New look

History

The Holder­feld open-air hall was opened in June 2024, but its history goes back to 2015. It was then that an expert report first docu­mented the need for a covered outdoor playing area for the Geschwister-Scholl School and the surroun­ding clubs. After a long plan­ning phase, budget discus­sions and chal­lenges due to the diffi­cult buil­ding ground, the tende­ring process did not start until spring 2023.

All’s well that ends well: the school and clubs now have an attrac­tive hall with playing field dimen­sions of 22 x 45 meters, which can be divided into a three-court hall using nets. This means that the Holder­feld open-air hall can be used for hand­ball, basket­ball and volley­ball on three courts as well as badminton on nine courts – also thanks to the clear height of at least 5.5 meters.

SMC2 is respon­sible for the plan­ning and cons­truc­tion of the hall.

Baffle wall

The roof cons­truc­tion was desi­gned as a pitched roof, and a trape­zo­idal steel sheet with anti-conden­sa­tion fleece on the under­side was chosen as the roof cove­ring. Stadt­werke Tübingen installed a photo­vol­taic system on the entire roof surface. Thanks to the gene­ra­tion of solar power, the Holder­feld open-air hall thus becomes an energy-plus buil­ding: it produces more energy than it consumes.

Another special feature of the hall is the impact wall cons­truc­tion in accordance with DIN 18032, which was installed up to a wall height of 2.5 m, offers a force reduc­tion of 60 % and fulfills the acci­dent preven­tion regu­la­tions for school sports halls – the first of its kind.

Boom

Above the baffle wall, the open-air hall is clad with a micro-perfo­rated façade membrane. The result is an enclosed hall space with visual contact with the surroun­ding gree­nery, from which no balls can fly out and no objects or animals can fly in. Thanks to the membrane, however, the supply of fresh air – another major advan­tage of the open-air hall buil­ding type – is main­tained.

Spea­king of the type of buil­ding: the Holder­feld open-air hall is not only a versa­tile sports faci­lity for school and club sports that can be used all year round in any weather, it also enri­ches the deve­lo­p­ment of the still booming open-air halls.