Stadio Communale Travettore di Rosà

by | 9 Nov 2020 | Sports Grounds, Stadia, Stadiums

When structure becomes architecture

Stadio Communale Travettore di Rosà

Didonè Comacchio Architects

Situation

The Italian studio Didonè Comac­chio Archi­tects has built a covered grand­stand for the muni­cipal stadium of Travet­tore di Rosà in Italy, which derives its grace and elegance from its reduced formal language — enti­rely in the style of Classic Moder­nism. A covered spec­tator area with 300 seats was required.

The Stadio Commu­nale Travet­tore di Rosà is the home of the FCD Trans­vector (Secunda Cate­goria, that is the 8th league) near Vicenza. It was opened in summer 2020.

Majestic

With a few gestures, the archi­tects create a clear and covered space that sits like a hinge between the natural envi­ron­ment and the pitch.

The roof of the Stadio Commu­nale Travet­tore di Rosà reminds very maje­s­ti­cally of the coffered ceiling of the New National Gallery in Berlin. It is supported by two massive concrete slabs, and they are also at right angles to each other and poin­ting the way.

Strict

The rectan­gular roof struc­ture, 30.5 meters long and 10.5 meters wide, consists of a grid of steel girders that form a coffered ceiling. A single, linear, hori­zontal element made of steel can be expe­ri­enced.

The lighting is located in the panels. It is covered by a dark metal grid in the color of the roof.

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Ceremonial

These two rein­forced concrete bodies and the concrete steps under this roof provide a cele­bra­tion appro­priate to Italian soccer. Struc­ture becomes archi­tec­ture. The strict form demands full concen­tra­tion on art.

These are simi­la­ri­ties to Mies van der Rohe’s New National Gallery. Here, art simply consists of a match in the eighth Italian league.

Soccer is art when it appears simple. This also applies to archi­tec­ture.

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Project data

Architect

Didonè Comac­chio Archi­tects
Via dei Prati, 14
I — 36027 — Rosà, Vicenza

Project team

Paolo Didonè, Devvy Comac­chio, Gian­marco Miolo, Denis Stop­pi­glia, Lorenzo Fravezzi

Trag­werks­pla­nung:
Ing Stefano Scomazzon (i+da)
Betonbau:
Impresa edile F.lli Bizzotto
Stahlbau:
Lorenzin srl

Physical address

Stadio Commu­nale Travet­tore di Rosà
Via Cà Diedo
I — 36027 Rosà VI

Opening

2020

Photograph

Simone Bossi Photo­grapher

Author

Johannes Bühl­be­cker
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St. Moritz Altitude Training and Competition Centre

by | 2 Sep 2020 | Sports Centres, Sports Grounds

All summer long

St. Moritz Altitude Training and Competition Centre

Krähenbühl Architects
Walter Bieler Engineering

About

St. Moritz is inter­na­tio­nally known for its Alti­tude Trai­ning and Compe­ti­tion Centre (HTWZ) for athle­tics and for its good trai­ning condi­tions. This, ther­e­fore, brings many elite athletes, triath­letes, runners and racing cyclists to the loca­tion each year. In order to take a further step towards impro­ving the infra­struc­ture, a compe­ti­tion was orga­nized by the muni­ci­pa­lity in 2017, which was won by Walter Bieler and Georg Krähen­bühl. They convinced the compe­ti­tion jury of the St. Moritz Alti­tude Trai­ning and Compe­ti­tion Centre (HTWZ) – which consists of a pavi­lion and a warehouse – with their outstan­ding design.

The mobile pavilion

Since the St. Moritz Alti­tude Trai­ning and Compe­ti­tion Centre is geared towards compe­ti­tion trai­ning for summer sports and the polo field must also be available for other events in winter, the chan­ging room buil­ding was desi­gned as a tempo­rary buil­ding and mobile cons­truc­tion. For example, the pavi­lion can be set up at the finish line in spring and dismantled again in the autumn. A speci­ally deve­loped joining prin­ciple for the elements makes this possible.

St. Moritz Alti­tude Trai­ning and Compe­ti­tion Centre was tailor-made for this loca­tion and use. “In order to improve places, we need to engage sensi­tively with our surroun­dings and require a specific archi­tec­ture.” This is the philo­sophy of the archi­tect Georg Krähen­bühl, which is reflected in the award-winning cons­truc­tion project.

The clad warehouse

Another buil­ding was erected to store the indi­vi­dual parts of the tempo­rary pavi­lion and to store the sports equip­ment for the athle­tics acti­vi­ties. The new warehouse is in the imme­diate vici­nity of St. Karl Borro­mäus church. The church is an important cultural and histo­rical legacy for St Moritz Bad. “Cons­truc­tion is also a cultural mission,” says Walter Bieler. The inter­ac­tion with this buil­ding was an important concern for the two men from Grisons during project deve­lo­p­ment.

In addi­tion to the func­tion­a­lity of the HTWZ, its archi­tec­tural quality is central. The hori­zontal and vertical stag­ge­ring of the volume makes the buil­ding more complex and, at the same time, makes the various uses inside clear. The appearance of the purely func­tional buil­ding is refined by clad­ding with wood shin­gles made of Enga­dine larch. Further­more, thanks to the home­grown clad­ding, it blends authen­ti­cally into the surroun­dings.

