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Editorial DEAR IAKS MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF SB, The fourth edition of “sb” has been note worthy for the diversity of projects around activating the public realm – a very important focus of the IAKS. This edition is no excep tion and brings together an international ar ray of initiatives that cover a very broad range of typologies.
The development of elevated transit systems in our larger cities has created o pportunities for animating the spaces around and be neath these systems. “The Underline” proj ect in Melbourne, Australia is an exceptional example for effectively and efficiently achiev ing this.
Activating the public realm is about provid ing communities with attractive, meaning ful, and relevant opportunities for enhancing the quality of living both socially and individ ually. Reviewing the content in this edition, I am impressed by the diversity of the set tings or context, and the primary focus or in tent of the featured projects. We have seen skateboard parks and bicycle paths in past editions of sb and can note how these types of projects are developing and expanding on strategies for animating youth. Projects from Norway, the Netherlands, Mexico and Germany highlight this ongoing and exciting development.
The activation of smaller urban spaces has seen some very creative approaches. This edi tion features the “quietly designed” Gasver ket Parkourpark in Stockholm, Sweden and the more graphic Horseland and Shower in Chongqing, China. The difference in the de sign approach is dramatic and provides the users, primarily children, with a very different environment as part of a fun-filled and ener getic playing experience.
Water is an important element in several of the projects in this edition. Tainan Spring in Taiwan illustrates the introduction of a large leisure water plaza on a large urban site. This is a significant commitment of prime real es tate for a type of leisure activity not often seen in this type of context. Taking a different approach, the project in Heilbronn, Germany reinterprets the city’s relationship with river Neckar as part of a major urban initiative.
Outdoor experiences for active living are a fundamental part of making our cities more liveable. The current crisis with Covid-19 has caused us to better appreciate the ability and opportunity to stay active. In this environ ment, urban spaces that promote active life styles are more important than ever. We hope you will find this edition of sb particularly meaningful in these very challenging times.
Gary-Conrad Boychuk IAKS Vice President
As a Canadian, I am always looking for frozen water as a vehicle for activating the public realm and here we see two very contrasting examples. The Planten un Bromen Ice Rink in Hamburg, Germany provides a sizeable op portunity for skating in an outdoor environ ment while The Shipyards project in North Vancouver, Canada uses skating as part of a 12-month strategy for engaging the commu nity in a revitalized industrial building.
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New IAKS Members.......................................................................... 4 Adaptable activity zone in Copenhagen............................... 6 National Athletics Stadium in Budapest................................ 8
Falkenwiese sports and leisure centre in Lübeck.......... 32 Ahner Landschaftsarchitektur
Parque Colinas del Sol in Almoloya de Juárez and Parque Los Héroes in Toluca de Lerdo in Mexico.......... 36 Francisco Pardo Arquitecto
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Almeauen Flowpark skate facility in Büren.. .................... 38 Maier Landschaftsarchitektur / Betonlandschaften
“Horseland” sports space and playground in Chongqing and Playground “The Shower” in Shanghai..................................................................... 10
Refurbishment and extension of the ice rink in the park „Planten un Blomen“........................... 40
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Arge Paul Schüler and plp Architekten und Generalplaner
Urban sports parks in Kongsvinger. . ..................................... 16
Hiltrup exercise park in Münster............................................ 42
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Developing urban open space in Melbourne. . ................. 20
Gasverket activity park in Stockholm.................................. 44
ASPECT Studios and Cox Architecture
X2 Architects
Tainan Spring lush lagoon and park in Tainan................ 24
Restoration of Berlin Lichtenberg Skatepark.................. 46
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“Felsenufer” play and climbing area in Heilbronn........ 28 SINAI 2
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Water splash park and ice rink in North Vancouver.... 48
Close cooperation announced................................................. 61 Children’s paradise in City Galerie Siegen. . ....................... 61
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Dafne Schippers bicycle bridge in Utrecht. . ...................... 50 NEXT Architects and Rudy Uytenhaak + Partners Architects
Pedestrian and bicycle path along old gypsum mines. . ........................................................... 52
Company index following services.. ...................................... 62 Company index from A to Z. . ..................................................... 64 Imprint.................................................................................................. 72
Batlle i Roig Arquitectura
ADVERTORIALS Pop-up sports location in Berlin.. ............................................ 54 SSG Dienstleistung, KRAIBURG Relastec, Eurotramp, Eigen & Wagner Metallbau
Historical finds at St. Raphael Nursery................................ 56 Melos
The latest potential circular economy solutions for artificial turf...................................... 58 MET and FieldTurf Tarkett
Bicycle playground for riders of all levels......................... 60 BTProject sb 4/2020
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The Ohlsdorf based company KIAS Recycling GmbH uses scrap tyres to produce various granulates that are ideal for use at sports facilities, on artificial turf pitches and run ning tracks, and in similar applications. Sustainability, the responsible treatment of nature and the optimum use of existing resources are principles of the KIAS company phi losophy. KIAS is now also extending its services to include granulate collection, disposal and recycling. It is also offer ing the purchase of new granulate infill inclusive of recov ery and recycling. KIAS Recycling thus provides its custom ers with an all-round worry-free package with regard to microplastics.
Founded in 1961, TSNIIPROMZDANII is the Central Scien tific Research Institute for Industrial Buildings and Struc tures. It organises comprehensive workshops for archi tecture and construction, runs a department for the maintenance and protection of designs, collects informa tion on roofs and coverings, and inspects buildings and constructions. The expertise given by the institute has been used for many projects throughout the last years, among them ice arenas, football stadia for the FIFA World Cup 2018, and multifunctional sports complexes.
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Founded in 1950, the family business engages in manu facturing sport equipment. TatamSport is the brand by Toldos Serrano S.L.
Related to sports, the county council is responsible for the mobilization and dissemination of knowledge about sports facilities and funding schemes; for the management of the state funding scheme; and for the guidance of applicants for state funding for facilities for sports and physical activ ity, including planning of new and rehabilitation of old facilities.
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OUTSOURCING THE TRAINING PITCH ADAPTABLE ACTIVITY ZONE IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK “Nørrebro samles på banen” (Nørrebro gathers on the pitch) is a new approach and potentially a paradigm shift in urban domains, collaborations, integration and exercise. The idea is to shift initial training pitches from the clubs to where potential club members are, by creating “exercise plazas” in the backyard of their housing blocks. In the most densely built-up district of Denmark – Nørre bro in Copenhagen – the progressive football club “Nør rebro United” has found a new way to cope with grow ing waiting lists. Since places suitable for playing with football boots are rare, the club has started to collabo rate with social housing blocks to encourage football in their backyards. Children from the neighbourhood and children from the waiting list play together on small pitches of artificial grass. As soon as there are slots avail able at the club, half of them are offered to local resi dents. The concept not only helps to solve the space problem but also helps to integrate children from socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods who would not have thought of subscribing to a football club. The training pitch is brought to where they live. Creating ownership defines the process The project to transform backyards into exercise plazas is being realised in an inclusive and extensive process of en gagement. Current and future users have participated in several workshops and meetings, discussing drawings, visiting locations and talking about wishes, concerns and ideas. The process has also helped those involved to get 6
to know each other, learn how to read drawings and im agine how the space will change. Adaptable, scalable, social and playful design The design approach entails working with three zones. The first zone is dedicated to playing football itself. Second is the “dialogue zone” where parents can watch and talk; there are elements for warm-up and other ac tivities such as dance, and there is a playground that pro vides an additional area for the people from the neigh bourhood to meet. The third zone – the “residents’ zone” – offers space for locals in accordance with their individual wishes. The design works carefully with a “per forated” boundary, preventing the ball from rolling onto the street while opening and gently inviting people into the play zone. The site is composed of elements without a fixed function to encourage creative use. The project is a sort of toolkit. The participation process determines which design elements are chosen. The ap proach can be adapted to any site, district or country. www.kragh-berglund.com sb 4/2020
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CROWN OF THE QUEEN OF SPORTS NATIONAL ATHLETICS STADIUM IN BUDAPEST The simultaneously open and closed structure designed by NAPUR is displayed as an urban pergola and the open “Sports Ring” below it acts as an urban public space on the banks of the Danube River. The steel structure of the façade of the stadium and its unique stretched cable structure will be developed under the guidance of engineering firm Exon 2000 with the additional consultancy of the British engineering company BuroHappold. The athletics stadium is planned to open in 2023 to host the World Athletics Championships. Besides providing a new home for future potential inter national competitions, on weekdays, the elevated recep tion level of the temporary upper tiers of the athletic stadium will include covered and illuminated running tracks, roller-skating rinks, street workout facilities, training areas, and street food services for sports enthu siasts. The design of the new athletic stadium proposes a flexi ble and multipurpose facility developed with considera tion given to potential audience sizes during international competitions. The legacy mode of the building is de signed with a lower tier accommodating 15,000 people. 8
In championship mode, the temporary top stands can be put into operation with an additional 25,000 seats. The roof structure of the stadium is maintained in both legacy and championship mode. By retaining the roof struc ture, the building is able to accommodate periodically re curring major international tournaments with a possibility of expanding the structure with a rentable stand. The entire space and sports lighting, loudspeaker, and score display system will also be maintained.
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COLOURFUL PLAYSCAPES TO STIMULATE INTERACTION Location Chongqing, China Client/operator DongYuan Dichan Properties Architect & Principal Designer 100 Architects (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. CN – Shanghai www.100architects.com Author of project text Marcial Jesús, Javier González, Lara Broglio, Mónica Páez, Keith Gong Author 100 Architects Photos DongYuan Dichan Properties Official opening Januar 2019 Construction costs USD 375,000 (EUR 319,000)
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“HORSELAND” SPORTS SPACE AND PLAYGROUND IN CHONGQING Horseland is a public space project comprising a combination of landscape design and various outdoor elements in a single space, such as sports features, playground features for kids and leisure features for adults. 100 Architects is following up on its serial theme of “horses”. The design of this vibrant and multifunctional public space resembles the abstract geometry of a horse when viewed from the air. Inspired by the circular sketching strokes com monly used to draw animals’ anatomy, the circle was used as the basic geometry to depict the different parts of the horse’s body, as a design strategy to subdivide the space into multiple smaller functional pockets to convert the play ground into a multifunctional space to be enjoyed by kids and adults alike. Applying this idea to the spatial organisation strategy of the project, the idea was to create a multifunctional public space by combining and intersecting smaller independent portions of cir
cles, using smaller circles for simple functions and larger circles for more elaborate ones. An invitation to engage in outdoor fitness activities Besides leisure spaces targeted at adults, such as seating and resting areas, the project also fea tures a series of play pockets for the enjoyment of young users, such as a climbing surface, an amphitheatre hill and a mini basketball court. However, the most prominent and eye-catch ing feature is the largest circle, which consists of a circular elevated pipe, from which many sb 4/2020
sports-related features for outdoor fitness activities are suspended, and includes a fitness area to complete the functional program. The horse is surrounded by circles of greenery to add a dash of nature to the proposal and complement the overall dotted landscape. Custom-lighting features were designed specifically for this project, featuring branched posts with spherical bulbs matching the circular design language. Colour scheme The vast majority of the play and sports spaces are implemented with EPDM rubber in multiple vibrant col ours to highlight the intersections of different circles. The remaining circulation space is surfaced with paving stone in shades of grey and contrasts sharply with the shape of the horse. sb 4/2020
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PLAYGROUND “THE SHOWER” IN SHANGHAI
Location Jin’An District, Shanghai, China Client/operator Life Hub @ Daning, (Chongbang Group) Architect & Principal Designer 100 Architects (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. CN – Shanghai www.100architects.com Design team Marcial Jesús, Javier González, Lara Broglio, Keith Gong, Cosima Jiang, Ginger Huang Author 100 Architects Photos Marcos Romano Official opening June 2020 Construction costs USD 62,000 (EUR 53,000)
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“The Shower” is a public space project that offers an alternative to the traditional concept of the plaza, catalysing social dynamics and activating urban spaces. 100 Architects was inspired by aspects of summer that could revitalise the plaza, such as the sea, splashing water, the summer breeze, surfing and summer lifestyle in general. “The Shower” is a creative and eye-catching intervention on the central plaza of the busy Daning Road in the Jin’An district of Shanghai that brings pleasure and entertainment to chil dren and families. It is a platform that encour ages social interaction and quality time out doors during the summer months. To create the summer narrative, a multifunc tional platform has been designed based on the iconic shape of waves. These find expres sion in undulating bands generating a series of spaces for playing, climbing and sliding, as well as for sitting and reclining while taking a break from the surrounding hubbub. Enhancing the water narrative A playful orange water pipe terminates in a huge shower head that seemingly sprays water onto the centre of the installation, giving the illusion of water running through the pipe.
As could not be otherwise, the installation’s colour palette covers four different shades of marine blue, a very summery range of colours to better represent waves. The shades of blue contrast with the bright orange of the water pipe and the shower. The multifunctional installation features an undulating amphitheatre directly facing the stage on the other side of the plaza, climbing ropes, a wide shared slide for several people to enjoy simultaneously, a surfing selfie spot, a pipe tunnel, and some floor graphics games for kids to interact with. For those who cannot travel to seaside desti nations during the hot summer in town, “The Shower” is sure to bring a fresh breeze and a sense of summer to urban Shanghai.
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How would you describe your company profile? Our practice focuses on the public realm and public spaces for leisure, recreation and entertainment in all their typologies and variations. We specialise in street architecture and urban interventions, and architectural objects both ephemeral and permanent, which encourage social dynamics and create human-scale landmarks. What gave you the inspiration for your colourful playscapes? We believe that nowadays it is not enough to simply have trees, a patch of greenery, a bench and nice lighting features in order to have a remarkable public space. Nowadays, young people want to gain experience, they are looking to invest in meaningful and memorable life experiences. Also children nowadays are not the same as before; they are exposed and used to different kinds of sensory stimulations. Our projects have a striking and eye-catching composition that calls the user’s attention, because that is the most effective way of stimulating them and encouraging social dynamics.
Do you have a common theme, i.e. some elements which you like to incorporate in many of your projects? We design shapes such as a horse, because we believe that the imagination and surprise factor are necessary for a highly stimulating entertainment project. They boost the user’s imagination and creativity, despite their age, while the surprise factor refers to the feeling of encountering completely unexpected spaces when walking through a city. The focus of our work is to create urban attractions in public space, that – by attracting people – will produce new dynamics and opportunities. We are convinced that this is highly important in a world where technology, social media and online retail are replacing and eliminating our natural meeting places. We believe that our design should explore ways to stimulate human interactions in the urban space. Because at the end of the day, human connectivity is the kind of connectivity that triggers wellbeing and happiness, productivity and innovation.
Our projects in public spaces seek to stimulate the user by providing colourful landscapes and intricate topographies that allow the user to interact in a much closer way with the objects and the space. With its appearance, morphology and impactful positioning, they invite users to jump, sit, lie, eat, watch, take photos, talk, hug, laugh, upload, run, play, enjoy, and relax. They are embedded with “instant functions”.
