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50th year ISSN (Print): 0036-102X ISSN (Internet): ISSN 2198-4271

International magazine for sports, leisure and recreational facilities

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Editorial DEAR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF IAKS, The IAKS can look back on a successful 2016 with many interesting events. It got underway in March with a seminar of the IAKS Spanish Section in connection with the Tecnodeporte fair in Zaragoza. The Management Conference on Artificial Ice Rinks of the IAKS International in Dresden in May was a huge success. The IAKS Switzerland went on a highly stimulating fact-finding trip to Copenhagen, visiting seven(!) IOC/IAKS Award winners in different fields. The IAKS German Section can also look back on wellattended events, including an open spaces seminar, two pools seminars and a seminar on outdoor sports facilities. The events year has been drawing to an end with a congress of the IAKS LAC in Honduras in October and a congress plus trade fair of the IAKS Poland in Warsaw in December.

In the sixth and last “sb” of 2016, we are presenting among other things sports and aquatic centres in Canada and United Kingdom, a brine spa in Austria and an unusual sauna project in Finland. These are joined by three intriguing conversions: a former military accommodation building in Switzerland has been turned into a school swimming pool, a spoil tip in Belgium into a play and climbing area and a Victorian seaside promenade in England into a BMX and skate park.

Sports facilities like swimming pools, sports halls, outdoor facilities and artificial ice rinks are usually initiated and controlled by the public sector. Since the decision makers, particularly in smaller municipalities, are only confronted with such sports facility projects every 20 to 30 years, they are often incorrectly tackled. For sports facilities as properties run by operating companies, this can have serious consequences, as over the facility’s life cycle the operating costs exceed the investment costs by a wide margin. The right project procedure boosts the changes of success of a sports facility project, improves its functionality and saves time and money. Read more about this on page 44. sb 6/2016

In 2017, the IAKS is again staging exciting events. These start with the new International Swimming Pool and Leisure Centre Conference in Dublin on 9 and 10 February 2017. The conference aims to promote the international exchange of expertise among pool specialists, as these often remain in their strongly nationally dominated pool markets. In April, this is then followed by the long-established and popular IAKS Ice Maker Training Seminar in Regensburg.

The high point of the year will be the IAKS Congress, now being held for the 25th time, in connection with the international flagship fair FSB in Cologne from 7 to 10 November 2017.

In 2017, the congress is concentrating on the difficult tasks that local government units have to deal with in ensuring health living environments. The challenges involved in the design, development and operation of new and modernised sports and leisure facilities are more comprehensive and contradictory than ever before. At the local level in particular, those active in the construction and operation of suitable facilities are confronted with strategies with increasingly complex requirements and obstacles.

I’m already looking forward particularly to the innovative sports and leisure complexes that we shall see during the presentation of the IOC/IPC/IAKS Architecture Awards on the first evening of the congress.

But first of all, I wish you a good final sprint to the end of the year, a pleasant Festive Season with your nearest and dearest, and an excellent start to the New Year. I look forward to meeting you at one of our interesting events!

Best regards Dr Stefan Kannewischer IAKS President 1

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FSB 2017................................................................................................. 4 IOC/IPC/IAKS architecture prizes............................................. 4 IAKS Congress 2017......................................................................... 6 New IAKS-Members........................................................................ 8 4th International Congress IAKS LAC................................... 10 Green football stadium................................................................ 12 Conference “Swimming Pool & Leisure Centre”............ 12 Construction of the Paracelsusbad pool in Salzburg.. 14 Xili Sports and Cultural Centre in Shenzhen.. .................. 14

Luminous salt crystal.................................................................... 16 Narzissenbad: Brine spa with a sauna in Bad Aussee Schulz-Architektur Zt GmbH

Rough exterior, warm interior................................................. 22 Löyly-Sauna in Helsinki Avanto Architects Ltd

Hub of campus life. . ........................................................................ 26 Branksome Hall Athletics & Wellness Centre in Toronto Maclennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects

Read, play, swim.............................................................................. 32 Hebburn Central sports facility and library in Hebburn/Newcastle upon Tyne, UK FaulknerBrowns Architects

Mine is now a play park.............................................................. 36 Play landscape be-MINE in Beringen Carve ontwerp- en ingenieursbureau and OMGEVING cvba