The “best architects” award

The quality of the Grisons buil­ding project has now been honored with the “best archi­tects 21” award in the infra­struc­ture buil­dings cate­gory.
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Project data

Architect

Krähen­bühl Archi­tekten Studio
Inge­nieur Büro Walter Bieler

Client

Commu­nity of St. Moritz

Physical address

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Opening

2018

Photograph

Laura Egger  

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Krähen­bühl Archi­tekten Studio

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Xi’an International Football Centre

by | 20 Aug 2020 | Design, Sports Grounds, Stadiums

Welcoming

Xi’an International Football Centre

Zaha Hadid Architects

Situation

The new Xi’an Inter­na­tional Foot­ball Centre will be 60,000-seat stadium for national and inter­na­tional matches as well as dome­stic league games, youth trai­ning acade­mies, enter­tain­ment perfor­mances and cultural events. The centre will be located in Xi’an’s Feng­dong New District with its stations on the city’s expan­ding metro network.

With a popu­la­tion of nine million people and two profes­sional foot­ball clubs, Xi’an will be a host city of the 2023 Asian Foot­ball Confe­de­ra­tion (AFC) Asian Cup in China. Taking its legacy mode of opera­tions as the starting point of the design, the stadium has been desi­gned to provide optimum condi­tions for foot­ball and maxi­mize its use by gene­ra­tions after the 2023 tour­na­ment.

Open façades

Inte­grated within the ortho­gonal urban grid of Fengdong’s busi­ness district, Xi’an Inter­na­tional Foot­ball Centre‘s open façades invite the city into the heart of the buil­ding to enjoy its public spaces, recrea­tion and dining faci­li­ties throug­hout the day. Located in a series of shaded south-facing garden terraces with views over the city to Qing Moun­tain, these amen­i­ties will also serve spec­ta­tors visi­ting the stadium during foot­ball matches, cultural events and perfor­mances.

The swee­ping lines of the façade protect the stadium from nort­herly winds and convey the fluid forms of the roof that shel­ters the saddle-shaped seating bowl which maxi­mizes the spec­tator seating provided at midfield.

Roof

The design employs an ultra-light­weight long span cable-net roof struc­ture, resul­ting in a minimum load and mate­rial foot­print that in turn reduces the stadium’s primary struc­ture. Wide peri­meter roof over­hangs shelter faci­li­ties within the buil­ding’s enve­lope while the large, shaded, open-air terraces and public concourses incor­po­rates exten­sive plan­ting on all levels, provi­ding comfor­table condi­tions in Xi’an’s hot conti­nental summer climate.

Supported by the tensioned cable-net struc­ture, a trans­lu­cent membrane over the seating protects spec­ta­tors from incle­ment weather and direct sunlight while also allo­wing the most amount of natural light to reach the playing surface, promo­ting the growth of grass on the pitch to provide playing condi­tions of the highest stan­dard.

Geometry

Digital model­ling has defined the geometry of the spec­ta­tors’ seating bowl to opti­mize proxi­mity and views to the field of play from all 60,000 seats, gene­ra­ting the most exci­ting atmo­sphere for foot­ball and ensu­ring an outstan­ding match expe­ri­ence for all players and spec­ta­tors.

China’s ancient capital and core of the Silk Road, Xi’an has a long history of welco­ming visi­tors from around the world. In the global arena of foot­ball, the Xi’an Inter­na­tional Foot­ball Centre conti­nues this tradi­tion and builds a lasting legacy of new civic spaces, sports and recrea­tional faci­li­ties for the city.

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Project data

Architect

Zaha Hadid Archi­tects (ZHA)

Patrik Schu­ma­cher, Charles Walker, Nils Fischer
Jakub Klaska, Lei Zheng
Shajay Bhooshan, Vishu Bhooshan, Jianfei Chu, Chun-Yen Chen, Hung-Da Chien, Marina Dimopoulou, Cesar Fraga­chan, Michael Forward, Matthew Gabe, Stratis Geor­giou, Charles Harris, Yen-fen Huang, Han Hsun Hsieh, Yihoon Kim, Henry Louth, Martha Masli, Mauro Sabiu, Xin Swift, Adeliia Papulzan, Pablo Agustin Vivas

Partner Architect

Intel­li­gent Design for Emer­ging Archi­tec­ture (iDEA)

Yan Gao, Jianyou Yang, Bin Wu, Fiona Huang, Jingshan Zhong, Shis­hang Deng, Qiongli Lu, Ting Liu, Xinyu Kou, Daria Morkov­kina, Haixia Zhang

Address

Xi’an Inter­na­tional Foot­ball Centre
CN — Feng­dong, Xi’an

Author

Zaha Hadid Archi­tects

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Ayla Golf Academy & Clubhouse

by | 31 Jul 2020 | Sports Grounds

Centre Court

Ayla Golf Academy & Clubhouse

Oppenheim Architecture

About

Ayla Golf Academy & Club­house is the new centre of Ayla Golf Club. Desi­gned by the legen­dary Greg Norman, Ayla Golf Club boasts an 18-hole cham­pi­on­ship course and a nine-hole floodlit academy course. The new buil­ding was desi­gned by Oppen­heim Archi­tec­ture.