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UNITING EVERYONE FROM TODDLERS TO SENIOR CITIZENS URBAN SPORTS PARKS IN KONGSVINGER Location Kongsvinger, Norway Client/operator Municipality of Kongsvinger Architects Aktiv Park AS NO - 3126 Tønsberg www.aktivpark.no Author Emily Smith Fotos Aktiv Park AS Official opening 2019 Construction costs NOK 20.8 million (EUR 1.9 million)
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The Municipality of Kongsvinger is home to one of the first next-generation urban sports parks in Norway. On the banks of the Glomma, Norway’s largest river, the so called “Strandpromenaden” have been revitalized and are now offering public realm for physical activity and relaxation for users of any age. The Kongsvinger Skateboard Association yielded stimulus when requesting the Municipality of Kongsvinger to build a skatepark. Strandpromenaden, next to Konsvinger Ung domskole (Kongsvinger secondary school), pro vided a well placed and scenic location, on the riverside path of the municipality. This choice of site clearly demonstrates the high value that the municipality shows towards the younger inhabitants and towards active spaces. Aktiv Park were commissioned to develop designs for the entire Strandpromenaden, extending the remit from the skatepark to
include a wider range of urban sports – parkour, climbing, trampolining and free play – along with social spaces and landscaping. The project was awarded a grant of almost NOK 4 million from the Ministry of Culture for an Innovative Active Facility. The Innovative Active Facility scheme promotes innovation and creativity in the design of facility for self-organ ized activities, with the aim of increasing physi cal activity in the wider population. sb 4/2020
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The project’s strong contextual response fosters the hidden complexities of the site - rights of way, flood ing issues, underground utilities - along with existing trees and complex funding issues. Meandering pathways Gentle pathways lead through the site thus creating activity zones and increasing connectivity. Their layout manages changing ground levels, protects existing trees and flood zones, and ensures the space to be 18
sustainable and accessible. Inspired by the water lapping at the river’s edge, the discrete activity areas were drawn out along the site and allowed to flow past each other, creating large shared thresh olds, to promote social interaction. A place to play and stay for everybody The understanding of spatial and social interactions between the different user groups was a vital con sideration in developing the layout of the park, sb 4/2020
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tage point over the climbing boulders and back into the skatepark.
Parkour, for example, combines running and climbing movement, together with a skateboarding’s approach to urban forms. Situated between the climbing and the skatepark areas, the parkour area seeks to draw par ticipants from different disciplines together, increas ing social interaction and diversity. Its form appeal to both climbers and skaters, and it provides a great van
The material choices reinforce the social ambitions of the project, providing a diversity of feeling and multi tude of ways to use the space - the smooth manmade concrete waves and steel structures interwoven with natural granite and soft landscaping – a place to play, to relax and watch; for those who just pass by or stay all day.
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Location Melbourne VIC, Australia Client/operator Level Crossing Removal Authority, Lendlease, CPB Design practice ASPECT Studios AU - Melbourne VIC 3000 www.aspect-studios.com Lead architect Cox Architecture AU - Melbourne VIC 3000 www.coxarchitecture.com.au Key consultants Aurecon, WSP, Double-A Communications, John Rayner Author ASPECT Studios Photos Peter Bennetts and Dianna Snape Official opening 2019 Construction costs AUD 1.6 billion (EUR 973 million)
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ON TRACK DEVELOPING URBAN OPEN SPACE IN MELBOURNE Melbourne’s busiest rail line has undergone a transformation with the AUD 1.6 billlion project. ASPECT Studios thought of an elevated rail solution for this corridor. The removal of nine level crossings along the rail corridor opens up space for a public realm that was previously unavailable and provides more opportunities for community use under the rail line. The elevation creates more than 11 football fields of open space, parklands and new community areas, as well as 17 km of pedestrian and cyclist paths. The Caulfield to Dandenong Level Crossing Removal Project has completely transformed and reconnected its surrounding communities. The project replaced nine dangerous rail level cross ings with five elevated railway stations along one of Melbourne’s busiest transport corridors. By elevating the line and stations, this project pre sented an opportunity to transform an exten sive area of metropolitan Melbourne into a new linear park.
While the original emphasis of the project was on elevating the existing rail line and removing the level crossings, the focus on creating new public space opened many additional opportuni ties for community use and connection. For dec ades, this rail corridor had acted as a major bar rier to the surrounding urban area, adding to road congestion, limiting links between suburbs and restricting the introduction of new rail ser vices. As well as reconnecting communities, the sb 4/2020
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resulting project has delivered 22.5 ha of open space, parklands and new community areas, as well as 17 km of newly built pedestrian and cyclist paths. Community activation nodes The three new linear parks created by the project fea ture neighbourhood, local and community “activation nodes”. Ranging from small areas for local gatherings, with fitness stations, bike repair points, seating and planting, to playgrounds, picnic areas, wetland swales, dog parks and larger community areas for activities such as sport (basketball courts, parkour equipment), skating and climbing, these nodes provide attractive, safe and well-maintained places for the community to enjoy. 22
Site-specific nuances The park takes the appearance of a harmonious whole, and the individual areas merge seamlessly into one another, yet each station has its own indi vidual look, reflecting the character of the respective district. This is identity-forming and has an effect on the project‘s acceptance. Neighbourhoods and residents previously separated by the rail line are brought together. The station precincts provided an opportunity to redevelop the civic centre of each community, with a cohesive architectural language uniting the stations, while the public realm design was driven by local sb 4/2020
context. The station precincts are focused around optimised multi-modal transport hubs including interchanges for buses, trains and vehicles, as well as encouraging walking and cycling. Each precinct has a plaza addressing the existing local community, with entry to the station’s forecourt creating a key component of the community experience. Seats of steel trusses The reuse of artefacts from the recent past for seat ing furniture and plant containers is not only sustain able, but also shapes the character of the stations. Steel elements from the dismantled stations have been converted into boomerang-shaped seats. The sb 4/2020
plant beds are delimited by old railway sleepers and mark the original course of the rail line. The project demanded a reimagining of what rail infrastructure looks like and how it functions and extensive research, optioneering and advocacy was needed. With this in mind the project involved extensive public consultation to ensure commu nity participation created real, constructive inputs which genuinely shaped the outcome and enabled the new rail corridor to be more than a mere con duit for trains.
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Location Tainan, Taiwan Client/operator Urban Development Bureau of the Tainan City Government Architects MVRDV NL – 3011 RA Rotterdam www.mvrdv.nl Team Principal in charge: Winy Maas Partner: Wenchian Shi, Jeroen Zuidgeest Project coordinator: Hui-Hsin Liao; Design Team: Hui-Hsin Liao, Angel Sanchez Navarro, Stephan Boon, Xiaoting Chen, Andrea Anselmo, Yi Chien Liao, Zuliandi Azli, Olivier Sobels, Dong Min Lee, Chi Yi Liao Local architects LLJ Architects Sustainability / landscape and urban designers The Urbanists Collaborative
FROM SHOPPING TO SPLASHING TAINAN SPRING LUSH LAGOON AND PARK IN TAINAN
Structural engineers consultant Evergreat Associates, SE. Transport planners THI Consultants Inc Lighting designer LHLD Lighting Design MEP engineers Frontier Tech Institute General Contractor Yong-Ji Construction co. Ltd. Author MVRDV Photos Daria Scagliola Official opening March 2020 Construction costs EUR 4.7 million
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Tainan Spring is a public space design by MVRDV that includes the transformation of a former city-centre shopping mall into an urban lagoon surrounded by young plants that will develop into a lush jungle, reconnecting the city with nature and its waterfront. Commissioned by the Urban Development Bureau of the Tainan City Government, the completed masterplan rejuvenates a ‘T-Axis’ to the East of the Tainan Canal, creating a new landscape strategy to unify the site of the former China Town Mall and a kilometre-long stretch of the city’s Haian Road. In addition to the new public square and urban pool, the plan includes improved public pathways, a reduction in traffic, and the addition of local plants. Tainan’s water network served as the basis for the city’s marine and fishing industry since the 17th century, but the 1980s saw the city depart from this historic urban approach. China-Town Mall was built on top of the old harbour next to the Tainan Canal in 1983. A large commer cial structure that no longer serves its intended purpose, it has become a drain on the vitality of downtown Tainan. Tainan Spring shows what
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formed into a sunken public plaza dominated by an urban pool and verdant local plants and surrounded by a shad owed arcade. The pool has been carefully planned to be a perfect gathering spot for all seasons: the water level will rise and fall in response to the rainy and dry seasons, and in hot weather mist sprayers will reduce the local temperature to provide welcome relief to visitors, reduc ing the use of air conditioning in the summer months. This space hosts playgrounds, gathering spaces, and a stage for performances, while the artful deconstruction of the building’s concrete frame has left a number of fol lies that can in due course be converted to shops, kiosks, and other amenities. In addition, a portion of the structure of the second base ment level below has been exposed with a glass floor, allowing people to further understand the history of the site and appreciate the former mall as an important part of Tainan’s history. This new way of preserving heritage meant that the site was not cleared and renewed in a sb 4/2020
tabula-rasa approach – instead the foundations of the former mall stick out of the park and the lagoon like a contemporary Roman Forum, offering a visual marker of the historical decision to close a port in favour of a mall. Lush garden A key part of the strategy for Tainan Spring was to bring the greenery to the city. As a result, both the public square and Haian Road see the introduction of large areas of planting, which makes use of local plant species mixed together in a way that emulates the nat ural verdant landscape located to the east of Tainan, with trees, shrubs, and grasses providing multiple layers of vegetation. The density of these plant beds varies in response to the shop frontages, providing more space for people where needed and for plants in between. Now that construction is complete, the design will take another two to three years to be fully realised as the freshly planted beds gradually grow into the lush garden that was envisioned. 25
Bringing new life Tainan is a very grey city. With the reintroduction of the jungle to every place that was possible, the city is rein tegrating into the surrounding landscape. That the rein troduction of greenery was an important thread in the master plan can be seen in the planting areas on Haian Road. The renovation of Haian Road, which was completed last year, has brought new life to one of Tainan’s most lively streets. Traffic on the street has been reduced, with cars now occupying just a single lane in each direction. Mean 26
while a unifying concrete tile surface has replaced a patchwork of different paving treatments that had built up over the years, and the planting strategy con tinues the abundant, natural approach employed else where. The project also addresses one of the street’s most negative features: the many large ventilation shafts that intrude onto the public space from below ground. While these infrastructural elements could not be removed, they have been painted a uniform colour in an attempt to minimise their visual presence. The City of Tainan then selected a number of local artists to decorate these structures. sb 4/2020
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Location Heilbronn, Germany Client/operator City of Heilbronn represented by BUGA Heilbronn 2019 GmbH Architects SINAI Gesellschaft von Landschaftsarchitekten mbH DE – Berlin and Frankfurt www.sinai.de Project partners Machleidt GmbH für Städtebau Wald + Corbe GbR Polyplan GmbH BIB Kutz Ingenieurbüro CDM Smith Consult GmbH Author SINAI Photos Nikolai Benner SINAI Official opening 2019 Construction costs Permanent facilities: EUR 30 million
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NOISE BARRIER AS A VERTICAL SPORTS GROUND “FELSENUFER” PLAY AND CLIMBING AREA IN HEILBRONN Winding their way between industrial plants, new residential buildings and railway lines, parks and natural habitats have been created in the heart of the town of Heilbronn in connection with the 2019 Federal Garden Show. These greened areas serve as public open spaces as well as performing ecological and technical functions. In their design, the architects at SINAI found inspiration in this “multi-coding” in sometimes very confined spaces, entirely in keeping with the principle of “form follows function”. The river landscape in the centre of Heilbronn was long fragmented and dotted with barriers and wastelands. With the impetus from the new district of the town in the bend of the river Neckar, the scars in interior of the town have begun to heal. An important element in this pro cess is the Hafenberg, which shields the model quarter from the industrial town’s railway line
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point. It serves as an example of intelligent material recy cling: the terrain was modelled with large volumes of in some cases contaminated local material, particularly in the creation of the two lakes and construction zones. A large proportion of the excavated material has been re-used. On 6.5 ha of previously level, derelict land, 300,000 m² of soil was deposited to form a 9 to 12 m high embankment. The resulting earth sculpture is retained by gabion walls, while at the same time screen ing off and providing noise protection from the railway line behind it, creating an expressive landscape spine against the industrial backdrop of the Neckar Canal and accommodating a climbing wall and a vertical play ground. Inspired by the climbing rockfaces of sandstone and the vineyard terraces in Heilbronn’s surroundings, the Hafen sb 4/2020
berg recalls the cliffs of the river Neckar and makes a regio nal and atmospheric reference to the local countryside. Climbing, hanging and sliding The “Felsenufer” is the park’s central adventure play ground with the overriding theme of climbing. The facility connects the “Skywalk” on the ridge of the earth sculp ture with a viewing platform, lawns for picnics and open staircases to the Karlssee lake with play areas and boul der walls as well as the two climbing walls overlooking the lake. The play and climbing areas are spatially sepa rated by the facility’s staggered arrangement created three free-standing sheet piling wall segments. The play area is located between the walls. The theme of climbing has been realised in highly varied ways and for very different levels of difficulty. For example, it is possible to climb down from the top, Skywalk level to the ground 29
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via various rope configurations or a vertical climbing stack. The entry points are designed as so-called “toddler filters”, which bar access to the smallest children. At the northern end of the play area is the “via ferrata”, which offers a com bination of climbing, hanging and sliding on a slope. Slides of different lengths, monkey bar courses and a pole path make it possible to overcome the various levels. The cush ioned surfaces are made of EPDM and fall protection gravel.
maximum climbing height of 2.00 m and a maximum grab height of 3.00 m. Flights of steps have been placed between the via ferrata and the shotcrete wall so that the older generation can switch safely and directly between the different levels if necessary.
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threaded rods were inserted horizontally into the sheet piling and the structurally necessary reinforcement mats were fastened to them. By applying expanded metal meshes, it was possible to roughly pre-model the surface with overhangs, recesses and offsets. Next, the volume was filled with a layer of grey C 25/30 shotcrete; the fine texture of the surface consists of a sandstone-coloured layer of mortar and was sprayed on in the final stage. The aim was to create the best-possible surface tex ture that would meet both the architectural require sb 4/2020
ments of the overall site and the demands of climbing at different levels of proficiency. Various climbing fea tures such as finger holds and cracks were modelled by hand in the still damp concrete. The Hafenberg dominates the site as an identity-im parting element of the new swathes of greenery on the bend in the Neckar. The result is a spectacu lar structure with references to the region that satis fies the technical requirements of a noise barrier while serving as communal space and a vertical playground and sports ground. 31
Location Lübeck, Germany Client/operator Hanseatic City of Lübeck Landscape architects Ahner Landschaftsarchitektur DE - 15711 Königs Wusterhausen www.ahner-la.de Sports ground construction (Synthetic running tracks, sythetic turf pitches and fall protection) Hans-Joachim Weitzel GmbH & Co. KG DE - 25436 Tornesch www.hjweitzel.de Authors AHNER Landschaftsarchitektur Karina Senftleben Wolf Ahner Photos Bernd Groth, Landscape architect, Lübeck Official opening May 2019 Construction costs EUR 3.7 million
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BREATH OF FRESH AIR FALKENWIESE SPORTS AND LEISURE CENTRE IN LÜBECK The somewhat outdated outdoor sports facility has been refurbished to yield an oval running track with an artificial turf pitch and spectator stand, two small pitches, a beach sports facility, a skating area and a bouldering installation on an area of around 30,000 m². A wide path for pedestrians and skaters provides access to the Wakenitz walking path in the north and east of the sports facility. The multifunctional sports and leisure park also includes play zones and decentralised fitness training equipment. The outdoor sports facility on the river Waken itz has been converted into a multifunctional sports and leisure park and thus into a place of encounter. Involved in the development of the strategy were local clubs, public authorities and professional associations as well as institutions such as senior citizens‘ advisory boards, the city school parliament and sports policy spokesper sons of local political parties. The upstream pro ject development process brought forth a plan for the restructuring of the outdoor sports facili
ties that was developed by Prof. Dr Robin Kähler with the support of the office of Brien Wessels Werning Landschaftsarchitekten in Lübeck. The project was developed further and technically supervised through to completion by AHNER Landschaftsarchitektur in Königs Wusterhausen. Park-like exercise landscape The wide path of sand-coloured asphalt links the various sports and leisure areas, the centrepiece of which is the running track. On the outer side sb 4/2020
of the path, various activity areas form a diversified, parklike exercise landscape. The existing running track, consisting of four oval and six short track sections, was shifted to the west to make space for the skating and climbing area. At the same time, the running track was given a modern synthetic surface in place of the existing cinder surface. Long and triple jump installations were added along the e足 astern side. The adjoining stand offers spectators a view of the training and competition action and also serves as a meeting place for recreational athletes. Innovative obstacle course The northern segment underwent complete rebuilding. Not athletics disciplines were to be located here, but an obstacle course for runners. In addition to its own colour scheme, the surface was modelled with hills and valleys, sb 4/2020
and additional obstacles of various types were integrated into the course. It starts at the oval track, can be com足 pleted via two different routes and ends back at the oval track. In the north-west of the site, the previous area of grass was converted into two small pitches. To cater for the maximum variety of ball sports, one of the pitches was surfaced with artificial turf and supplemented by a surrounding barrier closed off with mesh mats and equipped with an impact board so that it can be used for small-pitch football and hockey. The second small pitch was given a synthetic sur足 face on which basketball, field handball, small-pitch foot足 ball and volleyball are played. The two playing areas are directly adjacent and separated by a ballstop fence. The beach sports area is positioned right alongside a sand play area. The proximity of this area to the river Wakenitz 33
and thus its relationship to water is enhanced by viewing windows in the greenery along the sports park‘s perime ter. The choice of play equipment in the beach area – an oversized climbing beach chair and a climbing net with a lighthouse – reinforces the seaside atmosphere of this area. Wavy track The stand has a plateau at the top, from where viewers can watch the goings-on in the skating and bouldering area. In the centre is a bouldering wall made of reinforced 34
concrete. This area is supplemented by ground-level tram polines. The various surfaces (fall protection made of syn thetic material in the climbing and jumping area, asphalt in the skating area) are delimited by concrete blocks, which at the same time form skating elements bordered by the wavy asphalt track. The asphalt surface was enhanced with a graphic pattern that encourages both skaters and cyclists to get active. The colour design of the bouldering wall and also of the visible sides of the grandstand steps is the work of young sb 4/2020
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Playing together The central path of the complex leads to another play area in the south. The playground equipment was selected to encourage activity and communication. For example, the rope swing can only be set in motion by several users at the same time. Parents are expressly encouraged to play together with their children throughout the sports and lei
All the sports facilities and also the paths are illuminated and can be used in the evening hours. The sports and recreation area is fenced in, but is open all day from 7 am to 10 pm at the latest. Falkenwiese sports centre was realised with federal subsidies, financial support from the Possehl Foundation and the Hanseatic City of Lübeck‘s own funds.
