the Paris Conven­tion and Visi­tors Bureau, an esti­mated 6 million Pari­sians and visi­tors from around the world expe­ri­enced L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris, 1961–2021 in person and explored the area outside of its peri­meter, inclu­ding shops and restau­rants. Of these 6 million, it is esti­mated that 3.2 million were visi­tors (tourists staying in the area or day-trip­pers who spent several hours near to the monu­ment) and 1.1 million were prima­rily moti­vated to see the artwork, gene­ra­ting an esti­mated 235 million euros in tourism revenue during their stays.

The Place de l’Etoile was closed to car traffic for the three weekends of the exhibition and was reserved entirely for pedestrians.

To enable visi­tors to enjoy L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris, 1961–2021 safely and close up, the Place de l’Etoile was closed to vehi­cular traffic and pede­stria­nized for the three weekends of the display. This excep­tional closure to traffic was orga­nized with the support of the City of Paris and the Préfec­ture de Police, and enabled over 1.4 million Pari­sians and visi­tors to enjoy the artwork car free thanks to the pede­strian peri­meter during the weekends.

Deinstal­la­tion of L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris, 1961–2021, began on October 4 and ended by November 10, 2021. During this time, the inte­riors and the pano­r­amic terrace of the monu­ment, managed by the CMN, remained open to the public.

As done in all past projects by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the mate­rials used to create L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped will be reused, upcy­cled, and recy­cled.

Christo died on 31 May 2020 at his home in New York City. He worked on L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped until the end. The project was realised under the direc­tion of his nephew.

Project data

Artist

Christo und Jeanne-Claude

Client

City of Paris
Centre des monu­ments nati­onaux (CMN),

Address

Arc de Triomphe
Pl. Charles de Gaulle
F — 75008 Paris

Opening

2021

Photographer

Wolf­gang Volz
André Gross­mann
Shunk-Kender

Author

Christo und Jeanne-Claude

  

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Fish Trap House IV

Fish Trap House IV

Beautiful trap

Fish Trap House IV was not only a contribution to the Taiwan Lantern Festival 2020, it also aims to preserve valuable handmade culture.

Fish Trap House IV is a contribution to the annual Taiwan Lantern Festival, which is very spectacular in Taiwan.

Artist Cheng Tsung FENG applies Taiwa­nese tradi­tional fish traps as the theme of artwork. Invited hundreds of local in Taichung to work­shops to learn weaving the art craft of the fish trap. With them hundreds of fish trap was made and hang bamboo sign with their wishes on it. People surround hand by hand unite toge­ther. Rewrite the precious art craft which is going to vanish into our memory and body.

Recently, Cheng Tsung FENG was invited to create a lantern in the most fabu­lous event — Taiwan Lantern Festival. He began a huge coll­ec­tive work plan for this two-week cele­bra­tion.

During the proces­sing, FENG and his part­ners drove a truck and went to four farmers’ asso­cia­tions in the festival’s loca­tion, Taichung. He found out hundreds of inha­bi­tants who didn’t have any expe­ri­ence for basket weaving. FENG taught them how to weave basket with bamboo and shared the story behind the tradi­tional fish traps.

Feng taught the farmers how to weave baskets and told them the history of traditional fish traps. This is how Fish Trap House IV was born.

They finished over two-hundred basket units and bring these units toge­ther in the loca­tion. Finally, it became a grand instal­la­tion art in public.

After the end of the festival, this grand instal­la­tion art work carefully unpi­cked and took back to their maker by truck. Each basket unit has their own tag which is written down the wish of maker.

These basket weaving item and invi­sible craft skills will keep Inte­grate into their lives. This expo­sure sparks new ideas and possi­bi­li­ties.

Fish Trap House IV has not only been a contribution to the Lantern Festival 2020, it also aims to preserve this valuable culture.

Those tradi­tional craft lesson became into their own personal expe­ri­ence. It inspired those inha­bi­tants in farmers’ asso­cia­tions to make some­thing new. A number of people said they would make a lamp­shade, others would make duck cages, and the others would pile up like a Christmas tree with this bamboo basket units.
Cheng Tsung FENG led and taught people making fish trap hand by hand. People reunite toge­ther as each unit gathe­ring in site. Expect body expe­ri­ence, there’s no text record to preserve those precious hand­made culture.

By this coll­ec­tive work plan, FENG write down these craft origi­nate from Taiwan into our memory. Keep those ancient treasure live in our body for eter­nity.