Ayla Golf Academy & Club­house takes inspi­ra­tion from the natural dune­s­capes and moun­tains of the surroun­ding desert as well as the archi­tec­tural heri­tage of the ancient Bedouin.

The inno­va­tive and organic design of the buil­ding forms the iconic core of the Ayla Oasis mixed-use resort deve­lo­p­ment.

Ayla Oasis

This 1,200 square meter buil­ding is part of the first phase of a 44 square kilo­me­ters leisure deve­lo­p­ment curr­ently under cons­truc­tion in Aqaba, Jordan. The deve­lo­p­ment encom­passes resi­den­tial, hotel and commer­cial space, all centered around an 18-hole signa­ture golf course.

The Club­house features retail, dining, bar/lounge, banquet, fitness, and spa compon­ents; while the Golf Academy includes retail, dining, and indoor/outdoor swing analysis studio compon­ents.

Architecture

The distinct archi­tec­tural form of the Ayla Golf Academy & Club­house estab­lishes a unique connec­tion with nature by captu­ring the elemental, vibrant beauty of the rolling desert land­scape.

A massive concrete shell drapes over the program areas, enve­lo­ping the inte­rior and exte­rior walls of each volume. The curved shot­crete shell blends with the sand like dunes instead of having conven­tional walls and ceilings. Openings grant views towards the spec­ta­cular Aqaba Moun­tains in the back­ground.

Corten steel perfo­rated screen filters the light, similar to the tradi­tional Arabic ‘’Mashra­biya’. Jorda­nian patterns inspired the trian­gular pattern of openings while the tones of the surroun­ding moun­tains are echoed in the colors of the shot­crete and the metals.

Realisation

The cons­truc­tion of the project is the result of a know­ledge exch­ange program between the Euro­pean office of Oppen­heim Archi­tec­ture and local work­force. Shot­crete pouring tech­ni­ques were taught to workers in the first phases so that they could take owner­ship of the cons­truc­tion and obtain specia­lized skills.

A local artist also helped shape the buil­ding by applying a tradi­tional pigmen­ta­tion tech­nique to the inte­rior surfaces, gran­ting a raw, unadorned look that stays true to its context and inspi­ra­tion.

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Compa­nies involved & Links

Architect

Oppen­heim Archi­tec­ture

Client

Ayla Oasis Deve­lo­p­ment Company

Golf Consultant

Greg Norman

Physical address

Ayla Golf Club
Al Farouq Street
Al Nakheel Area
JOR — 77110 Aqaba

Project team

Chad Oppen­heim, Beat Huesler
Alek­sandra Melion, Anthony Cera­soli, Tom Mckeogh, Ana Guedes Lebre, Rasem Kamal

Photograph

Rory Gardiner

Author

Oppen­heim Archi­tec­ture

Opening

2018

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Cycling through water

by | 1 Apr 2020 | Outdoor, Sports Grounds

Hold back the river

Cycling through water

Lens°ass architecten

About

In April 2016, Visit Limburg opened a cycle path through the ponds of the beau­tiful De Wijers area near cycling junc­tion 91 in Bokrijk near Gent. The cycle path, desi­gned by Lens°ass archi­tecten from Hasselt (Belgium), is three meters wide and more than 200 meters long with water at eye level on both sides, straight through the water as it were.

There are views across the water level on both sides of the cycle path. A fanta­stic expe­ri­ence close to nature.

Beautiful views

This also offers some beau­tiful views to bystan­ders, as they see the cyclists’ heads moving right above the water level.

The visual tour de force is undoub­tedly enjoyed by many visi­tors taking a walk through the area. So get those smart­phones out and take a picture!

Visit Limburg

This bike path is the first one in a series of inno­va­tive cycling projects, in harmony with nature, realized by Visit Limburg to enable cyclists to better see, feel and expe­ri­ence the land­scapes along the Limburg cycle node network. Igor Philt­jens, chairman of Visit Limburg and driving force behind the projects: “These new cycling expe­ri­ences enable cyclists to get in touch with the sple­ndid natural beauty of Limburg in a unique way. We are demons­t­ra­ting that Limburg conti­nues to inno­vate, putting our province well and truly on the map!”
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More to come

A second cycling expe­ri­ence has been opened mid-June 2019: ‘Cycling through the Trees’ in Bosland. Another one is planned in the summer of 2020: ‘Cycling through the Heath­land’ in the Hoge Kempen National Park.
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Photos

©Toerisme Limburg

Text

Toerisme Limburg

Architects

Lens°ass archi­tecten
Dokter Willems­straat 19
BEL — 3500 Hasselt

Address

Pad
BEL — 3600 Genk

 

Opening

2016

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Light Path

by | 31 Oct 2019 | Outdoor, Sports Grounds

Summer Night City

Light Path in Auckland

Monk Mackenzie Architects, LandLAB, GHD

About

The „Light Path“ (also named Nelson Street Cycleway or „Te Ara I Whiti“) is a cycleway (and in some sections, a shared pathway for walking and cycling) in Auck­land, New Zealand. The most famous part of the path is Māori Te Ara I Whiti section, trans­lated as, and commonly known as Light­path or also as the Pink Path.