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Location Parque Colinas del Sol: Aloloya de Juárez, Mexico Parque Los Héroes: Toluca de Lerdo, Mexico Client/operator INFONAVIT (Instituto del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda para los Trabajadores) CIDS (Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sostenible) Architect Francisco Pardo Arquitecto www.franciscopardo.mx Design team Francisco Pardo, Daniel Vázquez, Ivan Saucedo, Julián Ramírez, Karen Burkart, Sofía Alami, Wilfrido Estrada Construction OMESA Structurist DECSA Author mint LIST Photos Jaime Navarro Official opening 2018
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EASILY BUILT AND EASY TO MAINTAIN PARQUE COLINAS DEL SOL IN ALMOLOYA DE JUÁREZ PARQUE LOS HÉROES IN TOLUCA DE LERDO Parque Colinas del Sol and Parque Los Héroes, both designed by Francisco Pardo Arquitecto are part of a wider programme rethinking public space to revert the poor conditions of social housing over the last 30 years and heal the scars of abandoned properties and social segregation that affect the urban outskirts of the country. Created in only six months, in full alignment with tight budgetary requirements and the need for ongoing low maintenance, the two parks feature simple design solutions and affordable / low-cost materials such as concrete, steel and cement blocks. They have been built with the support of the local community, by mobilizing the enthusiasm of local residents and generat ing a sense of belonging to a multicultural com munity.
Revitalization of polluted river Parque Colinas del Sol consists of the revitalization of the plazas and parks pertaining to the Unidad Habitacional de Colinas del Sol in Almoloya de Juárez. In order to optimize the two-hectare area, the site has been divided into different the matic areas - from the playground to the medita tion spot, the skate ramp and football court to the pavilion for public events, enabling spontaneous and effective architectural interventions. sb 4/2020
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A partially contaminated water stream has been trans formed into a river allowing a slow drop watering system for vegetation and articulating the different sections of the park, which have been designed according to the ac tivity and the users’ age, to foster family gatherings and the integration of the community. Hexagonal cobblestone The makeover of Parque Los Héroes, located in the Uni dad Habitacional de Los Héroes Sección III in the city of Toluca de Lerdo, consisted of renovating the e xisting pavement using a single modulus, in order to articu late different spaces and define new activities. The unit is an hexagonal cobblestone which, like a pixel, modi fies the topography and favours a flexible space layout. To complement the proposal, a tree grid of 100 new pieces - each located at a three-metre distance, has been installed. Including children’s playgrounds, a football and a basketball court, and a skating ring, the park is inclusive and has been designed to improve the life quality of the adjacent housing units and primary school. sb 4/2020
Although they have been designed according to spe cific natural and social conditions, both projects feature common elements, thus ensuring harmony among the built and natural environments that can be repeated or integrated into a system that is potentially applicable to any other context. One is the floor cement block, which can be easily adapted to any layout, be it natural or artificial. The creative combination of the blocks and in-situ poured concrete filling generate new patterns like an urban tapestry. The second is the playground system: the various concrete walls and metal bars can be arranged in multiple configurations, thereby consti tuting different spaces that are suitable for all uses and users. More than just oases to help citizens reconnect with nature, the parks are tools for engagement and envi ronmentalism. Through the transformation of suburban areas into green recreational spaces embedded in the city fabric, Parque Colinas del Sol and Parque Héroes are fast becoming a beloved urban spot for residents. 37
FLOW MOTION Location Büren, Germany Client/operator City of Büren Landscape architect Maier Landschaftsarchitektur / Betonlandschaften DE - 51107 Köln www.maierlandschaftsarchitektur.de www.betonlandschaften.de Design team members Marcel Wiegard, Balint Rösner, Ralf Maier Author Ralf Maier Photos Ralf Maier Official opening April 2020 Construction costs EUR 280,000
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ALMEAUEN FLOWPARK SKATE FACILITY IN BÜREN Maier Landschaftsarchitektur/Betonlandschaften have created a skate park in the historic centre of the town of Büren. The Alme brook winding through it was the inspiration for the Flowpark and its notion of the „free-wheeling experience of flow“, in two senses. Firstly, the meandering course of the Alme inspired the shape of the „flowing“ skate park (Flowpark). And, secondly, skateboarders as well as users of longboards, BMX and MTB bikes, inline and roller skates and scooters can enjoy the free-wheeling experience of flow. These sports revolve around individual exer cise and creative appropriation of the available space. The skate park is not only embedded in the landscape like a river (just like the Alme in its floodplain), but also enables users to „go with the flow“, i.e. enjoy a fluid ride. Thanks to its shallow ramps and elements, very young users can also learn to skate in this park (even the under-threes) and thus acquire social and motor skills by exercising with their friends and fellow sports enthusiasts.
Inclusion as the basic idea At the planning stage, several participatory meetings were held with future users, with the issue of inclusion in particular playing a major role in the overall strategy. This finds expres sion in barrier-free access and wheelchair accessibility and the park’s eligibility for wheel chair sports competition (WHC). Skate parks should be equally attractive for activities with skateboards, BMX, scooters, inline skates, dirt bikes and WCMX (wheelchair motocross) and sb 4/2020
for many other action sports enthusiasts, regardless of gender, age or ability. By virtue of its versatility, the park aims to strike a blow for inclusion and break down boundaries between users. Each sport is practised in its own way and therefore has different expectations of a park, but the basic approach of the various disciplines is very similar. Input from public participation The elements of the Almeauen Flowpark have been planned in accordance with proposals from workshops. Approaches to elements are designed to be used by wheelchair users who can jump either barely or not at all. The Flowpark has been built using a type of concrete that is easy to maintain and has an expected service life of 30 to 50 years. The concrete material can be recycled and reused. sb 4/2020
In addition to inclusion, skate parks also serve to integrate people of migrant origin. Skateboarding brings people together and helps adolescents to find meaning and iden tity, especially as they grow up. The outcome is a hang-out created especially for ado lescents. Previously, the Almeauenpark has provided more play opportunities for children; but now adoles cents, through their advance involvement, have been able to impress their stamp on the new facility. Thanks to its organic shaping, the Flowpark blends harmoniously into the overall landscape and neighbourhood of historic build ings. From its outline, a logo has been specially developed to illustrate the distinctiveness and recognition value of this skate park’s basic shape. On completion of the facility, a skateboard sporting the logo of the Almeauen Flowpark was ceremonially presented to the town of Büren. 39
HISTORIC ICE RINK IN A COLOURFUL GARB REFURBISHMENT AND EXTENSION OF THE ICE RINK IN THE PARK „PLANTEN UN BLOMEN“ Location Hamburg, Germany Client/operator District of Hamburg Mitte Architects LPH 1-3: Arge Paul Schüler, Architekt and plp Architekten und Generalplaner DE – 20149 Hamburg www.org-architecture.com DE – 22763 Hamburg www.plp-architekten.de LPH 4-9: rimpf Architektur & Generalplanung www.rimpf.de Author Dipl.-Ing. Freier Architekt Stefan Rimpf, BDA Photos Hagen Stier, Hamburg Official opening November 2017 Construction costs EUR 8 million
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The refrigeration plant of the historic ice rink was in need of rehabilitation. In connection with this project, rimpf Architektur has created a multifunctional building with skate hire and changing rooms as well as a park café. Germany‘s largest outdoor ice rink offers its patrons winter fun on a good 4,300 m² in the heart of Hamburg. In the summer months, the rink is also open to users on roller skates. The artificial ice rink was built for a Hamburg Garden Show in October 1935; for the Inter national Garden Show in 1973, the structures were extended and integrated into the city‘s ramparts. Like the park, the ice rink is a listed garden monument. In connection with the building refurbishment, a plan was also pre pared for making the rink more profitable, especially in the summer. An interdisciplinary consortium consisting of Paul Schüler, architect, plp Architekten Gen eralplaner and Indoo as the potential operator was awarded the contract for the develop ment of the submitted idea to maintain the ice rink in its form and to add a climbing garden
for summer use. The initial idea of erecting a climbing course and large umbrellas over the ice rink was not realised. Instead, the entrance was shifted towards Holstenwall and the facil ity was extended to include a café and a multi functional building. From the approval phase onwards, rimpf Architektur worked on the design until hand over to the client and Indoo as the operator in November 2017. Barrier-free access and revision of the design The café was positioned on the same level as the ice rink and the adjoining outdoor area and is thus barrier-free.
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The planned partial cladding of the walls along the open public areas was consistently and continuously realised with horizontally arranged hard-wearing rhom bus boarding of natural larch wood. Only the generally accessible areas and their doors are excluded. The previous ceiling lining of wooden strips was removed to reduce the facility‘s squat impression. The existing concrete ribbed ceilings were refurbished and left visible. Colourful sports and leisure facility with a reference to history The facility is a sports and leisure venue whose emphasis is on functionality and diversity of use. The consistently reduced structural elements dominating the facility‘s
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design are the concrete ribbed ceilings, joists, parapets and columns along with the natural wooden slats of the walls and the added glass façades. The black and green dimpled rubber flooring as the func tional floorcovering is also restrained. The historically pre served designs on the balcony parapets are striking and colourful. The junction with the ceiling above the con tinuous horizontal wooden slats is formed by a band of constantly changing colours, which are also attached as acoustic sails within individual ceiling compartments. The continuous band of colour, the individual compartments of the ribbed ceilings and the sun protection louvres are a reference to the colour scheme of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and unite the various components in a coherent whole.
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A BIG COMMITMENT TO URBAN SPORT HILTRUP EXERCISE PARK IN MÜNSTER
Location Münster (Westf.), Germany Client/operator City of Münster, sports department Planner DSGN CONCEPTS DE - 48155 Münster www.dsgn-concepts.de Design team members Filip Labovic – Skate park Dominik Moos – Parkour facility Author DSGN CONCEPTS Photos DSGN CONCEPTS and Thomas Gentsch Official opening 19 June 2020 Construction costs EUR 420,000
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The exercise park in the Hiltrup district of Münster is attracting visitors with a new skate park, a parkour installation together with calisthenics training equipment, and a slackline area. For several years, a group of young enthusiasts has been campaigning for urban sports opportunities in their district – a commitment that has now been rewarded with the extension of an existing sports facility. The facility designed by DSGN CONCEPT provides exercise opportunities for both beginners and the advanced. As a consequence of the old skate park at Hiltrup railway station being demolished with out replacement, local skateboarders set up a pressure group in 2014 with the support of VSE Münster-Hiltrup. It quickly transpired that Hiltrup lacked space for urban mass sports in general, which shifted the focus from purely a skate park to an exercise park with a wide vari ety of activities. A number of obstacles had to be overcome, starting with launching a petition and get ting the concerns placed on the local politi cal agenda, and ending with the search for funding. The district mayor Joachim Schmidt
and the Münster-Hiltrup district council were involved in the project. Around 800 signa tures were submitted in 2017. The overall strat egy was developed in close cooperation with the sports department and the department for parks & gardens, environment and sustainabil ity. Budget funds amounting to EUR 400,000 were approved for the realisation of the exer cise park. The Münster-Hiltrup district coun cil contributed a further EUR 20,000 for a shel ter. With this overall budget, DSGN CONCEPTS was able to carry out the planning. Ideas were generated in three participation workshops for users and the local population run by the design office. sb 4/2020
Clinker brick The 500 m² skate park features various ramps and street skating elements such as ledges and handrails. The entire skate park is designed so that beginners can improve gradually and the proficient have plenty to challenge them. The skate park can be used as a circuit or in indi vidual sections. The size of the facility is comparable to that of a classic neighbourhood park and is open to high frequentation, although the facility is primarily suitable for skateboards, inline skates and BMX bikes. Barrier-free access allows wheelchair use and contributes to inclusion. Due to the nature of the sport, concrete dominates the design of the skate park. In order to break up this mo notony, fine accentuation has been achieved with the clinker facing of the bases of the street elements using typical Münsterland red brick. In addition, details such as the red-painted rails and edges made of hot-dip galva nised steel add to the park’s overall aesthetics. A greened area has been integrated into the centre of the f acility, which not only accommodates environment-friendly drainage but is also an eye-catching feature, because the hard-wearing grass bed provides a changing play of col ours throughout the year. sb 4/2020
Diversified parkour installation In the northern area of the exercise park is the 150 m² parkour area. It is located at a point directly adjacent to the skating area and exploits the required differ ence in levels. Here, too, the elements are of concrete with a sandblasted surface that provides sufficient traction for users, as well as railings and bars made of red painted, hot-dip galvanised steel. The parkour installation can be roughly divided into two areas: a paved area with lower elements, such as walls, bollards and railings, with a maximum drop of one metre. The distances and heights were chosen so that beginners and the advanced can safely prac tise the basic moves here. The area with higher ele ments and a maximum drop of 2.5 m was, how ever, equipped with joint-free fall protection made of rubber granulate in a discreet shade of beige. The area is dominated by bars for swinging at different heights and with varying diameters, so that users both large and small can train effectively. Elements like parallel bars and a high bar offer training oppor tunities for calisthenics.