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From the bathtub onto the ramp. . .......................................... 40 The Source – BMX and Skateboard Park in Hastings

100% Proplay shock pad!.. .......................................................... 52 Munich Airport’s new play areas........................................... 52

Saville Jones Architects

Lightness and solidity. . ................................................................. 42 Swimming pool at Allmendli in Erlenbach illiz architektur GmbH

Levers at every stage of the project..................................... 44 Goal-driven procedure for sports facility projects

Germany’s biggest freestyle hall.. .......................................... 53 Flicker-free floodlight................................................................... 53 Index...................................................................................................... 54 Index from A to Z............................................................................ 56 Imprint.................................................................................................. 64

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ADVERTORIALS Play in all weathers........................................................................ 48 BIM makes child´s play of planning and construction process in Haltern am See Title: Löyly-Sauna in Helsinki Photo: kuvio.com sb 6/2016

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REGISTER AS AN EARLY BOOKER BY 31 JANUARY 2017

IOC/IPC/IAKS ARCHITECTURE PRIZES 2017

In almost a year from now, the doors will open again to FSB - the International Trade Fair for Amenity Areas, Sports, and Pool Facilities. From 7 to 10 November 2017, the industry‘s leading international trade fair will be presenting the latest innovations, products and services in amenity and play areas, sports and swimming pool facilities.

As of now, designers from all over the world are kindly invited to apply with their most successful facility to win one of the two architectural awards for sports, leisure and recreational facilities. The IOC/IAKS Award and the IPC/IAKS Distinction are the most important international architecture prizes for sports, leisure and recreational facilities.

Every two years, with its presentation of trends for the play, sports, pool and amenity areas industry, FSB is a major source of momentum in the design of the urban living spaces of tomorrow. This is where partners in the industry gain an overview of new technologies, product innovations, process optimisation and visionary planning. In this way, the event combines new ideas with the traditional and, alongside the trade fair itself, offers an international congress and workshop programme that opens up a source of additional, valuable information for exhibitors and trade visitors. Demand from Germany and abroad is already correspondingly high, as evidenced by the numbers of confirmed bookings and requests for stand placements and for enlarged stand areas. Potential exhibitors still have until 31 January 2017 to benefit from early booking on preferential terms, which offers several advantages: early bookers can reserve their desired stand area and secure an optimal location at the fair.

The IOC/IAKS Award brings to public attention exemplary buildings and complexes that integrate sensible sustainability and legacy considerations, strong functional planning and exceptional architectural design.

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The „themed halls“ concept at FSB and co-located aquanale, the International Trade Fair for Sauna, Pool, Ambience, ensures that synergies are exploited even better and new business networks can be established on both the national and international levels. When the swimming pool facilities segments of FSB and aquanale were co-located, one of the world‘s biggest marketplaces in the industry was formed and has since continuously been conceptually refined and expanded. Public and private swimming pool facilities, as well as the sauna, spa and wellness sectors, are concentrated in Halls 6 and 7. www.fsb-cologne.com 4

The IPC/IAKS Distinction is aimed at increasing the accessibility of all sports and leisure facilities and architectural structures in order to offer all people, regardless of their physical abilities, opportunities to practise and view sport freely and without barriers.

Entitled to enter the 2017 competition are newly built facilities as well as extensions, modernizations, rehabilitations or conversions of existing buildings and facilities.

The facilities must have been erected and gone into operation between 1 January 2010 and 31 March 2016 and must have been in successful operation for at least one year.

The entries received will be adjudicated by an international jury composed of personalities from the IOC, the IPC and the IAKS in June 2017. The jury shall adjudicate on the basis of architectural and technical aspects, sustainability and accessibility.

In addition, IOC, IPC and IAKS are launching the 2017 Architecture and Design Award for Students and Young Professionals for innovative ideas, designs and concepts for sports, leisure and recreational facilities.

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IAKS CONGRESS 2017 NEW APPROACHES TO DESIGN, FUNDING AND MANAGEMENT IAKS will be holding its 25th international congress for the design, construction, modernization and management of sports and leisure facilities on the occasion of the FSB Trade Fair in Cologne from 7th to 10th November 2017. Both events are devoted to link global trends with developments of the industry.