Light Path trans­forms six hundred meters of redun­dant highway infra­struc­ture into a dynamic cycleway comple­ting a vital link in Auckland’s inner­city cycle network. Stage 1 of the Light Path was opened in December 2015, stage 2 opened two years later.

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Striking

The Light Path uses a strict economy of means to trans­form the city dwel­lers’ expe­ri­ence of this piece of trans­port infra­struc­ture. The striking coloured pave­ment and inter­ac­tive lighting bring a distinc­tive and chan­ging character to the reuse of this piece of motorway. This changes the expe­ri­ence of the path for the user and also changes their expe­ri­ence of the city beyond.

The design is bold and confi­dent with all elements well inte­grated into the singular and simple form of the path. It is the power of this design stra­tegy that elevates a utili­ta­rian pathway to a much more complex space of inha­bi­ta­tion, and creates a distinc­tive urban land­mark for the city.

The city and the individual

Archi­tec­tu­rally the project had to work simul­ta­neously at two scales: the macro and the micro — the city and the indi­vi­dual. The project was also prima­rily conceived equally as a piece of urban art as it was urban design.

To create an impact at this wider city scale a simple yet bold stra­tegy was employed. The former asphalt highway was given a highly vivid and provo­ca­tive pink resin and aggre­gate surfa­cing. This trans­formed the space from a disused highway into a highly contem­po­rary urban space used by cyclists and pede­strians.

Urban connectivity

A dusk and evening dimen­sion was created by placing over 300 LED custom light boxes along the eastern edge of the cycleway to create a light spine. These were fully programmable and contained sensors to create a digital infra­struc­ture to allow an artist to create an infi­nite array of expe­ri­ences.

Alumi­nium plates, engraved with original Maori artist Katz Maihi artworks were subtly inte­grated into the western edge of the cycleway barrier. In addi­tion to this, the pink surfa­cing was concluded at its nort­hern end in another 27 metre long original artwork that morphed the surfa­cing back to asphalt.

Soundtrack

The project is a bold state­ment in Auckland’s urban realm, illus­t­ra­ting move­ment, speed and aspi­ra­tion. It takes on the often over­used defi­ni­tion of urban connec­ti­vity and profoundly rede­fines it with a persua­sive use of colour, mate­ria­lity and tech­no­logy. In the process, it contri­butes to a dispersal of ones percep­tion of what it is to move about a city with an into­xi­ca­ting cycling, pede­strian and trans­por­ta­tion event.

 

„Can’t resist the strange attrac­tion
From that giant dynamo
Lots to take and lots to give
Time to breathe and time to live“

ABBA, Summer Night City

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Project data and compa­nies involved

Designer

Monk Mackenzie
Level 3, 23 O’Connell Street
PO Box 3457
Short­land Street
NZL — Auck­land 1010

Opening

2015 & 2017

Client

New Zealand Trans­port Agency
Ronnie Salunga

Auck­land Council
Gyles Bendall

Construction management

GHD
Gansen Govender, Stephen Cummins

GHD Centre Level 3
27 Napier Street
Free­mans Bay
NZL — Auck­land 1010

Design

LandLAB
Level 2, 17 Sale Street
Free­mans Bay,
NRZ — Auck­land 1010

Photographs

MMA
Russ Flatt

Text

Johannes Bühl­be­cker
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Identity through Skate Parks

by | 24 Oct 2019 | Installations & Events, Installations & Events, Sports Grounds, Sports Grounds

What sports can do

Skate parks in areas of crisis: photo exhibition and presentation at the FSB

Ralf Maier

Cohesion

Sport streng­thens us, espe­ci­ally in the commu­nity. When ever­yday life really chal­lenges us, our need for balance and stabi­lity becomes even greater. We know that, studies show that.

The importance of sports and sports faci­li­ties in crisis areas is ther­e­fore simply huge. The FSB shows this impres­si­vely with the photo exhi­bi­tion “Iden­tity through Skate Parks” and the lecture “Skate Parks — elements of peace­ma­king in crisis areas”.

Skating faci­li­ties combine sports, indi­vi­dual and social aspects. They offer less stan­dar­dised compe­ti­tion areas and leave plenty of room for indi­vi­dua­lity. It’s not about personal bests, it’s about iden­tity, self-confi­dence and cohe­sion. In crisis areas, skate parks are ther­e­fore a school for life.

Exhibition and lecture

Ralf Maier has built many such faci­li­ties — inclu­ding Afgha­ni­stan, Beth­lehem, Namibia, India and most recently in Damascus. The photo exhi­bi­tion “Iden­tity through Skate Parks” at the exhi­bi­tion boule­vard shows its faci­li­ties throug­hout the entire FSB, namely from 5 to 8 November 2019 — on large-format, impres­sive pictures with lots of happy people.

Under the title “Skate Parks — elements of peace­ma­king in crisis areas”, Ralf Maier pres­ents these projects (and more) on 7 November at the FSB. The lecture is part of Land­scape Archi­tect Day orga­nised by the BDLA.

Who does something like this?

In order to imple­ment such projects, you indeed need a few coura­geous and deter­mined people. One of these is Titus Ditt­mann, a former sports teacher and himself a pioneer of skate­boar­ding in Germany. He reco­g­nised the huge poten­tial of skate parks for huma­ni­ta­rian projects and founded the skate-aid foun­da­tion. Today, skate-aid is the moral and often the finan­cial sponsor of the vast majo­rity of projects presented at the FSB.