Project data

Artist

Cheng Tsung FENG

Team

Coor­di­nator: Yu-Xuan LAI(Ding Yong Culture Crea­ti­vity Co., Ltd)
Project manager: Wan-Ting CHANG, Jia Jhen HUANG
Curator: Min SU(Netizen Produc­tions)
Artistic Director: Tony CHANG
Execu­tive Director: Chia Chi CHIEN(Love2fruit)
Project Advisor: Wei-Zhen ZHANG
Visual Design: Yu-Hsuan LIAO
Marke­ting PR: Yu Yu CHOU
Design Assistant: Ming Yu HSIEH, Hsuan Hsuan WU

Address

Taichung
Taiwan

Opening

2020

Photograph

Yi-Hsien LEE (YHLAA)

Author

Cheng Tsung FENG

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Therme Lindau

Therme Lindau

All in

Minimalist charm and unique design, promising extensive bathing fun and maximum relaxation.

Therme Lindau offers a unique wellness and bathing landscape spread over 13,000 m² and including a spacious outdoor area with a spectacular view of both water and mountains.

Desi­gned by 4a Archi­tekten GmbH from Stutt­gart (Germany) and nestled in the beau­tiful land­scape between Eich­wald and Lake Cons­tance, the spa in Lindau is located on the shore of Lake Cons­tance.

The elon­gated new buil­ding features expan­sive windows and a wood/concrete facade, invi­ting you to linger in its unique well­ness and bathing land­scape spread over 13,000 square metres and inclu­ding a spacious outdoor area with a spec­ta­cular view of both water and moun­tains.

The elon­gated buil­ding was aligned with the edge of the shore. The ground floor features the various areas of expe­ri­ence. Above this, gently embedded in the land­scape between Eich­wald and Lake Cons­tance, lies the second level.

The water attractions in a total of six different pools include a lazy river, a wild stream complete with tube water slide, a water cave for children and a giant whirlpool for up to 30 people.

The spa features a family and sport pool, inclu­ding a 25-metre Olympic swim­ming pool and an expan­sive area boas­ting thermal baths, a well­ness centre and saunas.

An elegant and invi­ting dining area with a pool bar over­loo­king the lake, a fitness area as well as a spa area that can be booked for private use complete the premium well­ness offer.

The water attrac­tions in a total of six diffe­rent pools include massage loun­gers, bubble seats, neck jets, a lazy river, a 40-degree spring pool, a wild stream complete with tube water slide, a water play­ground, a water cave for children and a giant whirl­pool for up to 30 people. There are also diving towers, an inten­sive salt water floa­ting pool with under­water lighting as well as an under­water concert hall.

The Troldtekt acoustic panels absorb sound and go well with the overall design.

The mini­ma­list exposed concrete design combined with wood and stone elements is elegant and expres­sive. Large, parti­ally sloping concrete struc­tures subdi­vide the areas on the ground floor, crea­ting striking spatial scena­rios.

The building’s open ceiling design allows even more light to enter in addi­tion to the large windows.

The Trold­tekt acou­stic panels absorb sound and go well with the overall design, thus fulfil­ling a key role. Adding colourful high­lights in green, red and black, they contrast beau­tifully with the light walls and floor.

Project data

Architects

4a Archi­tekten GmbH
Hall­strasse 25
D — 70376 Stutt­gart

Acoustic ceiling

Trold­tekt GmbH
Frie­senweg 4 · Haus 12
D — 22763 Hamburg

Address

Therme Lindau
Eich­wald­straße 16–20
D — 88131 Lindau (Bodensee)

Opening

2021

Photograph

Olaf Wiechers

Author

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

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Troldtekt Accoustic Ceiling

Acoustic ceilings in swimming pools

Shhh.

To be successful in offering relaxation, the quality of the building materials used along with attractive facilities is crucial.

Ceiling and walls clad with Troldtekt acoustic panels effectively absorb the sounds of splashing, shouting and playing, thus contributing to pleasant acoustics in swimming centres.

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Münster-Kinder­haus Pool, © Torben Weiss

Escape from ever­yday life and expe­ri­ence rela­xing moments. This is what today’s guests expect from an indoor swim­ming pool. To offer this, not only attrac­tive features are required — the quality of the buil­ding mate­rials used also deter­mines the well-being of the guests and thus the success of the pool.

Ceiling and walls clad with Trold­tekt acou­stic panels effec­tively absorb the sounds of splas­hing, shou­ting and playing, thus contri­bu­ting to plea­sant acou­stics in swim­ming centres.

Cement-bonded wood wool panels are also durable, with a natural resis­tance to mois­ture. The flexible design options also offer considerable archi­tec­tural freedom.