The planning, development and operations of both new and expanded sports and leisure facilities has never been more challenging or faced as many contradictions. Various levels of government are concerned with providing the level of funding appropriate for maintaining and developing healthy communities. Municipal governments in particular are facing greater complexities and obstacles in providing appropriate facilities and programs.

Against this context of expanded users, facilities and programs, governments are faced with the prospect of reducing funding or find alternative ways to deliver projects and programs. With national and state govern­ments, they must also deal with the increase in obesity for all age groups. We are at a possible milestone where the next generation may be less healthy than the current one.

In 2017, the IAKS congress is focusing on the difficulties municipal governments in particular face as they try to maintain a healthy environment. New approaches to funding, project delivery and sustainable operations are critical to address this challenging shift.

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The 2017 IAKS Congress program will feature a number of parallel sessions allowing for both presentation and round-table discussions. Participation by experts in planning, design, construction and operations will help foster an international exchange about new ideas and strategies, and facilitate a meaningful and insightful transfer of knowledge.

Call for Abstracts Experts from around the world are kindly invited to submit their ideas for a presentation or round table discussion at the 2017 congress: specialists in public and private project funding, innovative master planning and design processes, sustainable programming and operations, and government officials with examples of current innovative delivery process. The IAKS is interested in receiving the applications to present, as well as hearing the ideas for presentations which the attendees would like to get.

Ideas or proposals in English language to congress@iaks. org until 15th February 2017 Important information concerning deadlines and the download form at www.iaks.org/en/congress/current-congress

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PR RECYCLING, STUTTGART (GERMANY)

VIVOBASE GMBH, PLIEZHAUSEN (GERMANY)

PR Recycling has been working in the recycling sector since 1993, specialising in the removal, transportation and proper disposal of sports surfaces such as artificial turf and Tartan. With a modern fleet of special machines, artificial turf systems and synthetic layers are removed and re-used or subjected to a recycling process. The Swabian company operates internationally.

VIVOBASE GmbH is a company of the Rilling Group.

The art of German engineering with decades of medical experience – VIVOBASE GmbH combines the research, development, production and sale of effective devices for protection from electromagnetic radiation. Taking a solution-driven approach, the VIVOBASE GmbH team works in close consultation with its customers to achieve success in such areas as quality of life and improving sporting achievement.

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SWEDISH SPORTS CONFEDERATION, STOCKHOLM (SWEDEN)

WYSS ZÄUNE AG, LOHN-AMMANNSEGG (SWITZERLAND)

The Swedish Sports Confederation is a non-profit organisation with the national governing bodies of Swedish sport, the sports federations, as its members. The role of the Swedish Sports Confederation is to support the member federations through the distribution of government funding and through assistance in numerous areas of sports development, including sports facilities. The Swedish Sport Confederation represents sport with a single voice in relation to authorities, politicians and society in general and is governed by its general assembly held every two years.

Wyss Zäune AG has been a family business domiciled in Lohn-Ammannsegg for over 130 years and is currently under management in the fifth generation. The company is one of the leaders in the production and sale of fence solutions, sports ground fencing, privacy screens, noise barriers, door and gate systems, and safety fences.

Custom solutions are possible thanks to extensive consultations on site by field service staff and our own production facility in Switzerland. The Wyss Zäune AG team accompanies its customers through the various phases of the project and looks forward to new inquiries.

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4TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS IAKS LAC TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS, OCT 24-27, 2017 Organized by IAKS Section LAC together with Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras UNAH, the congress attracted more than 300 people, including 250 architecture and sports students. Speakers from Spain, the US, Slovenia, Venezuela, Argentina, Guatemala, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Honduras and Uruguay were welcomed.

The rector of UNAH, Msc. Julieta Castellanos, President of the IAKS LAC, Jorge Ehlers, and the deacon of the Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Rosamalia Ordóñez, spoke on the occasion of the opening ceremony. Alfredo Moreira Quirós, Secretary of the IAKS LAC, reported on the 25th anniversary of the Section LAC and reminisced about the section‘s long history since 1991 and the key events.

Spanish architect Juan Andrés Hernando chaired the opening session on “Sport, physical activity, leisure and sport for all as instruments of human development”.