Another is Ralf Maier, founder and owner of Maier Land­schafts­ar­chi­tektur / Beton­land­schaften (Cologne). The long-stan­ding BMX profes­sional and world cham­pion has been lending his support to skate-aid since the crea­tion of the foun­da­tion in 2009 in the role of hono­rary planner and land­scape archi­tect.

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Diversification

Once completed, the skate parks will remain super­vised and offer free recrea­tional acti­vi­ties for children and young people, and of course regard­less of age, reli­gion, skin colour, social class and gender. In addi­tion to work­shops with free skate­board lessons, skate­boards, access­ories and protec­tive gear are provided. It also takes a lot of courage, resources and people to do it all.

Ther­e­fore, skate faci­li­ties are an important and sustainable contri­bu­tion to peace work in affected regions, which can change society on the ground. Sport can achieve all this.

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Exhibition

“Iden­tity through Skate Parks”
FSB Boule­vard
5 to 8 November 2019, all day

Pumptrack Seminar

Pump tracks – The New Roller Sports Faci­li­ties

BDLA Day

Program and further infor­ma­tionen

Further Informationen

Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Maier
maier land­schafts­ar­chi­tektur
Rösra­ther Straße 769
D‑51107 Cologne

Trade Fair

FSB 
Fach­messe für Frei­raum, Sport- und Bewe­gungs­ein­rich­tungen

skate-aid

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

Exhibition

“Iden­tity Foun­da­tion through Skate Parks”
FSB Messe-Boule­vard
5 to 8 November 2019, all day

maier landschaftsarchitektur at the FSB

Hall 7.1 | Stand D042

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Johannes Bühl­be­cker
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Gersthofen Skate Park

by | 23 Oct 2019 | Outdoor, Sports Grounds

Investing in the future

Gersthofen Skate Park

Schneestern

Situation

In Gerst­hofen, a fast-growing town borde­ring Augs­burg, the local skate commu­nity and the city admi­nis­tra­tion have agreed on one thing: While in many places a reno­va­tion of the outdoor pool or a new play­ground is being planned, the city of Gerst­hofen decided to invest almost 340,000 € in a new skate park featuring a bowl. But why a skate park?

Skate­boar­ding, BMX and scoo­ters have become an inte­gral part of society and repre­sent a shift to modern sporting beha­vior. A few years ago, skating was still considered a niche sport or just a hobby for rebel­lious teens. In the mean­time, the number of new users in the field of roller sports has been constantly incre­asing for years. A deve­lo­p­ment that is due to the reco­gni­tion of “Skate­boar­ding” as an Olympic disci­pline, but also due to the provi­sion of appro­priate sports faci­li­ties.

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Participation

The new Gerst­hofen Skate Park was opened in June 2019. After nine months of cons­truc­tion, it replaces an outdated faci­lity.

In Gerst­hofen, modern sporting beha­vior with a trend towards indi­vi­dual sport should be promoted in a targeted manner using appro­priate infra­struc­ture. The new skate park appeals to a broad target group, can be used by a wide variety of user groups and is also intended to func­tion as a social meeting point.

In-situ concrete

Due to many advan­tages, such as resis­tance to vanda­lism and low main­ten­ance, the new plant was built comple­tely in in-situ concrete on an area of almost 1,000 m².

The company Bowl Cons­truc­tion AG, owned by Erwin Rech­steiner from Switz­er­land, was respon­sible for the plan­ning and design and has over 20 years of expe­ri­ence.

When plan­ning, great importance was atta­ched to an inte­grated design of the indi­vi­dual elements. As a result, the faci­lity by Schnee­stern lite­rally appears to be “made of one piece” and meets the requi­re­ments of the sport.

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Community

It goes without saying that you need a suitable sports faci­lity for a parti­cular sport. And these sports can only grow with good infra­struc­ture. However, skating is more than just a perfor­mance-oriented sport, it is also about the social aspect. Although skating is an indi­vi­dual sport, it is prac­ticed amongst others.

That is why indoor and outdoor skate­parks are always meeting places where social inter­ac­tions take place and people of diffe­rent age groups and social classes have fun toge­ther. Many commu­ni­ties are inte­rested in crea­ting oppor­tu­ni­ties for their children and teen­agers to promote toge­ther­ness. Thus, the skate­park can be seen as both a meaningful and contem­po­rary invest­ment in the future of society.

Skate­parks are just one of several open space design and move­ment promo­tion options offered by Schnee­stern. Visit us at the Inter­na­tional Trade Fair for Amenity Areas, Sports and Move­ment Faci­li­ties in Cologne (FSB, Hall 7.1 Stall 024) from 5th to 8th November, and discover the possi­bi­li­ties of action sport infra­struc­tures with us.

