There for everyone

Situation

The new buil­ding comple­ments the elon­gated school buil­ding to form an L‑shaped ensemble. The posi­tion of the compact struc­ture along the street creates clearly defined and protected outdoor areas, inclu­ding a covered fore­court, the play­ground with outdoor sports area and parking spaces. A shared canopy connects the hall directly to the school buil­ding and forms the main entrance for pupils and teachers.

The gene­rous glazing facing the play­ground and outdoor area creates an intense connec­tion between the inte­rior and exte­rior of the entire complex.

User

The new Fasa­nenhof School sports hall is both a place for sport and a space for the school commu­nity. The hall can accom­mo­date up to 150 spec­ta­tors, and toge­ther with the foyer, even larger school events are possible. This makes the buil­ding the sporting and cultural centre of the neigh­bour­hood.

The hall is desi­gned for dual use by both the school and sports clubs, which is clearly evident from the two main entrances, one from the schoo­lyard to the east and one from the car parks on the west side.

The actual hall level is around 70 cm below the level of the schoo­lyard, thus compen­sa­ting for the exis­ting diffe­rence in ground level to the car parks to the west. This diffe­rence in height allows for a stag­gered grand­stand solu­tion on the long side of the playing field, consis­ting of two rows of seating steps for a good 100 visi­tors and a stan­ding area at schoo­lyard level.

Materials

The appearance of the sports hall is defined by wood, concrete and gene­rous glazing. The closed façade surfaces are clad with a curtain-type, rear-venti­lated wooden façade cons­truc­tion, using three verti­cally arranged, pre-greyed slats of diffe­rent widths. The glazing was desi­gned as a mullion-transom cons­truc­tion with triple glazing.

The rein­forced concrete struc­ture and the func­tional and ancil­lary rooms are concealed behind the wooden façade: on the ground floor, these are equip­ment rooms, storage rooms and WCs, while chan­ging rooms and showers are located on the upper floor. A caret­a­ker’s flat with a sepa­rate entrance is also inte­grated, comple­ting the func­tional design of the buil­ding.

The hall itself is spanned by three wooden double trusses arranged above the main roof area. This cons­truc­tion forms the striking sheds that are visible from the outside. The nort­hern beams are desi­gned as truss beams so that glare-free nort­hern light falls into the inte­rior of the hall between their diago­nals.

Interior

Inside, the simple colour scheme is deter­mined by mate­rials that are both func­tional and aesthetic. The higher wall areas and the walls in the foyer are made of exposed concrete with embedded board form­work. The sports faci­li­ties are equipped with resi­lient sports floo­ring and a simi­larly resi­lient white fir rebound wall on the south side, which also serves as sound insu­la­tion. In addi­tion, yellow-painted wood wool panels on the ceilings connect the foyer with the adjoi­ning rooms.

This Energy

All roof surfaces are covered with photo­vol­taic panels, and the caret­a­ker’s flat is heated using solar thermal energy. The combi­na­tion of durable mate­rials, a robust supporting struc­ture and energy-effi­cient measures results in a sustainable, future-proof school and sports buil­ding.

The Fasa­nenhof School sports hall shows what contem­po­rary sports archi­tec­ture can look like: archi­tec­tu­rally clear, warm in atmo­sphere, flexible in use and closely linked to its school envi­ron­ment.

There for ever­yone.