The congress focused on three aspects of relevance to sports and leisure facilities in Latin America at this time: “Local innovations in the management of sports and leisure infrastructure”, “Sustainability of sports and leisure infrastructure” and “Social inclusion via sports and leisure infrastructure”.

Speakers on the topic “Local innovations” were: Architect Edler Castellanos (Honduras), architect Jorge Muntañola (Spain) via video, engineer Carmen Flores Santos (Honduras), Dr. Ruben Darío Durán (Venezuela), architect Gabriela Pastor (Argentina), Dr. Pedro García Avendaño (Venezuela) via video, Dr. Thomas Kettelkamp (USA), Lic. Joze Jensterle and Dr. Milan Hosta (Slovenia). A discussion forum and conclusions followed the presentations.

Speakers on the topic “Sustainabilty” were: Architect Angela Stassano (Honduras), Dr. Pedro García (Venezuela), Lic. Olga Dubón (Honduras), architect Jesús del Barrio (Spain), architect Gloria Grimaldi (Honduras), architect Ricard Hernández (Spain), architect Elisa Susana García (Honduras) and Lic. Camilo Monroy Gómez (Colombia), followed by conclusions and concluding forum.

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Speakers on the topic “Social inclusion”: Architect Agustín García Puga (Argentina), Dr. Amapola Arimany (Guatemala), architect Alfredo Moreira Quirós (Uruguay), Lic. Roselys Iriarte (Venezuela), Dr. Thomas Kettelkamp (USA), architect Miguel Antonio Fiallos (Honduras), Lic. Karol Díaz (Honduras) and architect Ma. Lourdes Sandoval (Mexico).

Architecture competition for students The projects submitted for the “Inclusive sports facilities and human motor skills” competition (architectural projects for integrating physical activity and leisure into urban public facilities) were evaluated on 26 October. The jury, made up of representatives from Spain, Honduras, Mexico, Chile and Uruguay, awarded three main prizes and two special distinctions. The competition was open to recent architecture students.

The final presentation from architect Jorge Ehlers (Chile) on sustainable planning was much appreciated. The concluding forum took place with representatives of authorities, event organisers and promoters. The closing speech was given by the President of the IAKS LAC and the deacon of the Faculty of Humanities and Arts at UNAH. The tour programme offered various options: sports facilities on the university campus, Santa Lucía, National football stadium, Centre for arts and culture, “La amistad” urban leisure park, Comayagua, Lake Yojoa and Mayan sites in Copán.

The organisers are delighted with the high academic standard of the presentations. It proved very valuable to hold the congress in a university setting, repeating the success of the previous event. The 2014 IAKS LAC congress was held in the UAM Azcapotzalco university in Mexico.

The congress conclusions will be taken into account when planning and managing inclusive sports and leisure facilities in Latin America. The participants signed a declaration of commitment. www.congresoiakslac.unah.edu.hn sb 6/2016

4TO CONGRESO CONTINENTAL IAKS LAC HONDURAS, 24 AL 27 OCTUBRE 2016

La IAKS LAC y la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras organizaron el cuarto Congreso Continental. Se inscribieron mas de 300 participantes, de los cuales 250 eran alumnos de arquitectura y de educación física. Participaron conferencistas de España, Estados Unidos, Eslovenia, Venezuela, Argentina, Guatemala, Colombia, Chile, México, Honduras y Uruguay.

La Rectora de UNAH – Msc Julieta Castellanos, el Presidente de IAKS LAC – Arq. Jorge Ehlers y la Decana de Facultad de Humanidades y Artes – Arq. Rosamalia Ordóñez, dieron los discursos inaugurales del evento. El Secretario de IAKS LAC –Arq. Alfredo Moreira Quirós, celebró el “25 Aniversario del Grupo Latinoamericano” recordando su historia desde 1991 hasta el presente y los eventos principales.

Se desarrolló sobre tres dimensiones temáticas sobre la realidad de los espacios de actividad física y recreativa en los países latinoamericanos: “Innovación Local en la gestión de esos espacios”, “Sostenibilidad de dichos espacios” y “Inclusión Social a través de esos espacios”.

