Future-oriented

From the sports field to the Reginhardstrasse Sports Park

The Reginhard­strasse Sports Park in Berlin-Reini­cken­dorf is another successful example of trans­forming disused large playing fields into modern sports faci­li­ties. Behind this lies the need to further develop our tradi­tional core sports faci­li­ties into modern, multi­func­tional, and well-equipped sports parks.

For athle­tics, the faci­lity now offers a 400-metre circular track with two 110-metre sprint lanes, as well as shot put, high jump, long jump, and triple jump. A state-of-the-art full-size arti­fi­cial turf pitch was created for foot­ball and American foot­ball.

Other special features include the struc­tured inte­gra­tion of the curve segments tail­ored to today’s needs, a cross-trai­ning course, the option to store equip­ment on-site in contai­ners, and a Teqball table.

The Reginhard­strasse Sports Park was desi­gned by the land­scape archi­tec­ture firm Ahner Land­schafts­ar­chi­tektur from Königs Wuster­hausen, and the four-million-euro faci­lity was commis­sioned by the Reini­cken­dorf district office.

The main users are the neigh­bou­ring Bertha-von-Suttner-Gymna­sium and the Gustav-Freytag-Ober­schule.

Sports ground

During the cons­truc­tion of the Reginhard­strasse sports park, a special emphasis was placed on sustaina­bi­lity. This applies espe­ci­ally to the full-size pitch, the running tracks, and the shock-absor­bing surface.

The exis­ting base layer mate­rial was removed and reused for the cons­truc­tion of the subs­truc­ture. The topsoil was removed, sifted, and then reinstalled at another loca­tion. The new arti­fi­cial turf field also focuses on sustaina­bi­lity wherever possible: The fila­ments are made from sugar­cane parts, which are derived from by-products of agri­cul­tural produc­tion, and from recy­cled plas­tics (PCR). The produc­tion is powered by 100% green elec­tri­city.

The result is a high-quality arti­fi­cial turf field at the centre of the faci­lity, which stands out not only for its func­tional features but also for its markings, making it suitable for both American foot­ball and foot­ball.

The pitch, running tracks, and shock-absor­bing surface are supplied by Polytan.

Athletics track

A circular track, which was desi­gned with a high-perfor­mance coating (Rekortan M) in brick red, extends around the playing field. This has already proven itself in many loca­tions. Its elastic base layer and solid cons­truc­tion create optimal condi­tions for profes­sional athletes, ambi­tious amateur sports­people, as well as for school and recrea­tional sports.

As a bonus, state-of-the-art tech­no­logy has been inte­grated into the inner­most running track and the middle sprint lane. This allows precise perfor­mance measu­re­ments and analyses in the areas of speed, endu­rance, and strength to be conducted via an app. Magnets installed in the faci­lity capture move­ment data, which is recorded by a sensor on the athlete and analysed in the diagno­stic soft­ware.

A very welcome side effect: The system contri­butes to the digi­ti­sa­tion of school sports, as sprint and endu­rance times can be auto­ma­ti­cally recorded – the era of the stop­watch in the hands of the PE teacher is over in Reini­cken­dorf.

Parkour obstacle course

A parkour obstacle course has been created directly adja­cent to the running track. It is desi­gned to promote physical acti­vity as well as free running and other move­ment skills.

The parkour obstacle course at Reginhard­strasse Sports Park offers a variety of obsta­cles and elements that allow athletes and students of very diffe­rent perfor­mance levels to develop and improve their skills in the areas of strength, dexterity, balance, coor­di­na­tion and spatial percep­tion.

The parkour, like the curve segments of the running track, is equipped with a permeable, granular-coated, and durable shock-absor­bing surface.

Curve segments

The two curve segments offer addi­tional special features.

In the nort­hern section, the high jump, long jump, and triple jump can be prac­ticed. Directly adja­cent, on the outer side of the running track, is a shot put faci­lity for school and trai­ning use – as well as the Teqball table. Teqball is a very trendy racket sport played over a curved Teqball table, which combines foot­ball and table tennis.

In the oppo­site, southern section, a cross-trai­ning course with jump obsta­cles made of stain­less steel has been installed. It can also be inte­grated into running trai­ning on the running track, provi­ding a spec­ta­cular change of pace.

There are also two contai­ners here, which can be used for storing sports equip­ment. This saves time and hassle.