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THRILL AND PUBLIC ART GASVERKET ACTIVITY PARK IN STOCKHOLM
Location Stockholm, Sweden Client/operator City of Stockholm Architects X2 Architects SE - 14146 Huddinge, Stockholm www.x2architects.se Author X2 Architects Photos Xinga Li Official opening August 2019
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With spontaneous play and exercise in mind, catering to such sports as parkour, obstacle course running (OCR), gymnastics, slackline, calisthenics and street workout, X2 Architects combine spontaneous activity with everyday urban life. In the middle of the former industrial site of a gasworks, a cluster of rusting beams standing in an odd formation in a public square invites users to explore the structures using their own imagination. The beams are also a public art installation. The park is located in a growing urban district called Norra Djugårdsstan which is close to Stockholm’s city centre. Two large towers of red brick recall the heritage of the 19th century gas industry (“Gasverket” in Swedish). Today the area has been repurposed for residences, offices and other public buildings. The activity square lies next to an elementary school and serves as an additional school yard. The idea was to keep a sense of spontaneity and self-exploration. The area is designed to be per ceived as slightly dangerous in order to keep the
experience thrilling and promote a heightened awareness, while being constructed with safety in mind. Due to the novelty of using beams for a public activity park, the architects collaborated closely with the engineers, landscape architects and manufacturers. They had to balance making the park safe while not “over-securing” it and taking away all the thrill and excitement – keep ing it as safe as necessary, rather than as safe as possible. The client liked the risky-looking ele ments in connection with safety, especially since the activity structures are close to an elemen tary school. sb 4/2020
Encouraging exploration At a first glance, the beams look muddled-up, and the idea is to spark curiosity among visitors to encourage them to investigate the structure. The park is uniform in its design expression, though there are variations in different areas within the activity park. Some areas are designed with larger dimensions for faster speeds and more advanced movements, more suitable for more experienced athletes, while other areas are designed in a more intimate setting where people can challenge their balance, climbing and fine motor skills, which is more suitable for kids and slower kinds of exercise. Flexibility in function The facility may accommodate different trends in sports and spontaneous play in the long term. The structure offers freedom to adapt the design to the surroundings by playing with form and materials. Some beams make up hidden letters when viewed from spe sb 4/2020
cific angles, where some are easy to spot and others require a little further exploration. A traditional “parkour wall� can only be jumped or climbed over. At the Gasverket activity park however, the athlete can go under the obstacle as well, not to mention that he or she can grab the lower edge and use it to do swinging motions, which opens up even more scope for creative exercise. For high-impact use The materials chosen are durable for continuous high-impact usage, suitable for a public activity park. The beams will corrode in a controlled manner and thus create a protective layer against further corrosion. The outer parts of the beams are coated with a grey paint that will wear out in time, making the structure look even more authentic and raw. The green synthetic grass serves as a visual oasis in an area surrounded by hard surfaces. 45
SKATEPARK DESIGN INSPIRED BY DIY CULTURE Skatepark video
Location Berlin, Germany Client/operator District of Berlin Lichtenberg Expert planners Landskate GmbH DE - 50823 Köln www.lndskt.de Landscape architects Hanke + Partner Landschaftsarchitekten DE - 10715 Berlin www.hanke-partner.de Author Daniel Schreitmüller Photos Dennis Scholz Official opening June 2020 Construction costs EUR 392,000
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COMPLETE RESTORATION OF BERLIN LICHTENBERG SKATEPARK Based on the needs of local user groups, skatepark planning agency Landskate stepped in as expert planners for landscape architects Hanke + Partner to develop an innovative concept for a complete restoration of the outdated skate facility inside district park Neubrandenburger Strasse. The special feature: Aside from inspiration from street furniture, the concept integrates elements from skateboarding’s DIY culture. The skate facility inside district park Neubran denburger Strasse has fallen into desrepair. Since the standardized concrete obstacles no longer appealed to the users, the district decided on a complete restoration of the skatepark as part of overall renewal efforts on the entire park space. The landscape design firm responsible for the park renewal, Hanke + Partner, commissioned Cologne-based skatepark planning agency Landskate, whose expert team includes several current and former professional skateboarders alongside landscape architects. Skate park design: Symbiosis of angular and organic shapes As a so-called Street Flow Skatepark, the design implements both organically shaped, rounded transitions as well as angular street elements reminiscent of urban furniture. As a major chal lenge, the experts needed to plan around the
elliptical shape of the lot’s already sealed sur face. This was challenging because in order to provide a creative and diverse user experience, a skatepark needs to not only feature linear path ways (lines), but also allow for trajectories that intersect and cross over. Therefore, the overall positioning of all skatepark elements (obstacles) was chosen to allow, despite the park’s narrow layout, a multitude of different lines across the terrain and an optimal amount of flow to users. Surrounded by a tree line, the Skatepark Berlin Lichtenberg integrates harmoniously into the landscape by virtue of its elongated shape and green-coloured concrete floors. To maintain this harmony, all vertical elements that would, due to their height, potentially clash with the skatepark’s organic integration into the land scape, have partly been sloped up. C ombined with the obstacles’ overall low height, this sb 4/2020
opens up views of the surrounding district park and invites pedestrians to linger. Inspired by DIY culture Responding to the users’ needs and wishes, it has become standard practice in modern-day skatepark design to im plement elements taken from the urban environment. For this reason, the Lichtenberg Skatepark includes references to street furniture such as park benches, metal rails, tree trunk rings, as well as sidewalks. In their unique constella tion, these elements lend a unique charm to the park. As another significant differentiator, the Lichtenberg Skatepark not only features urban elements, but also adds obstacles that are endemic to skateboarding’s DIY cul ture. These features are reminiscent of self-made DIY pro jects that have sprouted up across the globe over the past few years, built by grassroots skateboarders no longer as mere substitutes for lacking infrastructure, but as a means in themselves. Most of these DIY projects are poured from concrete by small groups of skateboarders over several con struction stages in locations such as industrial wastelands, under bridges and generally in areas that offer smooth riding surfaces. There are also cases where urban architec ture, by ways of small, barely legal interventions, is made ‘skateable’ via a few carefully appointed modifications. sb 4/2020
At Lichtenberg Skatepark, this non-conformist DIY perspec tive is reflected in the use of parking blocks, a modified street barrier as well as the creation of a transition between the two free-standing embankments (banks). By achieving such a seamless integration between urban and non-con formist elements, the Lichtenberg Skatepark attains its own, unique identity. Design responds to socio-spatial realities Keeping in mind the difficult socio-spatial environment in the borough of Lichtenberg, the skatepark was there fore designed as a low-threshold facility. Accordingly, the skatepark was modelled to be suitable for multiple use (such as skateboarding, stunt scooters, inline skating), for young and older users, and for all skill levels from beginners to pro fessionals. Accommodating for long user dwell times, the park’s atmosphere and amenity values were given close con sideration. The park’s open design, viewable from all angles, creates a safe space for users that is suitable for children and encourages gender inclusion. This new, open facility for urban movement practices operates under the principles of being free of charge, liberal and outdoors. The Lichtenberg Skatepark thereby holds the potential to significantly raise the quality of life for young people, especially in the resi dential neighbourhoods of Wartenberg and Hohenschoen hausen within the Lichtenberg district, in the long term. 47
ICE SKATING AND ROLLER BLADING IN THE HISTORIC SHIPYARDS WATER SPLASH PARK AND ICE RINK IN NORTH VANCOUVER Location North Vancouver, BC, Canada Client/operator Quay Property Management Corp. Architects DIALOG CA - V6A 1E1 Vancouver, BC www.dialogdesign.ca Electrical engineering WSP Landscape architecture HAPA Collaborative Author DIALOG Photos DIALOG Kenneth Chan Andrew Latreille Official opening Juli 2019
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Along North Vancouver’s waterfront, in the setting of the historic shipyard precinct, the new covered gathering space creates a year-round opportunity to animate the space with markets, exhibitions, performances, and festivals. DIALOG architects take many cues from the shipbuilding history. In the summer, water play features create a splash park for children to enjoy. In the winter, the landforms allow skaters to explore a series of loops that connect seamlessly with the plaza-turned-ice rink. As a National Site of Significance, the 12-acre Shipyards site is a precinct with a rich social, economic, and physical history. Shipbuilding booms during both the First and Second World Wars resulted in The Wallace Shipyard Com pany becoming the largest employer of shipyard labour in British Columbia, producing 109 “Vic tory” ships – more than any other shipyard in Canada. The design of “The Shipyards” takes many cues from its shipbuilding history. Buildings and land scapes are oriented along lines perpendicular to the shoreline, just as the buildings and internal
roads of the shipyards were. Conceptually, this project prioritizes the heritage character of the original machine shop building. Using its origi nal shape and site as a starting point, the recon structed machine shop has been modified to suit its new functions. The retractable roof takes on the character of structures familiar within the vernacular of “The Shipyards“ area. The addi tional new structures on the site, such as a hotel and restaurants, adopt a contemporary form and act as a foil to the heritage machine shop. Contrasting heritage roots with new, contempo rary design, the machine shop roof is the highest sb 4/2020
structure on the site. Industrial contemporary materials such as glass and steel mix with wood and stone elements, provid ing a uniquely North Shore look and, again, respecting the heritage of the site. Largest open-air ice surface in Metro Vancouver The skateable surface is approximately 1,850 m² including the floor area of the 1,115 m² covered plaza and the adjacent 745 m² summertime water spray area, which is covered with a retractable roof. The design was such that there is an overlap between the area intended to function as water splash park in the summer and the area intended to be ice rink in the winter. Part of the fun and uniqueness of the ice rink is that one can skate a route between the mounds that are components of the splash park. There were interesting technical challenges per taining to these overlapping functions. The ice surface, of course, needs to be perfectly flat, and there are limits to the tolerances in terms of ice thickness. On the other hand, to control the behaviour of the water in the sb 4/2020
splash park and ensure it would flow to drains, as well as to meet health and safety requirements, there needed to be a slope to the areas that were within the splash park. Thus, to ensure the ice would not get too thick and thus not freeze well, there was a limit to the area of overlapping function. A skate rental shop is located at the north end of the ice rink. The ice can be used for pleasure skating and was even sched uled to be used for a professional hockey event, but that was cancelled due to COVID-19. Other uses of the space, in the summer when it is not an ice rink, include outdoor concerts, markets, festivals, as well as being a great space and surface for activities such as roller blading and roller skating, and casual basketball practice. Casual seating along the east, north, and west edges of “The Shipyards“ animate the area whether there are large crowds or intimate gatherings of a few people. Those looking to stay longer can find a seat on the south end of the site where a café and restaurant patio take advantage of the waterfront view, and people-watching opportunities of the Spirit Trail pedestrian and cycling path. 49
Location Utrecht, Netherlands Client/operator City of Utrecht Architects NEXT Architects NL – 1096 BK Amsterdam www.nextarchitects.com Rudy Uytenhaak + Partners Architects NL – 1061 XZ Amsterdam www.uytenhaak.nl Project leaders Rudy Uytenhaak, Marijn Schenk Project team Bart Reuser, Michel Schreinemachers, Jurriaan Hillersto, Tara Steenvoorden, Mark Jongerius (NEXT) Karin Dorrepaal, Jonathan van Leuzen (rudy uytenhaak + partners architecten) design public space Bureau B+B Urbanism and Landscape Architecture Advisors construction bridge Arup Author Next Photos Jeroen Musch Official opening May 2017 Construction costs EUR 3.4 million
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CYCLE APPROACH ON SCHOOL ROOF DAFNE SCHIPPERS BICYCLE BRIDGE IN UTRECHT This unique design by Rudy Uytenhaak + Partners in partnership with NEXT Architects integrates a bicycle and pedestrian bridge with a school and a park into a single coherent whole. Users cycle to a height of nine metres as they veer around Victor Hugo Park on a sweeping bend taking them across the roof of the school and over the canal. The dual land use with maximum space for greenery makes the Dafne Schippers Bridge unique, not only as a bridge but also as a location in its own right. The 110-m bridge, which crosses the Amster dam-Rhine Canal in Utrecht, is the main link in the express cycling route connecting the his toric city centre with the new neighbourhood of Leidsche Rijn. Utrecht, the country‘s fourth largest city, sees itself as the cycling capital, and its bridge, reserved unlike other bridges solely for pedestrians and cyclists, offers commuters an alternative to travelling by car. The sparsely available space in the built-up area has to be put
to multiple uses, and here this is achieved by building on several levels. Minimising land use In one fluent movement, the cycle route, park and school are joined together in a coherent infrastructure, building and landscape. The bicycle bridge positioned on the south side creates space on the north side for a recrea sb 4/2020
tional area. The school and recreational area are orien tated towards the park. This is made possible by nar rowing the east side of the school under the bridge. The result is a private recreational area attached to the public park and an apparent, natural entrance in continuation of the road. The wide side of the school overlooking the canal complements the park and creates a safe, enclosed space for school pupils to play in. Functionality and the quality of stay The roof garden is an essential element between the dif ferent programmes. Continuing the green environment on the roof, the garden offers extra space for the school to enjoy and creates a natural distance between the school and the cyclist. Due to the sweeping bend, the bridge access rises with a gradient of no more than 4 % to save cyclists‘ energy. The loop encircles a basketball court, and spectators can follow the game on the terraced seating steps. sb 4/2020
In a wide angle, cyclists make their way up from the park, guided around the permaculture garden on the roof of the school gym, and pass through the trees, with a panoramic view of the canal. Flanked by water, cyclists ride between an interweaving cable pattern towards a slim gateway admitting them safely to Leidsche Rijn. By integrating functions and making the bridge an inte gral part of the public space in the neighbourhood, it is an important meeting point for local residents and schoolchildren. The bicycle bridge is named after the Dutch athlete Dafne Schippers, who was born in Utrecht and was suc cessful mainly in the sprint (100 and 200 metre races), as well as in heptathlon and long jump. It is therefore not surprising that the cycle path resembles an athletics track. As is often the case in the Netherlands, the cycle path is surfaced in red asphalt, and the colour is particu larly intense on the path of the Dafne Schippers Bridge. 51
SCENIC PATH PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE PATH ALONG OLD GYPSUM MINES Location Igualada, Spain Client/operator Ayuntamiento de Igualada Architects Batlle i Roig Arquitectura ES - 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat Barcelona www.batlleiroig.com Design team members Mario Súñer, Simone Cicu, Yago Cavaller, Dolors Feu, Marta Sanz, Elisabeth Torregrossa Author Batlle i Roig Arquitectura Photos ©Jordi Surroca + Gael del Río Official opening January 2018 Construction costs EUR 310,000
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The scheme is framed within Igualada’s global Green Ring project which aims to create a web of pedestrian and cycle paths as a green belt around the perimeter of the city. This new green sustainable mobility infrastructure by Batlle i Roig Arquitectura establishes a network of free perimeter spaces, ideal for environmentally friendly leisure activities, which are obtained to a great extent by adapting and regenerating currently underused or degraded spaces. The gypsum mines path involves the adaptation of a 1.65 km section, 800 metres of which have already been accomplished. The project has two principal objectives: one of them is better connectivity, to ensure the conti nuity of the city-scale project (Green Ring), while the other one seeks to regenerate the country side and biodiversity by establishing the necessary elements to create a new dynamic at the site that will gradually improve its environmental condi tions by harnessing the water. The inclusive fringe, a 1.2m wide concrete ribbon, makes the promenade accessible. The border of
this paved fringe can be followed by blind people all the way to Montserrat’s observation deck. Natural flow of water supports ecological restoration A new drainage system controls surface water and infiltrates most of it into the terrain to gener ate new damp areas. A vegetation ditch follows the path along its entire length, collecting water from the hill’s slope and the path itself. Stone walls retain and prevent run-off, reducing erosion sb 4/2020
and allowing the water to seep into the soil. Water is the catalyst of the location’s restoration. The walls are constructed of boulders obtained from minor landslides. An illegal debris landfill found within the site at the beginning of the construction works pro vided enough granite cobblestones to produce the walls’ capstones. The low spots require overflow channels that discharge excess water in exceptional rain episodes. These elements are produced with the same prefabricated con crete elements that are used for the benches, together with a second one for closing the channel. Glowing at night The path’s simple surface belies a couple of innovations and technical considerations. First, consultation with the municipal council permitted the recycling of 650 tonnes of milled asphalt generated by other public works. This was used for the base of the new surface. sb 4/2020
The aggregate pavement fringe is a combination of graded and sand aggregate stabilised with lime. This mix has a soft finish but has good mechanical properties due to the improvement of its granulometry by the graded aggregate. Stabilising it with lime gives it greater resistance to erosion due to cycle traffic and sections with a slope over 6 %. It is a low-cost stabiliser and easy to replace if it needs to be repaired which does not alter the colour of the sand. The concrete fringe completed with benches becomes a linear observation deck along the whole path. It has the minimum width possible, 1.2 meters, to permit full accessi bility and inclusiveness. The concrete’s composition includes luminescent aggregate. This material captures solar energy during the day and emits it during the first hours of the night, extending the time for which the path can be used. 53
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Client UMB Vermietungs- und Betriebs GmbH Service and assembly work SSG Dienstleistung GmbH Fall protection KRAIBURG Relastec GmbH & Co. KG Trampolines Eurotramp Trampoline Kurt Hack GmbH Sports and leisure equipment TURNBAR by Eigen & Wagner Metallbau GmbH Author Jotto von Gierke Photos B-Part Am Gleisdreieck, bpart.berlin Photographers: Linus Lintner, Harry Schnitger TURNBAR Opening January 2020
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An all-too familiar problem in cities is the lack of open spaces for public outdoor sports facilities, although demand for exercise in cities is growing rapidly at the same time. In Ber lin, the project development company of the forward-looking “Urbane Mitte Am Gleisdreieck” urban quarter has created an integrated and sustainable solution. The equipment has been supplied by TURNBAR, KRAIBURG and EUROTRAMP, among others, while SSG DIE SPIELPLATZMACHER is responsible for the service and assembly work. On the initiative of former gymnast Philipp Boy, the public leisure facilities on the grounds of the “B-part” co-working and leisure centre were to be expanded to include a sports park. Since the area will be built on at a later date, the investor stipulated that it should be possi ble for the entire sports facility to be fully dis mantled at a future date and re-erected at a different location.
now known as “B-part Sports”. Following the planning recommendation, three trampolines from EUROTRAMP were integrated into the area in addition to the multifunctional TURN BAR installation. Located right at the entrance to the training area, the trampolines, which can also be used for sports purposes, encour age visitors to have fun doing their first relax ation and warm-up exercises.