Conclusiones del congreso En la clausura del congreso, conferencia magistral integradora por el Arq. Jorge Ehlers (Chile) sobre Planificación para la Sostenibilidad. Conversatorio final con autoridades, organizadores e instituciones de apoyo. Discursos finales por el Presidente de IAKS LAC y la Decana de la Facultad de Humanidades y Artes UNAH. Se realisaran visitas variadas: instalaciones deportivas del Campus Universitario, Población de Santa Lucía, Estadio Nacional de Fútbol, Centro de Artes y Cultura, Parque urbano recreativo “La amistad”, Ciudad de Comayagua, Lago Yojoa y sitio arqueológico maya en Copán.

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Los organisadores destaquen el alto nivel académico de las conferencias. Resultó muy importante, que el Congreso se desarrollara en un ámbito universitario. Se repitió la experiencia exitosa del anterior. En México 2014 , el Congreso IAKS LAC se organizó también en el marco de una universidad, la UAM Azcapotzalco.

Las conclusiones serán tomadas en cuenta para proyectar y administrar espacios recreativos integradores de la sociedad, en los países latinoamericanos.

Concurso Universitario de Diseño El miércoles 26 se evaluaron las propuestas para el concurso sobre “Espacios inclusivos y motricidad humana”, proyectos arquitectónicos para integrar la actividad física y la recreación, en espacios plurales de contextos urbanos. El Jurado integrado por representantes de España, Honduras, México, Chile y Uruguay, analizó y otorgó tres premios principales y dos menciones honoríficas. La convocatoria fue para estudiantes de arquitectura de los últimos años. www.congresoiakslac.unah.edu.hn sb 6/2016

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GREEN FOOTBALL STADIUM IN STROUD, UK The stadium designed by Zaha Hadid Architects will be the centrepiece of the GBP 100 million Eco Park development – Ecotricity’s 100-acre sports and green technology business park proposal. Half of Eco Park will consist of state-of-the-art sporting facilities, including the new stadium, grass and all-weather training pitches, publicly accessible multi-disciplinary facilities, and a sports science hub.

Embodying low carbon construction methods and operational processes, the new home for Forest Green Rovers will be the first all-timber football stadium with almost every element made of sustainably sourced timber including its structure, roof cantilevers and louvred cladding. As a building material, timber is highly durable, recyclable and beautiful. The proximity of the stadium’s structural elements to each other has also been determined to enable the seating terraces and floor slab to be made from timber.

The stadium’s roof is covered with a transparent membrane, which contributes to turf growth, minimises stark shadows for players and fans and reduces the volumetric impact of the stadium from distant views in the surrounding landscape. Fans will be as close as five metres from the pitch and the position of every seat has been calculated to provide excellent, unrestricted views of the

entire field of play. The stadium’s continuous spectator bowl surrounding the pitch will maximise match-day atmosphere. The stadium’s design incorporates the club’s future growth. Initially for 5,000 spectators, increasing to 10,000 with the club’s success, expansion from phase 1 to phase 2 can be achieved without the costs of major construction works.

Forest Green Rovers’ new stadium and Eco Park aim to be carbon-neutral or carbon-negative, including measures such as the provision of on-site renewable energy generation. The buildings on the site, and their embodied energy, play a substantial role in achieving this ambitious target and demonstrate that sustainable architecture can be dynamic and beautiful. www.zaha-hadid.com

INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL & LEISURE CENTRE CONFERENCE IN DUBLIN Together with the UIA Sports & Leisure Working Programme and IAKS member Aura Holohan the IAKS is organising the International Swimming Pool & Leisure Centre Conference in Dublin/Ireland. This joint initiative is to be held at The Helix, Dublin City University from 9th to 10th February 2017. The theme will be ‘Innovation’ and will take a holistic view of the design, development and operation of swimming pools & leisure centres. The conference is a must for architects, engineers, public authorities and facility operators from across Europe.

The programme has a broad range on its agenda: Innovative Design Solutions, Sustainability, Financing Models, Social Return on Investment, Energy Management & Maintenance, New Technologies, The Role of the Public Sector, European Regulations, Looking to the Future, Management Models, Social Inclusion through Sport & 12

Leisure. Featured facilities are swimming pools, spas, fitness halls and play areas.