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Project data and compa­nies involved

Design

Bowl Cons­truc­tion AG
Kreuz­lin­ger­strasse 18
CH-8566 Neuwilen

Photos

Janik Steiner
Am Tier­garten 31
D — 88339 Bad Waldsee

Steffen Vollert (Titel)

Text

Matthias Schwarz & Marco Rues

Construction

Schnee­stern GmbH & Co. KG
Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 47
D‑87471 Durach

Opening

2019

Bike Parks & Equipment

The Schnee­stern Cata­logue

Skate Brochure

Schnee­stern Skate Parks

Cleint

Address

Skate­park Gerst­hofen

Eichen­lohweg
D — 86368 Gerst­hofen

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Melos Innovations

by | 23 Oct 2019 | Installations & Events, Sports Grounds

Melos Innovations

FSB novelties

Melos

MoveNow, the interactive LED flooring

Inter­ac­tive LED floo­ring creates inter­ac­tive, touch-sensi­tive surfaces that can shine in all colours and are inte­grated into walls like a monitor in floors. They create a new type of living envi­ron­ment that combines a wide variety of disci­plines: Mate­rials deve­lo­p­ment and sensor tech­no­logy, educa­tion and life­style, inno­va­tion manage­ment and urban plan­ning.

The tech­nical basis is a metal frame that accom­mo­dates all the neces­sary elec­tro­tech­nical compon­ents and is suitable for both indoor and outdoor appli­ca­tions. On it, a trans­pa­rent, slightly elastic PU mat is installed.

A speci­ally deve­loped game confi­gu­rator soft­ware allows for every possi­bi­lity of indi­vi­dua­li­sa­tion. Game ideas can be trans­ferred to surfaces in floors and walls in a way previously only known from computer games or on a small scale from board games.

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Our greenkeeper is a robot

The importance of arti­fi­cial turf pitches, espe­ci­ally for foot­ball, is now acknow­ledged. However, the lasting quality and dura­bi­lity of the pitches depend very much on their main­ten­ance. This is a problem for many clubs needing volun­teer keepers to do this.

A comple­tely newly deve­loped robot can be a solu­tion here: In a single opera­tion, it brushes and groomes the turf auto­no­mously .

Various main­ten­ance programs are available via app. This new deve­lo­p­ment is called Turfrob and works comple­tely without super­vi­sion. For example at night.

The Turfrob will also be on display at the Melos stand during FSB.

Designing sports and leisure floorings

In the tradi­tional plan­ning of sports and leisure floo­rings, very diffe­rent tools were used, and these were not compa­tible: sket­ches on paper, project plans in Excel and hand­written contact data on the desk pad.

Now there is a new tool that orga­nizes all project phases such as design, calcu­la­tion and imple­men­ta­tion compre­hen­si­vely and digi­tally. It is called PROJECT­planner and can be used, among other things:

  • Buil­ding Infor­ma­tion Model­ling: BIM-compliant plan­ning
  • Simpli­fied measu­re­ment via import of exis­ting drawings or aerial photo­graphs
  • Intui­tive surface and draft design through inte­grated drawing tool
  • Conside­ra­tion of prepa­ra­tory work (subs­truc­ture / enclo­sure)
  • Auto­matic gene­ra­tion of offers and product requi­re­ment quan­ti­ties
  • Tender texts, instal­la­tion instruc­tions, tool lists and video tuto­rials
  • Direct orde­ring of project-related mate­rials via the app

PROJECT­planner powered by SYNLawn is perfect for buil­ding contrac­tors, archi­tects and specia­list plan­ners as well as for instal­ling and manu­fac­tu­ring compa­nies.

Learn more at FSB visi­ting Melos.

More about PROJECT­planner

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Compa­nies involved & Links

Melos at FSB

Hall 10.2, Booth F040 /G041

Melos

Melos GmbH
Bismarck­strasse 4–10
D‑49324 Melle

FSB

Koeln­messe
5.11. — 8.11.2019

Interactive LED Floorings

MoveNow powered by Melos

Turf Maintenance Robot

Turfrob

Planning Tool

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Wals-Siezenheim Pump Track

by | 10 Oct 2019 | Outdoor, Sports Grounds

Pump track instead of PlayStation

The Wals-Siezenheim Pump Track

Schneestern

1 million laps of Austria’s largest pump track

The asphalt Wals-Siezen­heim Pump Track is the largest in Austria. It is conve­ni­ently located directly next to the lake adja­cent to the motorway in Vieh­hausen. The faci­lity offers two mirrored tracks and a jump line situated on 900 m² of land.

Children, teen­agers and adults have been doing the rounds here since June 2017 – more than one million laps in just two years! This corre­sponds to 3.66 circum­na­vi­ga­tions of the earth or 146,000 km of driving distance.

One million laps on the Wals-Siezen­heim Pump Track take about 7,300 hours or over 300 days. This just goes to prove that it is still wort­hwhile crea­ting alter­na­tives to mobile phones and the Play­Sta­tion.

Asphalt Pump­track — Wals-Siezen­heim from Schnee­stern on Vimeo.

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Fresh air instead of a console

But what exactly is a Pump Track and what makes it so popular? The Wals-Siezen­heim Pump Track is a multi­func­tional faci­lity consis­ting of roller tracks and small berms. The track can be used with almost any roller sports equip­ment: with wheels, bikes, skate­boards or scoo­ters.

The trend towards indi­vi­dual sports was taken into account during plan­ning and cons­truc­tion. The Wals-Siezen­heim Pump Track very quickly attracts a large number of diffe­rent users – the fresh air alter­na­tive to mobile phones and game consoles.