On the basis of these ideas, the investors com missioned TURNBAR’s planning experts with the detailed development of the sports area
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ligent planning with staggered drop heights to ensure maximum safety and comfort during the various exercises. To keep the option of complete dismantling open, KRAIBURG impact protection slabs were laid.
Urbane Mitte am Gleisdreieck, developed as inte grated training for body and soul on the principle of “exercise for all”. The various courses are geared to residents of all ages and are free of charge for all participants.
From planning approval through to completion of the sports park, SSG – DIE SPIELPLATZMACHER from Hamburg, the company responsible for service and assembly work, took only two months to lay the last impact protection slab and install the last chin-up bar.
This so far unique project shows that sports strat egies can also be implemented in private and only temporarily available open spaces. Intelligent designs prove to be beneficial for operators and sports users. Even though the facility will only be transferred to its final destination in a few years’ time, the plans already indicate the relocation and the final TURNBAR site.
Sport that brings people together Since its opening, the sports park has enjoyed great popularity and lively interest far beyond the bound aries of the neighbourhood. As long as there are no training courses, the area is freely accessible during normal opening hours. A special service is the neighbourhood programme initiated by the sb 4/2020
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Dinosaur tracks point the way around the new Toy Car obstacle course at St. Raphael Nursery in Altenmelle, Germany where there is a prehistoric T-Rex skeleton protruding out of the ground as well as fun and colourful dinosaur eggs to discover. But it’s not that easy – the little ones have to dodge, climb over or hop between 3D boulders made of granules along the way, which playfully promotes the little adventurers’ motor skills and imaginations. The new Toy Car obstacle course was installed as a safety surface with colourful Stylemaker ® 2D designs and innova tive 3D objects from the Stylemaker ® dinosaur world. Now the nursery’s play area has been extended thanks to this colourful outdoor surface.
By innovative technologies Melos creates the Stylemaker ® floor images. Melos relies on a high-performance waterjet process with the individual floor image elements precisely cut out from EPDM plates. In future, floor images will also be possible in 3D print, with fine edge contours.
In playgrounds, pre-schools and schoolyards alike, Melos leisure flooring made using Melos building materials is especially designed to upgrade every surface – and with original Stylemaker ® 2D floor images and Stylemaker ® Evo lution 3D objects, new worlds are born.
The next step: Stylemaker® Evolution 3D Ingenious figures made of Melos granules succeed with Stylemaker ® Evolution 3D. Be it a cute turtle or a bub bling volcano - let yourself be inspired and take the design of attractive play and leisure floorings to a new level. The creative interaction between Stylemaker ® floor images and Stylemaker ® 3D figures makes the difference!
The floor images can be designed online. The Stylemaker ® is a browser-compatible web app, designed for deploy ment on a desktop PC, laptop or tablet. Stylemaker ® inspires and is equally perfect for planners and installers - create floor images online, plan fast and easy and order directly! Gain an advantage in your pitches and sales talks. Creativity is the key to success and will really amaze your customers. 56
Imaginative figures for vital living spaces Simply select and personalize a template from the Style maker ® database. You can choose from cute animals, crea tive objects or colourful flower worlds. The wide spectrum of figures gives you all the opportunities to inspire clients and breathe new life into playgrounds or public areas. In sb 4/2020
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back and forth with the mouse cursor, requested directly and ordered via the Melos Online Shop. It will also be possible to project the objects onto one’s own floor via the smartphone using augmented reality. Request your own Stylemaker ® 3D object now: www.melos.com/en/stylemaker-3d 57
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For environmental reasons, the responsible Commission of the European Union is calling for closed cycles in production. The artificial turf manufacturer FieldTurf Tarkett and yarn producer MET (Morton Extrusionstechnik) show how the concept of the circular economy can be applied to the production of artificial turf. The distinctive feature of current consumer behaviour is „take – produce – use – throw away“. If this behaviour is continued, global consumption of biomass, fossil fuels and metals will double in the next 40 years1, and the mountain of waste will grow by 70 % by 20502. This unchecked rise in global resource consumption is a cause of global climate change and the dramatic loss of biodiversity. The EU Circular Economy principle is designed to counter act this trend and bring about sustainable practices. In De cember 2015, the EU Commission published its document „Closing the loop – an EU action plan for the circular economy“. Its objective is to further develop production in closed cycles and thus minimise waste and emissions as well as raw material and energy losses. A circular economy demands: • Product design: products designed to facilitate reuse, segregated recycling and a long service life • Production: material- and energy-efficient product manufacture • Use: consumption with a long service life • Recycling: high-grade recycling to ensure the reuse of all components, thereby minimising the input of prima ry raw materials. 58
Artificial turf in the context of the circular economy In 2015, FieldTurf and MET started to develop artificial turf with sustainability and the circular economy in mind. The first step in the product design process was to significantly increase the durability and thus the service life of FieldTurf artificial turf surfaces. While CEN standard 15330-1 only requires 20,200 Lisport cycles to demonstrate durability, FieldTurf artificial turf surfaces today withstand 300,000 cycles. As more and more artificial turf pitches are having to be re placed year after year, the focus is now on the issue of how to dispose of the old artificial turf. Innovative recycling of artificial turf FieldTurf and MET are breaking new ground in recycling as well. When worn artificial turf is replaced, it is not just a matter of separating its components, but of putting the old artificial turf to reuse. On the site, granulate and sand are removed from the old artificial turf, which is shredded into small pieces. 1 OECD 2018, Global Material Resources Outlook to 2060 2 World Bank 2018, What a Waste 2.0
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The granulate-sand mixture is cleaned in a washing unit and separated. The sand is reused in the construc tion industry, while the granulate is used in the pro duction of fall protection mats and “silent” porous as phalt. Mechanical recycling Under the current state of the art, old artificial turf – also known as EOL (end-of-life) material – is incinerat ed. This means that valuable raw material is lost to the economic cycle. FieldTurf and MET have developed an innovative recycling process in which EOL artificial turf is converted into plastic granulate. This plastic granu late is used in the production of new plastic parts, turning old artificial turf into a new plastic product. Current artificial turf systems are coated with latex or polyurethane. Both materials are cross-linked elasto mers that cannot be recycled or melted down together with the artificial turf. This means that it is virtually im possible to recycle the coating material. A coating of EOL plastic granules consists of the same polymer group as the fibres and can be melted down and recycled together with it. This process will in fu sb 4/2020
ture enable the entire artificial turf to be mechanically recy cled and used as a raw material for new artificial turf. New artificial turf from plastic waste? The big challenge for the artificial turf industry is to produce artificial turf from recycled material in order to conserve mineral oil resources. FieldTurf and MET are working on a process in which the raw material for the production of arti ficial turf fibres is obtained from plastic waste. This involves converting plastic waste by pyrolysis into oil, from which PE granulate is then produced. This raw material is not inferior in quality to conventional PE made from mineral oil. In this process developed by FieldTurf and MET, 90 % of the new artificial turf consists of raw materials derived from EOL artificial turf and plastic waste. Conclusion The circular economy calls for production in closed cycles and thus for the minimisation of waste, emissions and losses of raw material and energy. In this sense, all players in the value chain are called upon to assume responsibility and act sustainably – from the manufacturer to the consumer to re cycling companies. The artificial turf industry is moving in the right direction. 59
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In their history BTProject completed almost one hundred asphalt pumptracks setting a high benchmark. Their projects are often very innovative and appeal to a wide range of users. Large settings attract not only locals, many users are willing to travel longer distances to ride on them. The complex in Bolesławiec consists of three pumptracks designed to suit riders with different skill levels. The „MiniPump” section is prepared for beginners, especial ly younger children on balance bikes. „EasyPump” offers a good next step for users getting comfortable with higher speed. Largest in size, the nearly 500 m long „FlowTrack” is the heart of this complex. It has a BMX racing style section, jump area and a bike park section. Thanks to a very smooth asphalt it resembles a concrete skatepark with its “bowl” in the center. The cooperation with the Bolesławiec City Council start ed at a trade conference, where BTProject’s most recent big project in Nowy Sącz was being presented as an ex ample of model cooperation between local authorities and a contractor. The Mayor of Bolesławiec approached BTProject to discuss the possibility of locating a pump track in the City’s newest recreational area that was planned to be built on unused land near a river and a rail viaduct outside the city centre. BTProject proofed themselves with their portfolio of many projects con structed all over Poland and also abroad, conveying that 60
their services can guarantee successful development. The 5-year-warranty as well as the assurance of easy and inexpensive maintenance are an important selling point for authorities spending public funds. The company is owned by active riders, who make sure that every project is meeting the high expectations of future users. At first, asphalt pumptracks were seen as a place only for bicycles, especially BMX. Soon they were discovered by other sports enthusiasts and now they are used by people on skateboards, skates, scooters and even mountainboards. Asphalt pumptracks are a very good example of inclu sive recreational infrastructure. They let users of all ages and with various kinds of sports equipment on wheels have fun while practising and making progress in their favourite sport. From the landscape planning point of view, pumptracks are a pleasing addition to every urban and rural setting. BTProject has completed almost one hundred interesting projects. Check their website for inspiration! sb 4/2020
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The Swiss company Conica AG based in Schaffhausen, one of the world‘s market leaders in flooring solutions for sports, play, leisure and more, has entered into a partnership with Hamberger Flooring GmbH & Co. KG in Stephanskirchen near Rosenheim in Bavaria. Hamberger is Germany‘s lead ing parquet manufacturer. With the Haro Sports brand, the company has made a name for itself in area-elastic sports floors in sports and multipurpose halls.
3.5 million euros of investment in modernisation has now made the City Galerie in Siegen even more attractive. This is good news not only for shopping lovers, for the new children‘s paradise in the heart of Siegen can be found on the mall’s basement floor and has been enthusiastically received by families with children. To make sure that the inevitable bumps, scrapes and falls don’t turn the shopping experience into a nightmare scenario, maxi mum safety levels must be guaranteed in the children’s paradise. The playfix indoor seamless safety flooring from R EGUPOL BSW GmbH has got this task covered. The safety flooring consists of a base layer of varying thickness, depending on the fall height involved, and a seamless PU coating, making it ideal for indoor areas. In the City Galerie Siegen, the floor was installed for a fall height of 1.50 m and is tested and certified in compliance with DIN EN 1177.
While Conica produces innovative jointless flooring solutions based on polyurethane and epoxy resins, Hamberger focuses entirely on wood-based solutions for residential and sports flooring. The two companies are a good match, especially in the sports flooring sector. The Haro Sports brand with its wide range of products in the area of wooden substructures with a focus on area-elastic hall floors is the perfect com plement to Conica. And, as an expert in the PU segment, Conica is an excellent partner for Haro Sports. Both innovation leaders want to further develop existing sys tems together. The focus is on functionality, performance characteristics and durability. The aim is to develop the sys tems even more than before from pure sports functionality to multiple use. This can be a decisive competitive advantage for customers, as the trend for many years has been towards multifunctional halls in which a wide range of events can be staged. Furthermore, both companies want to pool their ex isting sales structures.