Choo­sing mate­rials is a parti­cu­larly chal­len­ging process for archi­tects desig­ning swim­ming centres. Of course, the mate­rials have to aesthe­ti­cally match the archi­tec­tural idiom. But a number of func­tional requi­re­ments also need addres­sing.

Swim­ming centres are usually large spaces, high-ceilinged and with many glass or concrete surfaces. In combi­na­tion with the excited shrieks of children having fun in the water, this calls for acou­sti­cally exac­ting solu­tions. It is ther­e­fore important that the large ceiling and wall surfaces are clad with mate­rials that have a high absorp­tion coef­fi­cient – so they effec­tively soak up the sounds.

Envi­ron­ments with constant high humi­dity also place addi­tional demands on the strength and mois­ture tole­rance of the mate­rials. Finally, the expan­sive walls often need a very carefully conceived visual design.

Trold­tekt panels are chosen for many swim­ming centres – and outdoor baths – because the natural advan­tages of the cement-bonded wood wool panels perfectly match the requi­re­ments. You can read about five reasons why Trold­tekt is an ideal choice below.

Cement-bonded wood wool retains the essential qualities of the components used to produce it – the strength of cement and the natural breathability of wood.

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Nauti­land in Würz­burg, © Olaf Wiechers

Supe­rior acou­stics

The open struc­ture of Trold­tekt acou­stic panels absorbs sound effec­tively. The result is shorter rever­be­ra­tion times, mini­mi­sing unplea­sant noise – in the swim­ming pool areas and in the asso­ciated faci­li­ties (chan­ging rooms, café etc.).

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Natural strength

Cement-bonded wood wool retains the essen­tial quali­ties of the compon­ents used to produce it – the strength of cement and the natural breat­ha­bi­lity of wood. Trold­tekt acou­stic panels are mois­ture-tole­rant and ther­e­fore extre­mely suitable as acou­stic ceilings in wet rooms. The panels cannot rot and do not attract fungal growth or other micro­or­ga­nisms.

The Danish Tech­no­lo­gical Insti­tute has docu­mented that Trold­tekt acou­stic panels are suitable for instal­ling in rooms with:

  • mois­ture levels of up to 98 per cent (+/- 2 per cent)
  • high tempe­ra­tures of up to at least 40 degrees.

Trold­tekt has thus achieved the highest CE marking level (D) for water resis­tance.

The docu­men­ta­tion shows that Trold­tekt is a robust choice for even the most humid and warm rooms such as swim­ming pools, shower rooms and well­ness depart­ments.

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Effec­tive fire­pro­ofing

Wood alone is an organic and flammable mate­rial, but every single wood fibre in a Trold­tekt panel is encap­su­lated and protected by cement. Trold­tekt panels are ther­e­fore fire­proof without the use of any fire retar­dant or dange­rous chemi­cals.

Trold­tekt acou­stic panels are fire clas­si­fied under Euro­pean stan­dard EN 13501. Trold­tekt acou­stic panels are clas­si­fied as B‑s1,d0, which denotes the material’s reac­tion to fire. In prac­tice, this means that Trold­tekt panels are only weakly combus­tible and weakly heat and smoke-emit­ting.

» Read more about effec­tive fire protec­tion

Troldtekt panels can be used to create a unique look on large ceiling and wall surfaces, adding to the whole as sound-absorbing design elements.

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Kusel Swim­ming Pool, © Olaf Wiechers

Flexible design

Trold­tekt panels offer a number of diffe­rent design options. Through special instal­la­tion, colours or CNC machi­ning, the panels can be used to create a unique look on large ceiling and wall surfaces, adding to the whole as sound-absor­bing design elements.

Trold­tekt design solu­tions come with the same great tech­nical proper­ties as the classic Trold­tekt acou­stic panels.

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Docu­mented sustaina­bi­lity

Trold­tekt is certi­fied in the silver cate­gory under the inter­na­tio­nally reco­g­nised Cradle to Cradle scheme.

The certi­fi­ca­tion was attained in part because the panels contain no subs­tances that are harmful to humans or the envi­ron­ment. They can ther­e­fore return to the biolo­gical cycle as nutri­ents, or to a tech­nical cycle as a raw mate­rial in cement produc­tion.

 

Ramboll has also outlined how Trold­tekt speci­fi­cally contri­butes points to areas such as total cost of owner­ship, indoor climate and mate­rials in the leading sustaina­bi­lity certi­fi­ca­tions – DGNB, LEED and BREEAM.