Not only the evening gathering on the first day of the event, but also the offered tours of the UCD New Sports Centre, the Aviva Stadium and the Irish National Sports Campus provided excellent opportunities for networking. www.poolsandleisureconference2017.com sb 6/2016

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CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARACELSUSBAD POOL IN SALZBURG, AUSTRIA In spring 2017 construction will get underway on the new Paracelsusbad pool with a spa building and sauna/ spa area to a design by architects Berger+Parkkinen. The design envisages placing the spa building in a three-storey base section. Above this is the bathing level twelve metres above the ground which offers a view of the spa gardens and the urban skyline via continuous floor-toceiling glazing.

Immediately above the bathing level – an open space glazed all round – is the restaurant and sauna area on two levels beneath an undulating roof structure, with spacious terraces and an outdoor pool. The sauna is conceived as a self-contained area in the set-back roof storey. With its panoramic saunas, glazed relaxation rooms and an outdoor pool, the complex makes use of the unique views of the town and the surrounding mountains. The interior rooms, terrace areas and the pool offer the unique combination of privacy and a magnificent panoramic view. The wavy roof with different room heights underlines the diversity of the spatial and atmospheric situations. At the same time, an impression of the pool is visibly communicated outwards by the light reflected on the underside of the undulating roof.

In the course of project fine tuning, the sauna and spa area were extended by over 600 m² over the original competition design. The overall above-ground gross floor space of the Paracelsusbad complex has come to 10,973 m² on the completion of planning. In the basement, an underground car park with a good 70 parking spaces is being created. There are plans for it to share an exit ramp with the garage of a neighbouring hotel.

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XILI SPORTS AND CULTURAL CENTRE IN SHENZHEN, CHINA Located in a residential area along the Dasha Green Corridor, the soon-to-be realised Xili Sports and Cultural Centre in Shenzhen is an experience centre for sports, well-being, leisure and culture seeking to achieve profound connections between nature, sports and culture, thus serving wide-ranging age groups and interests.

MVRDV’s design for the densification and development of a sports and cultural centre responds to the growing demand for fitness sports venues, with the intention of introducing a more fun, human, social and sustainable model that departs from populist Olympic-sized sports arenas. Exercise is still the main function here, but interaction within singular spaces gives way for more open zones, where different sports and social activities can occur. The centre is an urban interface that allows for flexible use during different time frames, crossing boundaries between sports and culture, whilst strengthening the community by encouraging locals and visitors to interact in these multifunctional spaces.

“We wanted to combine a large-scale sports stadium with a social aspect connecting it with the community. This was achieved by arranging different volumes on the site around a new diagonal (green) bridge, making this centre a stage for different users - nature, sports and culture”, says MVRDV founding partner, Jacob van Rijs.

The 105,000m² centre consists of a theatre-amphitheatre, Basketball-Badminton arena, multifunctional arena and swimming pool, presenting a dynamic public space with multiple layers. A special elevated running track is the signature element of the complex as it connects, weaves in and out of all volumes. It also invites people to go for an exciting run around the complex, relax and socialise both inside and outside.

On the basis of current costing, construction will cost EUR 57.15 million ±10% (EUR 62.87 million maximum) overall and falls short of the generally approved maximum upper limit of almost EUR 67 million. This sum already contains the expenditure on the larger and much more attractive sauna and spa area.

MVRDV’s team worked with Zhubo Architecture Design who are renowned for their influential works in Shenzhen and throughout China, alongside adopting a humanistic approach to the effect of the design and construction process on health, well-being and fitness.

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Location Bad Aussee, Austria Client/operator GMF – Gesellschaft für Entwicklung und Management von Freizeitsystemen mbH & Co. KG bzw.