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The floor’s visual appearance is what sets the tone for a highly diversified play area. The smooth, seamless surface of the indoor safety flooring allows a wide range of designs in terms of both colour and function. In the City Galerie Siegen, all design spec ifications were implemented on site in close cooperation with Coreografía Production GmbH. “When designing our children’s play areas, we work exclusively with the seamless safety surface from REGUPOL. The fact that the REGUPOL safety flooring can be individually painted enables us to create beautiful details in keeping with the various thematic worlds. For instance, in the children’s paradise in Siegen, there’s a colourful meadow of flow ers growing on a simple green base, and prettily painted stones encourage the children to play hopping and jumping games. So, in the same way, this seamless floor can be used to create imag inative playing environments with painted rivers, lakes, islands, bridges, tree trunks for balancing along and so much more,” ex plains Coreografía Production’s Angelina Hien. REGUPOL BSW GmbH www.regupol.com 61
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Agrob Buchtal................. 64 Anti Wave....................... 64 Benz................................65 Berndorf..........................65 Kernig............................. 67 Myrtha Pools................... 68 Pellikaan......................... 68 Sika.................................70 Zeller...............................71
ASB................................ 64 ASPG.............................. 64 Conica.............................65 Gerflor............................ 66 Hamberger..................... 66 Herculan......................... 66 Holz-Speckmann............. 67 ISP.................................. 67 KRAIBURG...................... 67 Labosport....................... 67 Polytan........................... 69 Porplastic........................ 69 REGUPOL BSW................ 69 Sekisui Alveo....................70 Sika.................................70 Stargum...........................70 Trofil................................71 Weinberger......................71
AQUATIC EQUIPMENT Anti Wave....................... 64 Benz................................65 Eurotramp....................... 66 GANTNER....................... 66 Myrtha Pools................... 68 Pellikaan......................... 68 Sika.................................70 Zeller...............................71
SPORTS HALL DIVIDERS POOL CONSTRUCTION, CERAMICS Agrob Buchtal................. 64
POOL CONSTRUCTION, STAINLESS STEEL Berndorf..........................65 Zeller...............................71
POOL CONSTRUCTION, OTHER SYSTEMS
AKT................................ 64 Jakob.............................. 67 Trenomat.........................71
ICE SPORTS EQUIPMENT AST................................ 64 ENGO..............................65 GfKK.............................. 66 LIKE-ICE.......................... 68 Universal Sport................71 Züko................................71
Myrtha Pools................... 68
INDOOR EQUIPMENT Anti Wave....................... 64 AKT................................ 64 ASPG.............................. 64 Avant Sports................... 64 Bänfer..............................65 Benz................................65 BFGW..............................65 Eiden & Wagner...............65 EOLED............................ 66 Eurotramp....................... 66 Gütegem. Sportgeräte.... 66 INTERGREEN................... 67 Jakob.............................. 67 LIKE-ICE.......................... 68 Playparc.......................... 69 Spieth..............................70 Trenomat.........................71 Universal Sport................71 Weinberger......................71
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ICE SPORTS REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS AST................................ 64 ENGO..............................65 GfKK.............................. 66 Züko................................71
ICE RESURFACERS ENGO..............................65 WM GmbH......................71 Züko................................71
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ACO............................... 64 ANRIN............................ 64 Hauraton........................ 66 Labarre........................... 67 Richter.............................70
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS heiler.............................. 66 INTERGREEN................... 66 Kutter............................. 67 PERROT........................... 68 Richter.............................70
MULTI-SPORT COURTS AKT................................ 64 ASB................................ 64 DSGN concepts................65 Eiden & Wagner...............65 EOLED............................ 66 GANTNER....................... 66 Herculan......................... 66 KTsport........................... 67 Kutter............................. 67 LNDSKT.......................... 68 LIKE-ICE.......................... 68 Melos............................. 68 Playparc.......................... 69 Richter.............................70 Sekisui Alveo....................70 Signgrass.........................70 SMC2..............................70 Stargum...........................70 Trenomat.........................71
OUTDOOR SPORTS FLOORINGS AST................................ 64 Conica.............................65 Geo3.............................. 66 Hamberger .................... 66 Herculan......................... 66 KTsport........................... 67 Kutter............................. 67 KRAIBURG...................... 67 Labarre........................... 67 Labosport....................... 67 LIKE-ICE.......................... 68 Melos............................. 68 Polytan........................... 69 Porplastic........................ 69 REGUPOL BSW................ 69 Richter.............................70 Schmitz Foam..................70 Sekisui Alveo....................70 Signgrass.........................70 Sika.................................70 Stargum...........................70 Trofil................................71 Weinberger......................71
PERIMETER BOARDS, NETTINGS AKT................................ 64 AST................................ 64 ENGO..............................65 Jakob.............................. 67 Kutter............................. 67 Trenomat.........................71 Universal Sport................71
SPORTS GROUND CONSTRUCTION ACO............................... 64 ANRIN............................ 64 Conica.............................65 Hauraton........................ 66 heiler.............................. 66 INTERGREEN................... 67 ISP.................................. 67 Labarre........................... 67 Kernig............................. 67 KTsport........................... 67 Kutter............................. 67 LNDSKT.......................... 68 LIKE-ICE.......................... 68 Melos............................. 68 Polytan........................... 69 Porplastic........................ 69 Richter.............................70 Schmitz Foam..................70 Sekisui Alveo....................70 Signgrass.........................70 SMC2..............................70 SMG................................70 Weinberger......................71
SPORTS GROUND EQUIPMENT ACO............................... 64 ANRIN............................ 64 Anti Wave....................... 64 Benz................................65 BSW................................65 Eiden & Wagner...............65 EOLED............................ 66 Eurotramp....................... 66 GANTNER....................... 66 Gütegem. Sportgeräte.... 66 INTERGREEN................... 67 Kutter............................. 67 Labarre........................... 67 Playparc.......................... 69 Polytan........................... 69 Porplastic........................ 69 Signgrass.........................70 SMG................................70 Spieth..............................70 Universal Sport................71 sb 4/2020
TURF, ARTIFICIAL Avant Sports................... 64 Geo3.............................. 66 heiler.............................. 66 Kutter............................. 67 Labosport....................... 67 Polytan........................... 69 Porplastic........................ 69 Schmitz Foam..................70 Sekisui Alveo....................70 Signgrass.........................70 Stargum...........................70 Trofil................................71
TURF, HYBRID heiler.............................. 66
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AST................................ 64 heiler.............................. 66 INTERGREEN................... 67 KTsport........................... 67 Kutter............................. 67 Labarre........................... 67 Polytan........................... 69 Porplastic........................ 69 SMG................................70 Trofil................................71
AKT................................ 64 ASB................................ 64 ASPG.............................. 64 AST................................ 64 Avant Sports................... 64 Bänfer..............................65 ENGO..............................65 Gerflor............................ 66 Hamberger..................... 66 Holz-Speckmann............. 67 LIKE-ICE.......................... 68 REGUPOL BSW................ 69 Spieth..............................70 Trenomat.........................71 Trofil................................71 Universal Sport................71
Avant Sports................... 64 Bänfer..............................65 Neptunus........................ 68 SMC2..............................70
ROOFING SYSTEMS, FIXED AND RETRACT ABLE
eccos pro.........................65 GANTNER....................... 66 TAC.................................70
DISPLAY AND SIGNAGE SYSTEMS ENGO..............................65 Signgrass.........................70
TURF, NATURAL Geo3.............................. 66 heiler.............................. 66 Kutter............................. 67 INTERGREEN................... 67 Signgrass.........................70
SKATE AND BIKE PARKS DSGN concepts................65 LNDSKT.......................... 68 LIKE-ICE.......................... 68 Maier/Betonlandschaften.67
CEILINGS, WINDOWS, WALLS ISP.................................. 67 Neptunus........................ 68
CHANGING ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT Benz................................65 eccos pro.........................65 GANTNER....................... 66 Neptunus........................ 68 Spieth..............................70 Universal Sport................71 Züko................................71
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ELASTIC LAYERS, PROTECTING SURFACES Bänfer..............................65 Holz-Speckmann............. 67 KRAIBURG...................... 67 Kutter............................. 67 Melos............................. 68 Polytan........................... 69 Porplastic........................ 69 REGUPOL BSW................ 69 Schmitz Foam..................70 Sekisui Alveo....................70 Spieth..............................70 Stargum...........................70 Trofil................................71
FACADES AND BUILDING ENVELOPES CCSC...............................65 ISP.................................. 67 Jakob.............................. 67 Neptunus........................ 68
LIGHTING SYSTEMS EOLED............................ 66 heiler.............................. 66 INTERGREEN................... 67 Kutter............................. 67 Siteco..............................70 Thorn Lighting.................70
Neptunus........................ 68 SMC2..............................70
TESTING, QUALITY ASSURANCE BFGW..............................65 DSGN concepts................65 Gütegem. Sportgeräte.... 66 ISP.................................. 67 Labosport....................... 67 Maier/Betonlandschaften.67 Trenomat.........................71
TICKETING, ACCESS SYSTEMS
TURNKEY CONSTRUCTION
SANITARY, HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, ENERGY RECOVERY
Neptunus........................ 68 Nüssli.............................. 68 Pellikaan......................... 68
GfKK.............................. 66 Kernig............................. 67
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SECURITY SYSTEMS, FENCING Benz................................65 GANTNER....................... 66 INTERGREEN................... 67 Jakob.............................. 67 Richter.............................70
STANDS, SEATING Avant Sports................... 64 Brinkmann + Deppen.......65 ENGO..............................65 INTERGREEN................... 67 Nüssli.............................. 68 Pätzold + Snowadsky...... 68 Richter.............................70 Trenomat.........................71 Weinberger......................71
Brinkmann + Deppen.......65 campus............................65 DSGN concepts................65 Geo3.............................. 66 Kernig............................. 67 KTsport........................... 67 LNDSKT.......................... 68 Maier/Betonlandschaften.67 M3 Architectes............... 68 Pellikaan......................... 68 Pätzold + Snowadsky...... 68 Playparc.......................... 69 RAUMKUNST.................. 69 Spieth..............................70
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ACO Severin Ahlmann GmbH & Co. KG Postfach 320 24755 Rendsburg, Germany Phone +49(0)4331 354600 info@aco-online.de www.aco.com
ACO SPORT® includes drainage systems and components for sport, play and leisure facilities. They ensure that water is rapidly drained so that the sporting facilities can be used throughout the year safely and securely.
AGROB BUCHTAL Deutsche Steinzeug Keramik GmbH Buchtal 1 92521 Schwarzenfeld, Germany Phone +49(0)9435 3910 agrob-buchtal@deutsche-steinzeug.de www.agrob-buchtal.de
Deutsche Steinzeug Group is focused on its core competences in the business field of ceramic covering materials (wall and floor tiles, swimming baths and facades). Their products, which are predominantly manufactured at locations in Germany, make them distinct from their com petitors. They have a comprehensive range as well as a depth of expertise in various project areas together with a targeted consultancy service.
ANRIN GmbH Siemensstraße 1 59609 Anröchte, Germany Phone +49(0)2947 97810 info@anrin.com www.anrin.com
ANRIN – a company from Germany, addresses the subject of drainage techniques innovatively and competently. Millions of manufactured and laid ANRIN drainage channels bear testimony of the experience on which specifi ers, dealers and contractors can rely. Repeatedly new, cre ative developments and improvements to the channel systems and gratings as well as in the interlocking and jointing techniques underscore the company‘s know-how in drainage tech nology.
Anti Wave International Pty Ltd 65 12th Ave, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 4067 Phone +61 4 12 172 636 anti@anti.to www.anti.to
Anti Wave is dedicated to the design, innovation and production of the world’s finest perfor mance swimming, water polo, leisure, pool deck and pool programming equipment. Anti Wave swimming racing lanes were first patented in 1975 and used in the World Swimming Cham pionship in the same year. Since then Anti Wave products have continued to set the standard around the world for product quality and design and innovation. The Anti Wave MAXI Racing lane has been installed in most top aquatic centres around the world including FINA World Cup and Olympic Games.
Arbeitskreis Trennvorhänge e.V Ladestrasse 25 42327 Wuppertal, Germany Phone +49(0)205889950 info@arbeitskreis-trennvorhaenge.de www.arbeitskreis-trennvorhaenge.de
AKT Arbeitskreis Trennvorhänge e.V. is a German federation in existence since 1971 that is open to all domestic and foreign manufacturers of partition curtains. The precondition for member ship is recognition and implementation of the standards for partition curtains set by AKT for quality, safety/security and sound absorption conforming to DIN 18032/4. As an impartial con tact for clients and operators, AKT regularly and swiftly publishes for clients and operators ten dering documents that comply not only with the specifications of DIN 18032/4 but also the latest state of the art in partition curtains.
ASB GlassFloor Systembau Horst Babinsky GmbH Fabrikstraße 14 83371 Stein, Germany Phone +49(0)8621 987410 info@asbglassfloor.com www.asbglassfloor.com
ASB is renowned for its ongoing global successful supply and install of high quality squash courts, also available in glass. The ASB GlassFloor is the next big thing to come from ASB. This floor offers the unique ability of individual marking lines for every sport via LED marking lines, full screen adver tising and is available in any color. The ASB GlassFloor is a high performance sports floor with a life expectancy of 70 years, a truly revolutionary and elegant floor for event and multi purpose sport halls.
ASPG Germany GmbH Fährstraße 36 40221 Düsseldorf, Germany Phone +49(0)211 30329720 info@D-aspg.de www.D-aspg.de
Artificial turf, indoor sports floorings, mobile floorings, cover systems
AST Eissport und Solaranlagenbau GmbH Lechhalde 1 1/2 87629 Füssen, Germany Phone +49(0)8362 909190 hannes.schretter@ast.at www.ast.at
AST Eissport und Solaranlagenbau GmbH is a company of the group “Elektrizitätswerke Reutte AG” (Electric company) with headquarters in Reutte/Tyrol and since 1986 supplies communi ties, cities, event organizations, public swimming pools as well as customers from various other branches with solar units and ice rinks.
Avant Sports Industrial Co.,Ltd Avant Industrial Area, Zhoushi Road, Baoan District, ShenZhen, China Phone +86 29688489 sales@avant.com.cn www.avantseating.com
Avant Sports Industrial Co., Ltd. is a seating solution company busy with designing, developing, production, marketing and installation ever since its establishment in 1994. Its products range from fixed stadium seats, metal structure bleachers, and telescopic seating systems to multi functional venue equipments. The fixed seats and telescopic seating systems have been certi fied by FIBA as partner in the category of seatings. Providing customized solutions with high safety for its clients is Avant’s ambition. sb 4/2020
Bänfer GmbH stands for quality made in Germany. Based in Bad Wildungen, Bänfer is one of the leading operators in the sports project business. Professional planning, conception and realisation – all from a single source. Whatever is involved – the construction of a new boul der hall, a landing pit or a project that has to meet all current standards – it‘s child‘s play with the help of Bänfer‘s project department. With its many years of proven expertise, Bänfer gives whole-hearted support to its project partners from the idea through to completion.
Bänfer GmbH Sportmanufaktur Industriestrasse 11 34537 Bad Wildungen, Germany Phone +49(0)5621 7878-0 info@baenfer.de www.baenfer.de
BENZ manufactures high-quality sports equipment in Winnenden, Swabia, and backs up these innovative products with an outstanding selection of aftermarket items. The company’s phi losophy, which is also the aspiration of its employees, is “Quality is our discipline”. Putting this into practice in its daily work and all coming projects is a challenge that BENZ is happy to accept.
Gotthilf Benz Turngerätefabrik GmbH+Co KG Postfach 220 71350 Winnenden, Germany Phone +49(0)7195 69050 info@benz-sport.de www.benz-sport.de
Berndorf Bäderbau has been a leading manufacturer of stainless steel swimming pools since 1960. Berndorf Bäderbau has built over 6.500 swimming pools throughout Europe in a wide variety of sizes and shapes. Thanks to its outstanding technical and optical characteristics, stainless steel is the ideal material for constructing commercial and municipal swimming pools. More and more private customers and hotel owners have become aware of the benefits of stainless steel pools in recent years.
BERNDORF Metall- und Bäderbau GmbH Leobersdorfer Strasse 26 2560 Berndorf, Austria Phone +43(0)2672 836400 office@berndorf-baederbau.com www.berndorf-baederbau.com
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BFGW Bundesfachgruppe Wartung – Sicherheit für Sport- und Spielgeräte e.V. Waldstraße 9 Since its founding in 1984, the BFGW has been an association devoted entirely to safety in 51145 Köln, Germany the operation of sports, play and leisure facilities. Its work is based on the specifications of the Phone +49(0)2203 301001 relevant DIN/EN standards, the guidelines of the GUV accident insurance institutions, and the info@bfgw.de www.bfgw.de German Equipment and Product Safety Act (GPSG). Since 1991, Brinkmann + Deppen, an engineering office for sports and outdoor facilities in Sassenberg, has been a byword for top-level expertise in all areas of sports facility and stadium construction, building construction, and the design of parks and open spaces. We are the ideal contact throughout Germany and across Europe for design and project management in the fields of sports facility and stadium construction, parks and open spaces, building construction and expert opinions.
Brinkmann + Deppen Architekten / Landschaftsarchitekten Lappenbrink 35 48336 Sassenberg, Germany Phone +49(0)2583 2172 info@brinkmann-deppen.de www.brinkmann-deppen.de
campus is a firm of architects devoted to consultation on and the planning and realisation of educational buildings and sports facilities in all specialist areas. Its focus is on balancing usage, costs and design as well as giving consideration to current and future social trends.
campus GmbH Bauten für Bildung und Sport Am Echazufer 24 72764 Reutlingen, Germany Phone +49(0)7121 927-260 info@campus-architektur.de www.campus-architektur.de
Conica AG from Schaffhausen in Switzerland is a global market leader for the construction of synthetic sports surfaces in all climatic conditions. Every year, more than 250 tracks are installed worldwide onto a surface of two square kilometers. CONIPUR and CONICA sports surfaces are highly regarded throughout the world. The innovative product portfolio includes intelli gent system solutions for running tracks, multipurpose facilities, sports halls and indoor ath letic facilities.
