FIVE STARTING BLOCKS AND FOUR LANES
Location Braunschweig, Germany Client / operator Stadtbad Braunschweig Sport und Freizeit GmbH Architects pbr Planungsbüro Rohling AG Architekten Ingenieure DE – 49076 Osnabrück www.pbr.de Author Frauke Stroman Photos Christian Bierwagen Official opening March 2021 Construction costs EUR 10.6 million 38
NEW HEIDBERGBAD SWIMMING POOL IN BRAUNSCHWEIG The new building of the Heidbergbad swimming pool in the south of Braunschweig not only replaces the old indoor swimming pool, but also helps to extend the facility‘s service life, reduce energy costs and spruce up the bathing opportunities of the city in eastern Lower Saxony with its population of just under 250,000. The architects pbr have fused the new and existing buildings into a single ensemble. The Heidbergbad built in 1973 is the most recent and most varied of the pools belonging to „Eu ropabad“ series in Braunschweig. The term „Europabad“ denotes not an inflexible ground plan, but rather a combination of cost-saving ideas. Strengthening identity The approximately 13,000 m² site is located south of Braunschweig‘s city centre, with a park-like green area in its immediate vicinity. The new building has been positioned on the site in a rectangular
s tructure in place of the previous building and at an angle to the road. The new pool is accessed from the existing forecourt. Old and new become one A single-storey structure with a basement for plant, the new building has been erected right up against the competition pool built in 1993. The new foyer has the same height as the competition pool and thus blends in perfectly with the local situation. In the design of the façade, importance sb 3/2022