Pump up Wals-Siezenheim

The up-and-down move­ment of the body, so-called “pumping”, gene­rates risk-free speed. This is why pump tracks have been clas­si­fied as one of the safer sports faci­li­ties. Further advan­tages: Spaces such as the Wals-Siezen­heim Pump Track are almost main­ten­ance-free, resistant to vanda­lism and produce only a low noise level.

All these very good reasons moti­vated the commu­nity of Wals-Siezen­heim to assume a kind of pionee­ring role in 2017. In coope­ra­tion with Schnee­stern, a German provider of action sports faci­li­ties of (almost) every kind, they decided to build the largest asphalt pump track in Austria.

Thanks to the crea­tive track design of two mirrored tracks, the Wals-Siezen­heim Pump Track also offers the perfect condi­tions to compete in compe­ti­tion. But whether in compe­ti­tion or just for fun: the Pump Track, which is very conve­ni­ently located next to an adven­ture play­ground, enhances the regional leisure acti­vi­ties enorm­ously.

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Success through multifunctionality

Mayor Joachim Mais­linger considers the decision to build the Wals-Siezen­heim Pump Track to be the answer to the demands placed on modern muni­cipal sports faci­li­ties. “Abso­lutely ever­y­thing that has wheels is on the move here. The target group is age-inde­pen­dent and, with bikes, skate­boards, scoo­ters and inline skates, it offers much more diver­sity than conven­tional muni­cipal sports faci­li­ties.

Other muni­ci­pa­li­ties are now follo­wing this example and inves­ting in the future with a space such as this.

Schnee­stern will also be atten­ding the FSB (inter­na­tional trade fair for public spaces, sports or leisure faci­li­ties) in Cologne. Visit us in hall 7.1 booth 024.

Further infor­ma­tion about pump tracks

We did this.

Project data and compa­nies involved

Design and construction

Schnee­stern GmbH & Co. KG
Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 47
D‑87471 Durach

Photos

Markus Slavik Photo­graphy

Client

Opening

2017

Further information

Der Pump­track als kommu­nale  Sport­stätte

Address

Ufer­straße 27
5071 Vieh­hausen
Öster­reich

Text

Matthias Schwarz & Marco Rues

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Pump tracks — The New Roller Sports Facilities

by | 9 Oct 2019 | Installations & Events, Sports Grounds

Pump tracks at the FSB

A bdla seminar in Cologne

maier landschaftsarchitektur

“Pump tracks — The New Roller Sports Facilities” at the FSB

Pump tracks are beco­ming incre­asingly important. That’s why the seminar “Pump tracks — The New Roller Sports Faci­li­ties” will take place on November 7th in Cologne during the bdla day at the FSB. Ralf Maier is one of the spea­kers. FSB is the world’s largest and most important trade fair for the cons­truc­tion and opera­tion of sports and leisure faci­li­ties. These are three very good reasons to come to Cologne on November 7th. Here are a few more.

The Seminar

Pump tracks are abso­lutely on the rise. Ther­e­fore, they are no longer built from earth or clay, but using perma­nent asphalt cons­truc­tion. This turns a simple cycle track into a multi­func­tional sports complex for a wide variety of user groups such as MTB riders, BMX riders, skate­boar­ders, long­boar­ders, inline skaters, roller skaters and of course wheel­chair users.

This momen­tous deve­lo­p­ment raises ques­tions — the seminar answers them. Four lectures deal with the plan­ning requi­re­ments, and the safety and social importance of these faci­li­ties. For these topics there are many instruc­tive as well as spec­ta­cular examples in already realised projects. We are very happy that Ralf Maier will present two of these topics.

Orga­niser of the seminar is the Asso­cia­tion of German Land­scape Archi­tects (bdla), the Nord­rhein-West­falen state group. The event is reco­g­nised with two hours of trai­ning for land­scape archi­tects and archi­tects from the NW work group. The complete programme of the seminar and the regis­tra­tion form can be found here.

Program

The FSB

From the 5th to the 8th November, more than 600 compa­nies from 45 count­ries will present their range of services at the Cologne trade fair. The FSB (Inter­na­tional Trade Fair for Freedom, Sports and Exer­cise Faci­li­ties) concen­trates on all topics rela­ting to the areas of open space plan­ning and design, sports faci­lity archi­tec­ture, play­grounds, sports equip­ment, exer­cise areas and leisure faci­li­ties — making it the industry meeting place. More about the FSB can be found here.

maier land­scape archi­tec­ture can be found in Hall 7.1 | Stand D042. We look forward to you paying us a visit!

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The bdla day

For the third time, the so-called bdla day will take place on the FSB and in the context of the planner FORUM. In Rhine­land one speaks already about it being a tradi­tion.

“Pump tracks — The new roller sports faci­li­ties” is part of the bdla day. The seminar is aimed at plan­ners, buil­ders and sports clubs. It provides basics and decision support for the plan­ning and imple­men­ta­tion of pump tracks using asphalt cons­truc­tion.

Further infor­ma­tion about the bdla day can be found here.