Conica AG Industriestraße 26 8207 Schaffhausen, Switzerland Phone +41(0)52 644 36 00 info@conica.com www.conica.com
DSGN CONCEPTS conceptualises and designs urban movement space. They understand public space as a stage for the creation of new lifestyle- and motion cultures. Their claim is it to develop unique sites with a maximum of function in addition to an individual design. Because of their long lasting connection to the skateboard culture and parkour scene they have an insight regarding the users’ needs, and know how to translate these into a design from mate riality to different shapes.
DSGN CONCEPTS UG Hansaring 17 48155 Münster, Germany Phone +49(0)251 9619443-3 info@dsgn-concepts.de www.dsgn-concepts.de
eccos pro are the experts for integrated admission and payment systems in hotel and recrea tional facilities. eccos pro develops networked system solutions from hardware and software. As a full-service provider, eccos pro offers complete solutions from one source, ranging from financing and implementation consultation through to after sales support.
eccos pro gmbh Nevigeser Str. 100 42553 Velbert, Germany Phone +49(0)2051 2086200 info@eccos-pro.com www.eccos-pro.com
TURNBAR®, the brand for high-grade sports and leisure equipment made of metal, is a pro duct of Eiden & Wagner Metallbau GmbH. It is an example of our skills in design, planning and execution.
Eiden & Wagner Metallbau GmbH Robert-Bosch-Str. 4 54634 Bitburg, Germany Phone +49(0)6561 947 080 metallbau@eiden-wagner.de www.eiden-wagner.de
ENGO produces for more than 30 years boards for various types of sports plants: from lightstructured boards for inline and public skating to professional boards for ice hockey in fibre glass. ENGO also has been designing and producing ice-preparation machines (ice resurfacer) for rinks of any size and use for more than 30 years, and for over 20 years electrical ice-prepa ration machines.
ENGO GmbH Srl Forch Straße 9 39040 Vahrn (BZ), Italy Phone +39 0472 546157 info@engo.it www.engo.it
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EOLED EU Kavalierstrakt 126, Schloss Schönbrunn Schönbrunner Schlossstraße 47 1130 Wien, Austria Phone +43(0)1877 32970 info@eoled.eu www.eoled.eu
EOLED is a leading supplier of sports ground lighting and sees itself as a specialist in LED sports hall lighting, membrane construction and outdoor facilities for tennis, badminton and squash. Its high degree of standardisation exceeds the requirements of sports ground guidelines and ensures a high level of comfort during play. The lighting systems are tailored to local require ments in three quality levels and range from “Classic” (for amateur, leisure and tournament use) to “Master” (for top-level training centres and elite sports) to “TV” (for stadiums with TV transmission in HD quality).
Eurotramp - Kurt Hack GmbH Postfach 1146 Zeller Straße 17/1 73235 Weilheim / Teck, Germany Phone +49(0)7023 94950 eurotramp@eurotramp.com www.eurotramp.com
Eurotramp is a worldwide leading company specialized on building trampolines with more than 50 years of experience. We produce high quality products for professional competitions as well as leisure time and outdoor products. Our high quality standard as well as the ambition to inno vation, best possible customer relationship and excellent reliability are mirroring in every single Eurotramp trampoline. Not for nothing top athletes all over the world do trust in our trampo lines and our service every single day.
GANTNER Electronic GmbH Deutschland Industriestr. 40f 44894 Bochum, Germany Phone +49(0)234 58896-0 info-de@gantner.com www.gantner.com
GANTNER has been one of the world’s leading companies in the field of electronic RFID solu tions for check-in and locker security systems at fitness centres and sports clubs for 35 years. Our innovative systems ensure simple and secure cashless processes and are designed to meet customer requirements. It all works with a single chip – to reduce staff workload, lower costs, increase sales and at the same time improve security and convenience at the sports centre. We make it happen.
geo3 GmbH Uedemer Straße 196 47551 Bedburg-Hau, Germany Phone +49(0)2823 419910 kontakt@geo3.de www.geo3.de
Since its founding in July 2000, the company has been specialising in the design and con struction of outdoor sports facilities. This can involve the modernisation of natural or artificial turf, cinder or synthetic playing surfaces, the conversion of cinder pitches into artificial turf (for which there has been growing demand in recent years), or the design of new sports facilities. All the required work for each location and task is performed from a single source.
Gerflor Mipolam GmbH Postfach 14 65 53824 Troisdorf, Germany Phone +49(0)2241 25300 gerflormipolam@gerflor.com www.gerflor.de
Gerflor is recognized as a specialist and a world leader in resilient flooring solutions. Taraflex® Sports Flooring are designed for safety and comfort. Their multi-layered construction includes 100% pure vinyl, a reinforced fiberglass grid and closed-cell foam backing to provide shock absorption, help fight fatigue, deliver consistent ball bounce, and protect against skin burns.
GfKK – Gesellschaft für KältetechnikKlimatechnik mbH Dieselstraße 7 50859 Köln, Germany Phone +49(0)2234 40060 info@gfkk.de www.gfkk.de
GfKK is a plant construction, distribution and service specialist in industrial refrigeration, pro cess refrigeration, refrigeration/air conditioning and ice sports refrigeration. Numerous ice sports facilities bear the company’s signature.
Gütegemeinschaft Sportgeräte Adenauerallee 134 53113 Bonn, Germany Phone +49(0)228 926593-25 info@sichere-sporthalle.de www.sichere-sporthalle.de
The sports equipment quality association “Gütegemeinschaft Sportgeräte e.V.” brings together eight experienced sports equipment manufacturers. The association thus stands for assured and certified quality in the inspection, maintenance and construction of sports equipment. This quality guarantees safety – for users as well as for sports hall operators.
Hamberger Flooring GmbH & Co. KG Rohrdorfer Str. 133 83071 Stephanskirchen, Germany Phone +49(0)8031 7000 info@hamberger.de www.hamberger.de
With the floor covering brand name “HARO”, Hamberger Industriewerke GmbH in Stephans kirchen near Rosenheim has grown to become the German market leader for parquet. Under the brand name HARO SPORTS, portable and fixedinstalled elastic coating sports floors have been produced at the company’s Sports Floor Division since 1958. HARO SPORTS Flooring give decision-makers and investors the opportunity to receive comprehensive advice on the best flooring solution for sports and multi-purpose halls, from a team of experienced experts.
Hauraton GmbH & Co. KG Werkstraße 13 76437 Rastatt, Germany Phone +49(0)7222 9580 info@hauraton.com www.hauraton.com
The history of HAURATON is a history of innovations. Since the development of the first drain age channels in 1958 HAURATON products set the benchmark worldwide. HAURATON offers a special range of products for stadiums and sports grounds, which are designed especially for the demands of sports facilities. The channels made from recycled plastic are constructed so as to prevent the sportspersons from injuring themselves. The products conform of course to all international standards at the same time.
heiler GmbH & Co. KG Bokelstraße 1 33649 Bielefeld, Germany Phone +49(0)521 947150 info@heiler-sport.de www.heiler-sport.de
heiler engages in professional sports ground construction and has acquired a list of big-name clubs as references for its services. heiler specialises not only in the construction of new sports grounds, but also in the conversion of existing cinder playing surfaces.
Herculan BV Energieweg 6 4231 DJ Meerkerk, Netherland Phone +31 (0) 183 35 47 00 info@herculan.com www.herculan.com
For 25 years Herculan B.V. are developing, manufacturing and supplying seamless polyurethane sports and recreational surfacing products and systems. The systems include indoor sports floors, athletics tracks, multipurpose play- and sports areas, tennis courts and children’s play grounds. Herculan BV provides an impressive wide range of high-quality polyurethane sports flooring systems. Worldwide renowned for durability, comfort, safety and performance! The Herculan sports surfaces are eco-friendly, seamless and meet all the latest European Standards. sb 4/2020
Over 135 years of experience in timber stand behind Holz-Speckmann, the manufacturer of the mobile SPEED-LOCK floors. The highly productive timber wholesale forms the basis for the development and production of innovative products. Holz-Speckmann produces SPEED-LOCK floors with state-of-the-art CNC machines. The permanent quality control ensures highest pre cision and durability of the floors.
Holz-Speckmann GmbH & Co. KG Weststraße 15 33790 Halle/ Westfalen, Germany Phone +49(0)5201 189215 info@speed-lock.com www.speed-lock.com
INTERGREEN AG has been building sports facilities of all sizes for over 40 years. Small, regional and large, internationally active clubs appreciate our skills and experience and the quality of our work. INTERGREEN AG has developed machines, processes and systems that pursue a single goal: that of building high-quality sports facilities that are reasonably priced.
Geschäftsstelle INTERGREEN AG c/o Science to Business GmbH Hochschule Osnabrück Gebäude ED Raum 0104, Emsweg 3 49090 Osnabrück, Germany info@intergreen.de www.intergreen.de
The ISP GmbH is operating a laboratory, in which material testing of synthetic sports surfar ces, artificial turf systems, impact absorbing wall coverings and sports hall floor systems is performed. ISP`s laboratory is accredited in accordance with DIN EN ISO 17025. The ISP exper tise also includes the certification testing of all kind of synthetic sports floor systems for indoor and outdoor use, key stage inspections of installation works, assessment of existing sports faci lities, and quality monitoring of building materials.
ISP GmbH Südstraße 1A 49196 Bad Laer, Germany Phone +49(0)5424 8097891 info@isp-germany.com www.isp-germany.com
IST Leipzig is a German test Lab for tests of sports flooring systems accredited according to EN ISO 17025. The scope of the lab ranges from tests of indoor sports floors, artificial turf systems and synthetic surfaces up to test of playground surfaces. Padded walls and safety against ball throwing are tested as well. Tests are performed both as lab-test and as field-test in the builtin final state: lab-tests for testing systems or components, field-tests for the installation quality.
IST – Institut für Sportbodentechnik Equipagenweg 25 04416 Markkleeberg, Germany Phone +49(0)341/354 29 53 mario-kunze@gmx.net www.sportboden-leipzig.de
Jakob Rope Systems is a Swiss manufacturer of stainless steel cables and meshes for architec ture. Our versatile wire mesh Webnet has many uses in the construction of sports grounds: as an invisible ball stop fence, as a cover for walls or ceilings in gymnasia, as fall prevention or as a safety fence in stadiums. We also produce fibre ropes and climbing nets for climbing parks and playgrounds.
Jakob Rope Systems Dorfstraße 34 3555 Trubschachen, Switzerland Phone +41(0)34 4951010 info@jakob.com www.jakob.com
Construction Project Management is the core business of our company. For us, project man agement is the objectives of our clients, economically and efficiently. Our mission is to realize short construction, sustainable building quality within budget We specialize in real estate in the sports and leisure center area.
Andreas Kernig Building Consultant Albersloher Weg 10 48155 Münster, Germany Phone +49(0)251 23948850 info@andreaskernig.de www.andreaskernig.de
KRAIBURG Relastec GmbH & Co. KG is an independent enterprise in the KRAIBURG Hold ing. SPORTEC® rubber flooring products and elastic layers from KRAIBURG Relastec are proven products refined by continuous further development. A wide range of users – including system providers, specialist distributors, architects and builders of sports facilities – benefit from the advantages they provide. All SPORTEC® products are manufactured in proprietary environ ment-friendly processes utilizing upwards of 90% recycled rubber materials.
KRAIBURG Relastec GmbH & Co. KG Fuchsberger Straße 4 29410 Salzwedel, Germany Phone +49(0)8683 701 340 sportec@kraiburg-relastec.com www.kraiburg-relastec.com/sportec
At its headquarters in Wolfsburg, the KellerTersch GmbH family business has been a firstrate and reliable full-service provider since 1961. With its roughly 100 employees, it covers all aspects of gardening, landscaping and sports ground construction. The team of the branch office in Schönebeck near Magdeburg, in existence since 1990, has specialised strongly in sports and leisure facility construction and maintenance under the KTsport brand and today provides its accumulated expertise and a high level of skill to everything from consultancy to project management and realisation.
Keller Tersch GmbH Am Anger 20 39218 Schönebeck, Germany Phone +49(0)3928 4829-0 info@kellertersch.de www.kellertersch.de
KUTTER is an innovative and high-performance company that not only plays a leading role all over southern Germany in classical gardening and landscaping, but is also a top-rate and reli able operator in specialised fields such as sports facility construction, golf course construction and synthetic surface technology.
Hermann Kutter Landschaftsbau Sportplatzbau GmbH & Co. KG Buxheimer Straße 116 87700 Memmingen, Germany Phone +49(0)8331 97730 info@kutter-galabau.de www.kutter-galabau.de
Herbert Labarre GmbH & Co. KG was founded in Hamburg in 1904 and is a renowned garden ing, landscaping and sports ground construction company. Herbert Labarre GmbH offers its customers skilled, punctual and expert consultation, price quotation and execution.
Herbert Labarre GmbH & Co. KG Alsterdorfer Str. 514-516 22337 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49(0)40 596036 info@labarre-galabau.de www.labarre-galabau.de
Labosport is a test institute for surfaces certification and consultancy that provides thorough coverage of the sports surface life-cycle and a unique offer ranging from laboratory testing to on-site diagnosis. With its multidisciplinary team specialising in chemistry, engineering, agro nomy, sports performance and materials science, Labosport is dedicated to improve the overall quality, safety and durability of sports surfaces and equipment. Its engineers and consultants work on projects ranging from iconic stadia to community playing fields.
Labosport International Technoparc du circuit des 24 Heures 72100 Le Mans, France Phone +33 243 47 08 40 contact@labosport.com www.labosport.com
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Landskate GmbH Gutenbergstraße 48 50823 Köln, Germany Phone +49 163 331 77 17 info@lndskt.de www.lndskt.de
LNDSKT is a planning and consulting company specialized in state-of-the-art skatepark design. Founded and operated by active skateboarders, we support user-oriented skatepark plan ning covered by HOAI (Official Fee Scale for Services by Architects and Engineers) work stages 1-9. We know the specific needs of skatepark users from our own experience. We are truly connected with skateboarders and speak their language. Our mission is to raise the bar for skatepark design in Germany and beyond. This is LNDSKT!
LIKE-ICE Science GmbH Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 5 84069 Schierling, Germany Phone +49(0)9451 9498370 info@like-ice.com www.like-ice.com
LIKE-ICE! specialises in the production and sale of a synthetic material specially developed for skating (ice skating and ice hockey) and curling (summer and winter). LIKE-ICE! is the techno logical leader in this market.
M3 Architectes 15, rue Wurth-Paquet 2737 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Phone +352 26 44 74 1 mail@m3archi.lu www.m3archi.lu
M3 Architectes is currently led by five associates, Jos Dell, Alain Linster, Mary Lucas, Jürgen Simon and Luke Schroeder assisted by a team of 40 employees, including 29 architects. M3 Architectes exercises in most fields of construction, urban planning and interior design.
maier landschaftsarchitektur / Betonlandschaften Rösrather Straße 769 51107 Köln, Germany Phone +49(0)221 1395905 info@maierlandschaftsarchitektur.de www.maierlandschaftsarchitektur.de
Maier Landschaftsarchitektur has been developing national and international action sports facilities (skateboard, BMX, MTB, inline, roller skate, scooter and wheelchair) for more than 15 years. These multifunctional facilities are individually developed by an experienced team of landscape architects, architects, designers and athletes in order to meet the specific require ments. Owner Ralf Maier acts as working group leader at FLL for skate and bike parks and MTB trails, as well as a Certified Playground Safety Inspector for skate and bike facilities.
Melos GmbH Bismarckstr. 4-10 49324 Melle, Germany Phone +49(0)5422 94470 info@melos-gmbh.com www.melos-gmbh.com
For more than 70 years, MELOS have been developing know-how in rubber technology. In the granules product area, MELOS major activity is the manufacture of synthetic granules for run ning tracks and drop protection systems in playgrounds. MELOS also manufacture infill gran ules for artificial turf systems.