» Read more about docu­mented sustaina­bi­lity

Simple instal­la­tion

Trold­tekt panels are installed directly on battens on ceilings and walls or using profile systems such as suspended ceilings – with concealed or visible profiles. When instal­ling the panels, only a few screws are needed per panel. There is no need to use filler or paint after instal­la­tion.

The Trold­tekt series includes speci­ally desi­gned screws that match the panels’ stan­dard colours and struc­ture. If you choose Trold­tekt panels in custom colours, we can supply extra paint so you can dab the screws in the same colour.

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Project data

Acoustic ceiling

Trold­tekt GmbH
Frie­senweg 4 · Haus 12
D — 22763 Hamburg

Author

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

(Adver­to­rial)

Photograph

Olaf Wiechers
Torben Weiss Münster-Kinder­haus Pool)

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Modřice Sports Hall

Modřice Sports Hall

All in one

Modřice Sports Hall has the ambition and the potential to become a local community centre.

The site is located betweeen a primary school and the railway line. So Modřice Sports Hall serves as a noise barrier for the school and does not take any daylight from the classrooms.

The sports hall is located in Modřice — the surroun­ding part of Brno which is the second biggest city in the Czech repu­blic. The urban struc­ture in Modřice has the scale of a small town.

The site is located betweeen a primary school and the railway line. Modřice Sports Hall itself is situated on the boarder of the railway line so it serves as a noise barrier for the school and does not take any daylight from the class­rooms at the same time.

We see the former buil­ding as a histo­rical layer which gives the site a high value. The memory of the place itself is important for our proposal and ther­e­fore we restore the old buil­ding and put there the restau­rant- an important place for the commu­nity life.

The lower service part of Modřice Sports Hall is on the side to the school so it doesn´t shadow the school buil­ding.

The floor level of the hall is 3 m lower than the floor of the entrance foyer. That enables to keep the height of the buildng low.

Modřice Sports Hall has the ambi­tion and the poten­tial to become a local commu­nity centre. The archi­tec­ture of the buill­ding should ther­e­fore express the soli­dity, the importance of the place.

The spatial concept fits perfectly in its surroun­dings. The great sports hall is sepa­rated to three equal volumes which core­spond with its func­tion. The biggest hall can be divided into three volleyball/ netball courts.

The volume of the former restau­rant becamed a volume pattern, by repea­ting the same volume is emha­sized its exis­tence.  

The floor level of the hall is 3 m lower than the floor of the entrance foyer. That enables to keep the height of the buildng low, to have the same height of the cornice with the old buil­ding and it also improves the heat balance of the buil­ding.

The entrance foyer is the core of the building, the meeting point, where the sports people meet the spectators.

The entrance foyer is the core of the buil­ding, the meeting point, where the sports people meet the spec­ta­tors. Right after ente­ring the foyer you can take a look unto the sports hall trough a big window. The gallery of the big hall can directly be accessed from the foyer, as well as the main stand, the chan­ging rooms, the gym and the outside courts.

The other side of the foyer leads down­s­tairs to the service part of the buil­ding. Here, the swim­ming pool and some belon­ging chan­ging rooms are located.
The lower level is directly connected to the primary school via an under­ground corridor, because the swim­ming pool mainly serves for the school children.

The upper story of the buil­ding is dedi­cated to the mirror hall with the natural roof­light.

The entrance foyer is also connected to the old buil­ding with the restau­rant on ground level and the sportss club acco­mo­da­tion on the upper levels.

Important elements for the interior are the rooftop skylights.

The baring concrete struc­ture of Modřice Sports Hall is visible in the inte­riors and give it a strong character. The struc­ture itself creates many inte­res­ting views through the buil­ding which simplify orien­ta­tion.

Important elements for the inte­rior are the rooftop skylights provi­ding perfect inde­rect light for the big sports hall, the mirror hall, the gallery of the sport hall and the corridor leading up to the mirror hall.

The outer space in front of Modřice Sports Hall is paved and became a proper town public space. The street between the hall and the primary school is a side street with trees and parking area.

Two new multi­func­tional outdoor sports grounds next to the exis­ting sport courts were bulit as well. Next to the restau­rant, old trees were preserved. A play­ground for children and an outdoor dancing parquet are about to come.

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Project data

Architects

Atelier bod archi­tekti s.r.o.
Osadní 799/26
Prag 7
CZ — 170 00

Client

City of Modřice

Team

Vojtěch Sosna, Jakub Straka, Jáchym Svoboda,

Karolína Urbán­ková, Fran­tišek Bosák

Address

Mestska Hala Modrice
Benešova 274
CZ — 664 42 Modřice

Opening

2020

Author

Atelier bod archi­tekti s.r.o.

  

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