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Links…

…and further Infor­ma­tion

Registration

Pump tracks — The New Roller Sports Faci­li­ties

bdla day

Program and further info­ma­tion

Further informationen

Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Maier
maier land­schafts­ar­chi­tektur
Rösra­ther Straße 769
D‑51107 Köln

Date

7 November 2019, 1 p.m.

Trade fair

FSB 
Fach­messe für Frei­raum, Sport- und Bewe­gungs­ein­rich­tungen

Text

Johannes Bühl­be­cker
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aquanale 2019

by | 9 Oct 2019 | Installations & Events, Sports Grounds

I will be there

aquanale 2019

Koelnmesse

Numbers

From 5 to 8 November 2019 the next edition of aqua­nale, the Inter­na­tional Trade Fair Sauna, Pool and Ambi­ence, will be staged in Cologne.
In total, around 320 compa­nies from over 25 count­ries are expected at this year’s aqua­nale, of which 50 per cent are coming from abroad. The largest contin­gents from outside Germany came from Belgium, Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, the Nether­lands, Austria, Spain and the Czech Repu­blic.

Worlds

The event is clearly struc­tured into six theme worlds:
  • public pool faci­li­ties
  • swim­ming pool tech­no­logy
  • private swim­ming pools
  • saunas & spas
  • private spas, and
  • green living.

 

Thanks to the new struc­ture, all diffe­rent pool segments will be presented at aqua­nale. National and inter­na­tional trade fair visi­tors from archi­tect’s and plan­ning offices, muni­ci­pa­li­ties, leisure and fun parks, specia­lised pool compa­nies can convince them­selves of the compre­hen­sive, inno­va­tive spec­trum of products, simply and with short routes. In addi­tion, this year’s broad event programme is guaran­teed to provide added value.

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Growth

Almost all of the inter­na­tional who’s who of the industry have confirmed they will attend the event in Cologne. aqua­nale has recorded considerable growth in the sauna segment. Accor­dingly, this segment is presented in Hall 6 in an attrac­tively desi­gned compact area across almost 2,000 square metres. A large group of Finnish sauna manu­fac­tu­rers that have formed the Sauna from Finland network to promote the Finnish sauna expe­ri­ence is also repre­sented at the fair.  
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8th International Swimming Pool and Wellness Forum

This year the congress focuses on eight areas. Public pool refur­bish­ment, aspects of sustaina­bi­lity, and future trends are dealt with.

Inno­va­tive archi­tec­tural and engi­nee­ring plan­ning are on the agenda as well. Euro­pean stan­dards (both for public and private pools) form a further block.

Further trai­ning for and assess­ment of pool staff – another item on the forum’s agenda enhanced by two cross-sector units, commu­ni­ca­tion on the one hand and new work on the other.

All visi­tors to the trade fair and exhi­bi­tors are invited to parti­ci­pate in the free and diverse programme. Regis­tra­tion is not required. Just drop in, listen, ask ques­tions, join in the discus­sion, and take some­thing away.

The subject matter and contents of the forum will be over­seen by the German Asso­cia­tion for Swim­ming Pools and Well­ness (bsw) and the Inter­na­tional Asso­cia­tion for Sports and Leisure Faci­li­ties (IAKS).

Simul­ta­neous inter­pre­ting is provided (German/English).

8th Inter­na­tional Swim­ming Pool and Well­ness Forum

Events

The Euro­pean Water­park Asso­cia­tion (EWA) toge­ther with Koeln­messe GmbH will be presen­ting a special exhi­bi­tion entitled “96º“, which will focus on new attrac­tions for sauna and well­ness land­scapes in leisure pools and thermal baths. “96º“ will present inno­va­tions in sauna cons­truc­tion as well as the appli­ca­tion of cold thera­pies and how they are featured in well­ness worlds.
The inter­na­tional signi­fi­cance of aqua­nale for the industry is also reflected in the fact that asso­cia­tions and insti­tu­tions use the event for presen­ting pres­ti­gious awards. Presented this year at aqua­nale will be the EUSA Award (Euro­pean Union of Swim­ming Pool and Spa Asso­cia­tions), the EWA Marke­ting Award, the IAKS Award (sports, exer­cise and swim­ming pool) and the Golden Wave (Schwimmbad & Sauna maga­zine).
Along­side, the BDS Meeting Point (Bundes­ver­band Deut­scher Schwimmmeister/Federal Asso­cia­tion of German Swim­ming Pool Atten­dants) in the same hall, and the bsw networ­king area in Hall 6 are also important contact points for trade visi­tors and exhi­bi­tors.
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Duo

The trade fair duo of aqua­nale and FSB, the Inter­na­tional Trade Fair for Public Space, Sports and Leisure Faci­li­ties, turn the fair­grounds in Cologne into the most important inter­na­tional meeting place for the public and private pool sectors, as well as for the amenity area plan­ning and design, sports faci­li­ties and play­grounds, sports equip­ment, exer­cise areas and recrea­tional faci­li­ties sectors.

FSB is the inter­na­tional plat­form for the amenity area, play, sports, exer­cise and recrea­tional indus­tries.

To remind you, both fairs will take place simul­ta­neously and side by side — from 5 to 8 November 2019. At Koeln­messe, the place to be.

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Links

Two trade fairs, one congress

aquanale

5.11. — 8.11.2019

Koeln­messe

IAKS

5.11. — 8.11.2019

Congress

FSB

5.11. — 8.11.2019

Koeln­messe

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