The expertise of Myrtha Pools finds expression in its over 50 years of experience and 1,500 ins talled pools around the globe. With 300 public projects and over 50 pools for international Myrtha Pools aquatic events completed each year, Myrtha has accumulated references in over 70 countries. Via Solferino, 27 46043 Castiglione delle Stiviere (MN), Italy Myrtha complies with precise technical and functional requirements without compromising on creativity or design: swimming pools distinguished by their brightness and quality. Myrtha tech Phone +39 0376 94261 nology is based on a modular system, featuring stainless-steel panels that are hot laminated in info@myrthapools.com www.myrthapools.com the production phase with a durable layer of reinforced PVC.
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Neptunus GmbH Georg-Glock-Straße 8 40474 Düsseldorf, Germany Phone +49(0)3222 1090176 sales.de@neptunus.eu www.neptunus.de
Neptunus is one of the largest providers of marquees, semi-permanent and temporary accom modation worldwide. With its 75 years of experience, Neptunus supplies marquees and accom modation for top events, in addition to demountable structures for numerous semi-permanent applications. Neptunus has developed temporary sports hall structures with big fl exibility and sustainibility.
Nüssli (Germany) GmbH Rothgrund 6 91154 Roth, Germany Phone +49(0)9171 97630 Fax +49(0)9171 976350 roth@nussli.com www.nussli.com
NUSSLI is a leading, international supplier of temporary structures for events, trade fairs and exhibitions. NUSSLI provides customized, integral solutions from the concept to the final imple mentation. These are characterized by brief implementation times and superior quality.
Pellikaan Bauunternehmen Germany GmbH Kaiserswerther Straße 115 40880 Ratingen, Germany Phone +49(0)2102 429060 info@pellikaan.de www.pellikaan.de
Pellikaan specialises in non-housing projects; buildings used for commerce, recreation, and education. As an experienced and unique partner, the company will work closely with its cli ents and can provide a total package, or a combination of: Design, Build, Finance, Maintain, Operate, Feasibility.
PERROT-Regnerbau Calw GmbH Industriestraße 19-29 75382 Althengstett, Germany Phone +49(0)7051 1620 perrot@perrot.de www.perrot.de
PERROT, the professionals of turf irrigation and good service, and their reliable partners advise on any kind of questions right from the planning stage, concerning offers, delivery and instal lation, up to the point of commissioning. Individual requirements will be analyzed in a detailed counseling interview with our specialized staff - also on site if required.
Planungsbüro Pätzold + Snowadsky Katharinenstraße 31 49078 Osnabrück, Germany Phone +49(0)541 404320 info@ps-planung.de www.ps-planung.de
On your behalf, we carry out extensive concept planning, demand assessments and feasibility studies. In addition, we support you during all phases of the design and execution of indoor and outdoor facilities, with a strong focus on the sports facility sector. We are known for our experience, dependability and sound judgment. We regularly test and make use of newly developed systems. For the expert performance of wide-ranging tasks. For you, the client. sb 4/2020
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Play-Parc Siegfried Strasser has been developing and building playground and exercise equipment for Allwetter-Freizeitanlagenbau GmbH public spaces since 1979. And this has included the successful 4FCIRCLE® series of exercise Zur Kohlstätte 9 equipment since 2001. He runs his company playparc GmbH together with his son Steffen. 33014 Bad Driburg-Siebenstern, Germany Playparc produces and sells four product lines well-known throughout Germany and the rest Phone +49(0)5253 40599-0 of Europe: NEOSPIEL®, 4FCIRCLE®, Replacement parts for all children’s playground equipment info@playparc.de and IMAGINATION PLAYGROUND®. www.playparc.de
Based in Burgheim, Polytan has been the leading specialist for outdoor sports surfaces for more than 40 years. The spectrum of services includes the supply of polyurethane raw materials, the installation of synthetic surfaces for athletics tracks, all-weather pitches, elastic layers for syn thetic turfs, the supply and installation of traditional and filled synthetic turfs, lining, repairs and the cleaning of sports surfaces.
Polytan GmbH Gewerbering 3 86666 Burgheim, Germany Phone +49(0)8432 870 info@polytan.com www.polytan.de
PORPLASTIC offers comprehensive product and system programme for PUR-bound elas tic sports floors, playground surfaces and synthetic turf systems as a complete assembly in accordance with DIN V 18035, parts 6 and 7, and the IAAF guidelines. Products proven in all cli mates and innovative technical solutions on site.
Porplastic Sportbau von Cramm GmbH & Co. KG Graf-Bentzel-Str. 78 72108 Rottenburg a.N., Germany Phone + 49(0)7472 937970 info@porplastic.de www.porplastic.de
Pulastic sports flooring is a brand of Sika Nederland B.V. We are an innovative organization and unite a variety of activities under one roof, from research and development to manufac turing and installation of polyurethane indoor and outdoor floors, including customer service and consulting.
Sika Nederland B.V. (Pulastic sports flooring) P.O. Box 420 7400 AK Deventer, Netherland Phone +31(0)570 620744 export@nl.sika.com www.pulastic.com
RAUMKUNST ZT LLC offers professional support and accompaniment for planning and reali zation of sports facilities and spaces for assembly. RAUMKUNST ZT LLC possesses decades of experience with project development and construction of sports facilities as well as large scale assembly spaces such as football stadiums, gymnasiums, or track-and-field facilities. Our kno whow encompasses all phases of project development.
RAUMKUNST ZT GMBH SPORTARCHITEKTUR Mondscheingasse 7/1 1070 Wien, Austria Phone +43(0)1956 98 38 office@sportarchitektur.at www.sportarchitektur.at
Our REGUPOL synthetic running tracks and sports flooring can be found in big stadiums and small school sports halls, because we supply surfaces for all sports and all levels. They are seam less, sustainable and fast. For decades, REGUPOL has been setting standards in the construction of sports flooring. With us, consulting, product and installation come from a single source, installed by our own con struction engineers and qualified partners. REGUPOL – We’ve got it covered.
REGUPOL BSW GmbH Am Hilgenacker 24 57319 Bad Berleburg, Germany Phone +49(0)2751 8030 info@regupol.de www.regupol.com
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RICHTER Sportstättenkonzepte GmbH Mendelssohnstraße 3 07629 Hermsdorf, Germany Phone +49(0)36601 554784-0 info@sportstaettenkonzepte.de www.sportstaettenkonzepte.de
The core areas of RICHTER Sportstättenkonzepte GmbH are the general planning of sports centres, leisure facilities and outdoor areas, including site development, infrastructure and equipment. The company covers all service phases from basic analysis through to property management. In addition, RICHTER specialises in the drafting of sports facility development plans and combines 30 years of practical experience in the construction of sports facilities with the current development processes in the industry.
Schmitz Foam Products BV Postfach 1277 6040 KG Roermond, Netherlands Phone +31(0)475 370270 info@schmitzfoam.com www.schmitzfoam.com
ProPlay is a commercial sports brand of Schmitz Foam Products, is a 3th generation family owned business established in 1935. Schmitz is the global leader in performance pads with unparalleled engineering, quality and innovation. The first ProPlay pad was produced in 1992. Today, all products are still engineered, manufactured and distributed on-site and installed in more than 70 countries worldwide.
Sekisui Alveo AG Ebikonerstrasse 75 6043 Adligenswil, Switzerland Phone +41 41 228 92 92 info@alveosport.com www.alveosport.com
Alveosport is the innovative, patented technical layer for artificial turf systems made by Seki sui Alveo, the leading manufacturer in Europe of polyolefin foams. The shock pad contributes with 70 percent the biggest part of the vertical sports performance of the overall turf system. As a member of the global Sekisui Group, Sekisui Alveo is able to offer a worldwide network of competence – to the direct benefit of its customers. Contact your nearest representative today, we are ready to find the best solution for your artificial turf sports field.
Signgrass® NIK-Tufting BV Stökskesweg 13 5571 TJ Bergeijk, Netherland Phone +31(0)497 572545 info@signgrass.com www.signgrass.com
The idea behind Signgrass® is to manufacture a seamless logo, slogan or design up to 4 x 9 meters out of one piece and in fine detail. Th synthetic grass mats can be incorporated at arti ficial turf pitches, sports grounds, children’s playgrounds, golfgreens and commercial flooring like door mats and exhibition flooring. Signgrass® meets a quality standard which will exceed every expectation and brings numerous possibilities. Strong and durable.
Siteco Beleuchtungstechnik GmbH Georg-Simon-Ohm-Strasse 50 83301 Traunreut, Germany Phone +49(0)8669 33-0 info@siteco.de www.siteco.com
SITECO is a leading supplier of technical lighting for outdoor, industry, office and retail environ ments. SITECO stands for innovative lighting technology and combined industry expertise – from large-scale projects to customer-specific project solutions. The luminaire collection is compatible with control systems and IoT applications, thanks to an LED portfolio including intelligent compo nents. Tunable white luminaires support human-centric lighting concepts with dynamic lighting scenarios. This means SITECO provides more than just state-of-the-art lighting solutions; it offers ideal conditions for simpler, better and safer living and working, today and tomorrow.
SMC² Parc d’Activités Les Platières, 250 rue du Petit Bois 69440 Mornant, France Phone +33(0) 478676056 contact@smc2-construction.com www.smc2-construction.com
Architecture, innovation and environmental preservation are the driving forces of our creativity and our actions to propose solutions to fulfil the economic and ecological demands of today’s society. SMC² designs and constructs covered buildings for sports. When covering a sports field or building a sports installation, every project has its own solution: Multi-sports grounds, indoor football pitches, tennis courts, gymnasiums, bowling pitches, changing rooms, stands, covered school playgrounds, sports centres, swimming pools…
SMG Sportplatzmaschinenbau GmbH Postfach 1150 89265 Vöhringen, Germany Phone +49(0)7306 96650 info@smg-gmbh.de www.smg-gmbh.de
Since 1975 SMG has been dealing with the development of modern machinery for the instal lation of synthetic surfaces in the sports industry. Also for the maintenance of artificial turf or carpets with granule infilling SMG has already presented the world‘s first innovations since the 80s. For about 35 years SMG has been offering a unique range of machinery. As a pioneer in the special sector „synthetic sports surfaces and artificial turf” SMG disposes of recognized competence and experience since decades.
Spieth Gymnastics GmbH In den Weiden 13 73776 Altbach, Germany Phone +49(0)7153 5032800 info@spieth-gymnastics.com www.spieth-gymnastics.com
SPIETH Gymnastics is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of gymnastics equipment and mats. In addition, SPIETH also produces a broad range of judo floors, basketball units, climbing walls and changing room equipment. The product and service portfolio is is rounded of with customised solutions for training centres and freestyle halls. SPIETH has supplied equipment to many Olympic Games and World Championships.
STARGUM Zakład Przemysłu Gumowego ul. Cieplna 7 73-110, Stargard Szczecinski, Poland Phone +48 91 578 8008 office@stargum.pl www.stargum.pl
STARGUM is one of the leading producers of rubber granules for sport and recreational sur faces such as football pitches, running tracks and playgrounds. With over 30 years of experi ence in the rubber industry, EPDM, TPE-V, and SBR granules produced by STARGUM are among the highest quality granules on the market. Manufactured in the European Union, our granules meet the highest standards for environmental safety and health, and our flexible, high capacity production ensures we can meet each of our customers’ individual needs.
TAC Informationstechnologie GmbH Schildbach 111 8230 Hartberg, Austria Phone +43(0)3332 6005 990 office@tac.eu.com www.tac.eu.com
TAC The Assistant Company is an Austrian software company that serves prestigious thermal baths and pool enterprises such as the Tamina Therme of the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Bern aqua fun pool and Säntispark leisure centre. The brand new Entry Assistant – Access Control Software ticketing system is an all-in-one solution for user management with a ticketing and access control system. TAC’s software solutions assist the bathing industry with day-to-day run ning and yield benefits in terms of time savings, quality and turnover.
Thorn Lighting Schweizerstraße 30 6850 Dornbirn, Austria Phone +43(0)5572 390-0 info@thornlighting.com www.thornlighting.com
Thorn produces and supplies efficient and high-quality interior and exterior lighting solutions for wholesalers, designers and end-users. The name of Thorn is internationally synonymous with quality, dependability and user-friendliness. Thorn has acquired over 90 years of experi ence with lighting solutions and is a proud member of the Zumtobel Group. As a Smart City specialist, the company helps municipalities to enhance safety and well-being with connectivity and information. Its innovative interior lighting solutions create pleasant and efficient lighting – at home and at the workplace. sb 4/2020
Trenomat is an internationally active company with over 50 years of experience in the field of partition curtains for sports and multipurpose halls, multifunctional events halls and arenas. It has even built partition curtains measuring 155 x 40 m and achieved sound insulation values of more than 37 dB with an assessed sound absorption coefficient of 0.5 and over. Even for unconventional design ideas, Trenomat is the ideal contact.
Trenomat GmbH & Co. KG Ladestrasse 25 42327 Wuppertal, Germany Phone +49(0)2058 8990 info@trenomat.de www.trenomat.de
The production of high-quality mono filaments from hair strength has now been developed at Trofil for 25 years. From granulates through to mono filament production, the refinement (plying, etc.), tufting, right through to lamination, Trofil supplies products for the highest demands, manufactured from a single source, with which Trofil offers flexibility in the product design by directly converting the customer’s specific wishes and requirements.
Trofil Sportbodensysteme GmbH & Co. KG Löhestraße 40 53773 Hennef, Germany Phone +49(0)2242 933 880 info@Trofil-Sport.de www.Trofil-Sport.de
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Universal Sport Sportgeräteherstellungs- und Vertriebs GmbH Waldstraße 8 Since the establishment of Universal Sport in 1982 a worldwide net of sales representatives 71101 Schönaich, Germany has been set up. On more than 3000 m² sport product’s get engineered, produced and stored. Phone +49(0)7031 75330 With the always present thought of safety, we have revised many of our items, for example info@universal-sport.com Umpire’s Chairs, Tennis Nets and Tennis Posts. www.universal-sport.com
Weinberger is the leading company in the Rhine-Neckar area for screeding, floorcoverings (car peting, linoleum, rubber and PVC surfaces), parquet, sports floors, net curtains, decorative fab rics, wallpaper etc. In the sports flooring sector, it is the right contact when it comes to special surfaces for outdoor ball games, floor systems for sports and multi-purpose halls, and special flooring for fitness centres/weight training rooms.
Eugen Weinberger GmbH & Co. KG Gutenbergstraße 41-43 68167 Mannheim, Germany Phone +49(0)621 338780 info@weinberger-raumdekor.de www.weinberger-raumdekor.de
WM ice technics have been developing and manufacturing top-quality ice resurfacing machin ery for all types of ice surfaces and requirements for over thirty years now. Our machines stand out for their user-friendliness, efficiency and work-safety, and come complete with Suva “typetested” certification. We unite innovative technology and contemporary design with the high est of quality standards and environmentally-friendly usage. Customised modifications, low maintenance costs and service you can rely on make WM ice technics a strong partner for cus tomers all over the world.
WM GmbH Breiener Straße 15 39053 Blumau, Italy Phone +39 0471 353 332 info@wm-on-ice.com www.wm-on-ice.com
Zeller´s qualified staff are the guarantee for creative, technically sound solutions. On their com pany premises of 14,000 m², Zeller uses the latest equipment and techniques in the production of the stainless steel elements for your swimming pool.
ZELLER bäderbau GmbH In den Seewiesen 49 89520 Heidenheim, Germany Phone +49(0)7321 93890 info@zeller-baederbau.com www.zeller-baederbau.com
Züko is designing and producing ice-preparation machines (ice resurfacer) . Züko is also proud of its large and efficient workshop. Here, not only municipal vehicles and equipment, which were bought at the ZüKo, but also foreign brands can be serviced.
Züko Deutschland GmbH Vogelherd 23 78176 Blumberg, Germany Phone +49(0)7702 477920 deutschland@zueko.com www.zueko.com
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