Vivamar Betriebsgesellschaft Bad Aussee mbH Architect Schulz-Architektur ZT GmbH Prokopigasse 2 and Hauptplatz 16/17 AT-8010 GRAZ office@schulz-architektur.com www.schulz-architektur.com Staff DI Jelena Ristic, DI Andreas Kassl, DI Ana Glavas, O. Vyshnevskiy Cash register system novacom software gmbh Oppauerplatz 111 A-8990 Bad Aussee office@novacom.at www.novacom.at Author Arch. DI Marcus Schulz Photos Ch. Wöckinger, Schulz-Architektur ZT GmbH Opening December 2013 Construction costs 19.5 Mio. Euro 16

LUMINOUS SALT CRYSTAL NARZISSENBAD: BRINE SPA WITH A SAUNA IN BAD AUSSEE, AUSTRIA

The centrepiece of the complex designed by Schulz-Architektur ZT GmbH is a symbolic, pol­ ish­ed crystal of salt that draws attention to the central theme – brine – and that contains in its interior a brine grotto. The rest of the pool complex combines the themes of salt and brine with the natural surroundings of the Salzkammergut area around Bad Aussee (Ausseerland-Salzkammergut) and supplements the services provided by the vitality spas in the region.

In their search for a replacement location for the old vitality spa in the town centre of Bad Aussee, those in charge chose the “Lerchen­ reither Plateau”, Austria’s geometric centre. Its vicinity to the golf course and other tourist amenities as well as its proximity to the health facilities of the new Land hospital, the psychosomatic clinic and the senior citizens’ centre offers abundant synergetic potential.

To prevent destructive competition, the services of the Narzissenbad were balanced well against those of the Grimmingtherme (thermal spa) 17 km away. The Grimmingtherme target groups are families and sports activists, while the focus at the Narzissenbad is on health with the use of regional remedies such as brine, peat and drinking cures. Different brine concentrations with different water temperatures in the indoor sb 6/2016

and outdoor pools, supplemented with spacious rest areas and a restaurant, create a multifaceted offering.

The treatment area is oriented to spa procedures, treatments, preventive health care, and exercise and fitness training; a doctor’s practice is integrated.

storeys. Owing to the nature of the terrain, they both have ground-floor outdoor zones. This way, it was possible to make better use of the exposed panoramic location for both areas. The low room depths stimulate among users a unique feeling for the surroundings.

Architecture and building layout dictated by Alpine panorama The Narzissenbad consists of two main elements: the brine spa with a sauna section on the one hand and the vitality centre (with spa and treatment area), medical wellness and medical fitness on the other. Economic considerations, exploitation of the existing topography, a compact building volume and the avoidance of long walking distances resulted in placing the bathing level and the sauna and wellness level on two different

Thanks to its spacious glazing, the foyer situated in the atrium creates a bright and inviting reception atmosphere. From here there are direct views of the wellness and health offerings. The two-storey entrance hall offers views, for example, of the therapy and fitness centre, which is situated on the upper storey. From the foyer, it is only short distance to the adjacent apartment hotel. The reception immediately adjoins the shop and the “paid area�. This means that all areas can be centrally served, and cash payment is also possible.

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GROUND FLOOR Restaurant Kitchen Changing rooms Brine spa Pool area Water areas Sanitary Entrance area Reception Administration Concourse

Salt and brine as continuous themes The 115 m² outdoor brine pool with a panoramic view of the Dachstein and the Totes Gebirge massifs has 2 per cent brine. It directly adjoins the bathing hall and the other attractions. In the interior, bathing is possible in a relaxation pool (20 m²), the Narzissenbecken pool (170 m²) and a multifunctional pool (135 m²) – all containing freshwater.

The latter is used not only for swimming, but also for courses and treatments, as it is spatially and acoustically separate from the rest of the hall.

The highlight of the bathing zone is the luminous “salt crystal”. Embedded in it is a brine grotto, the brine lake with a 4 per cent brine concentration and a brine inhalation steam bath. Together with the panorama of the Ausseerland-Salzkammergut, the bathing zone presents salt and brine as 18

elements typical of the region and thus draws attention to the natural resources of the Salzkammergut region.

The sauna zone has its own outdoor brine pool with bubble loungers and massage jets. In terms of design, it is reminiscent of a mountain lake; it is also obscured from view from the bathing level. The hot bubble pool and the cold pool have two separate water circuits. In keeping with the region, the Narzissendampfbad (steam bath), a stone pine sauna, the “Schwitzkastl” sweatbox and a panorama sauna aim to re-energise users. Users of the large Finnish sauna can enjoy not only the panoramic view, but also the additionally performed ceremony of pouring infusions onto heated stones. The sauna zone also offers a separate ladies’ sauna which can be opened up as required to create a single large unit. sb 6/2016

Straddling the line between tradition and modernity In the interior, traditional and local themes are taken up, interpreted or placed in a new contemporary context. For instance, the colour scheme is marked by the colours of traditional Bad Aussee costume, which is reiterated systematically throughout the facility. The basic shades are derived from the typical colours of a Bad Aussee “dirndl�: mauve, pink and green. These can be found in the upholstery of the restaurant, the wallcoverings of the bathing areas and also in the colour-accented wall designs.

