FREIHAM SPORTS PARK Location Munich, Germany Client /operator City of Munich Department of Education and Sports – Real Estate Management Architect Georg Scheel Wetzel Architekten GmbH Berlin, Germany www.georgscheelwetzel.com Landscape architect Lützow 7 C. Müller J. Wehberg Garten- & Landschaftsarchitekten Author Georg Scheel Wetzel Architekten GmbH Photos Stefan Müller Official opening August 2020 Construction costs EUR 73 million
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SPORTS CENTRE IN MUNICH, GERMANY With its 25,000 future inhabitants, the district of Freiham in western Munich represents the largest urban development project in the city’s recent history. The sports park complements the educational campus in the district’s centre and was commissioned as result of an architectural competition in 2014. Situated just off the edge of the city, the Georg Scheel Wetzel Architects design defines the interface between the urban space and the countryside and serves as a public promenade along this junction. Freiham Sports Park is the first facility in Munich to enable people regardless of their (dis-)ability to partake in team activities for both amateur sports and clubs alike. The centre has two triple-court sports halls with spectator stands, multi-purpose rooms, a swimming pool, clubhouse and restaurant as well as various outdoor sports fields. During daytime, it is used by the adjacent schools for physical education indoors and outdoors as well as for swimming lessons. After school and on the weekends, it is used by a broad number of local sports
clubs offering activities for all ages such as ball games, athletics, martial arts, dancing, water sports, wheelchair hockey, blind football and many more. All of these disciplines conduct regular training as well as official tournaments with spectators. With the declared aim of appealing to the broadest possible range of the public, part of the design process involved the development of appropriate tools for sports facilities in close exchange with users, experts and consultants. The result of this is an adaptation of the programme sb 5/2021
