sb 3/2021 (english)

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CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION DESIGNS AND BUILDS NEW INDOOR SWIMMING POOL BÜRGERBAD HANDORF IN MÜNSTER

Location Münster, Germany Client/Operator Betreiberverein Büba Handorf gGmbH Architects POS4 Architekten und Generalplaner GmbH DE – 40237 Düsseldorf www.pos4.de Design team Inga Knoop, Nurdin Aliti General contractor Pellikaan Bauunternehmen Deutschland GmbH DE – 40880 Ratingen www.pellikaan.com Author Pellikaan / Pos4 Photos Damian Sutmann Official opening April 2021 Construction cost EUR 7.156.000

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After only 12 months for construction, the new indoor swimming pool has been handed over to the operating association Büba Handorf gGmbH. As a replacement for the outdated district swimming pool, it will now be a central venue for year-round sports and leisure activities in Handorf. The pool was planned with the operating association and built, among other things, with tile donations and contributions from Handorf families and business people. In response to the tight economic constraints, the swimming pool facility combines distinctive aesthetics with a focus on function and efficiency. Integrated strategy for the district The Handorf citizens’ association started work on planning its new indoor swimming pool in 2019, as the old swimming pool had become increasingly uneconomic to run. Due to its high operating costs and the need for modernisation, those in charge of the operating association decided to design and build from scratch. The ideal location was quickly found on Hobbeltstrasse next to Handorf’s fire service in a park setting by the Lammerbach stream. The creation of an indoor pool in this way, with minimised space requirements concentrating on the essentials and focusing on the pool’s main use by schools and clubs, opened up synergies for the implementation of a building project with minimised resources and cost-effective operation. The package comprising an indoor swimming pool, gymnastics room and the administrative rooms of the operating association has yielded a valuable recreational facility that can be used all year round.

The focus at the design stage was on building an attractive pool with high recreational value that encourages people to swim while also being highly efficient. Swimming pool operation was consistently focused on providing an opportunity for health-promoting swimming. Structurally elaborate and maintenance-intensive supplementary features such as water slides and saunas, only used by few patrons in any case, were omitted from the specifications right from the start. Requirement of economic form, function and recreational quality Pellikaan Bau in Ratingen was awarded the contract for the design and construction of the new citizens’ swimming pool in December 2019. The citizens’ swimming pool designed by architects POS4 forms the new focal point of the sports and leisure facilities located in the park setting in Münster’s Handorf district. sb 3/2021


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