Ruit Multifunctional Shooting Hall

TRAINING CENTER FOR SHOOTING SPORTS IN RUIT, GERMANY

Location Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany

Client/operator WLSB Württembergischer Landessportbund e.V. , WSV Württembergischer Schützenverband 1850 e. V

Architect Kauffmann Theilig & Partner Freie Architekten PartGmbB Ostfildern, Germany www.ktp-architekten.de

Structural planning Furche Geiger Zimmermann Tragwerksplaner

Author Kauffmann Theilig & Partner

Photos Roland Halbe | Stuttgart

Official opening July 2017

Anyone who associates shooting sport with the basement rooms of a shooting club will be delighted by the high-grade fully accessible architecture of the building designed by Kauffmann Theilig & Partner whose building makes an entirely different impression. The dimensions of the airgun hall have been chosen to accommodate two single-court sports halls, which can be used independently thanks to a partition curtain. The extensive glazing of the ground floor allows inward and outward views and serves as an inviting gesture.

The training centre of Württembergischer Schützenverband 1850 e. V. (WSV) (Württemberg Shooting Association) is part of the campus of the Württemberg Sports Federation (WLSB) at the Ruit Sports School location in Ostfildern.

Sporting activities in two halls

A 50 m small-bore facility is located underground on the east side of the site. The layout of the facility and the required noise protection necessitate its location below ground. At the same time, the space thus freed up above ground offers scope for building extension or the provision of outdoor sports facilities. A total of 20 shooting lanes are divided into two spatially separate units. The small-bore range with 2.5 m headroom also permits simultaneous pistol shooting at a range of 25 metres. The airgun sports hall on the west side of the site has space for two sets of 20 lanes, each 10 m long. The chosen hall height of 7 m is also suitable for a variety of other sports. This dual use yields economic and organisational advantages and integrates competitive shooting into the spectrum of sports on the campus. Although this installation is also located on sublevel 1, its upper half projects above ground, thus allowing inward views and admitting daylight.

Rapid change of use

For the airgun hall, the sports hall equipment rooms in the basement have been embedded in the terrain, as are the two bullet traps on the north and south sides with the possibility of rapid changeover from shooting to general sport. The availability of daylight and natural

JURY VERDICT

The jury particularly liked this project because of its excellent incorporation into the sports campus as well as the integration of special sports into the overall concept of the sports school. The roof’s wooden structure with alternating higher and lower subdivisions blends visually very well into the landscape. The pattern of the stepped roofs admits plenty of daylight into the halls and allows natural ventilation. In addition, its dual use as a shooting hall and a sports hall is possible thanks to movable walls. The small-bore shooting hall was relocated to the basement to minimise noise in the other facilities. The outcome is a highly sustainable building with high user acceptance.

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ventilation benefits the use of the building as a general sports hall. Between the small-bore facility in the east and the airgun facility in the west is a compact entrance block organised on three levels: the entrance level with sales office and meeting facilities, the changing and storage facilities on sublevel 1, and technical and ventilation plant on level 1.

Wooden structure with inward views permitted by all-round glazing

All parts of the building below and in contact with the ground are made of reinforced concrete, as is the green roof above the small-bore facility. The roof over the airgun hall and the central service building has an efficient wooden structure. This is especially true of the roof above the airgun hall, as the span of 30 m calls for sufficient building height for the load-bearing structure. This is accomplished with six wooden trusses providing an alternation of open and closed components about 4 m apart. The open components are glazed, thus admitting daylight into the depth of the hall and at the same time making natural ventilation possible.

The compact and barrier-free access in the building span between the halls enables access for everyone and guarantees the shortest possible distances to all uses within the building. The building and the entire campus are barrier-free (elevator, automatic doors, one level, barrier-free toilet).