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unobstructed panoramic view is a further source of energy for users.

The Narzissenrestaurant located in the foyer and the lobby bar are open to all users, whether they visit the brine spa and vitality resort or not. As a centrally located unit, the kitchen is designed to serve the pool, sauna, outdoor terraces and external restaurant with food. The operator of the pool and sauna restaurants offers an incentive to users: if the patron’s bill exceeds a defined sum, his or her stay at the resort is extended by a further 30 minutes.

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RAINER PETHRAN GMF Managing Director

What structural or functional features make your ­building successful?

The vitality resort combines a brine spa with resort facilities using traditional and local remedies and hotel accommodation for an active recreation-seeking, mainly adult user clientele. The strategy of the overall complex aims to meet local and regional spa and sauna needs of day visitors and provide treatment for spa guests and overnight accommodation. The operator is vivamar Hotel und Bäderbetrieb GmbH, a subsidiary of the GMF Group. The unique replication of the surrounding mountain skyline in the building, the creation of a harmonious ambience and the combination of our offering with nature form a unit that stands apart from the abundant offerings of large thermal spas. Account of this unique selling proposition is also taken by the long-term development plan of the investors which envisages the strengthening of synergies between the spa and hotel, an extension of hotel capacity and further attractions at the location.

If you had a wish, how would you modify or extend your facility?

Particularly the symbiosis of nature, spa, hotel and excellent service creates outstanding conditions – despite the constantly growing competition on the market – for achieving and upholding a unique position on the market as a vitality resort with the support of the investors and the local community.

What are the challenges facing the operation of sports and leisure facilities in the near future?

Sports and leisure facilities can only be compared to a limited extent, and each project and facility type has its own specific features. In addition to cost trends coupled with the critical acceptance of admission prices, staff recruitment and retention should be mentioned here.

Facility operation and value retention call for high levels of staff service orientation, skills and identification. On today’s customer market, it is no longer merely sufficient to provide the product, and what counts is the daily revitalisation of the facility to a high standard.

Finding the necessary staff for this has become an existential issue for many businesses, calls for ever greater management effort and transcends the scope and conditions of many a profitability forecast.

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ARCH. DI MARCUS SCHULZ SCHULZ-ARCHITEKTUR

Which theme will dominate sports architecture in the near future?

Personally, I believe in the return of the “community club”, i.e. that sports facilities will again become an all-embracing family and community institution. Architecture has to respond to a larger extent to the growing demand for quality recreational activities in terms of ambience, the sense of space and the like.

Which is your favourite sports facility? And why?

I prefer leisure facilities such as Eggenberg sports and wellness pool in Graz which offers sporting activity for the whole family in an agreeable atmosphere.

What is your favourite sport and club? What does this sport mean for you as an architect?

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ROUGH EXTERIOR, WARM INTERIOR LÖYLY SAUNA IN HELSINKI, FINLAND Location Helsinki, Finland Client Antero Vartia and Jasper Pääkkönen Kidvekkeli Oy Operator Royal Restaurants Architect Avanto Architects Ltd Kalevankatu 31 A 3 FI-00100 Helsinki ark@avan.to www.avan.to Interior design Joanna Laajisto Creative Studio Author Avanto Architects ltd Photos kuvio.com Marc Goodwin, Archmospheres Mikko Ryhänen / Joanna Laajisto Creative Studio Opening date 2016 Construction costs 6 Mio Euro

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Finland has 5.4 million inhabitants but 3.3 million saunas. After a period when private saunas became very popular and public saunas decreased dramatically in number, the latter are now regaining popularity as they are playing an important part in new urban culture.

Avanto Architects have designed a new free-form sauna building with triangular faces.

Löyly (Finnish translation for the steam produced when water is poured onto hot stones in a sauna) in Helsinki offers its visitors a public sauna experience all year round.

This new attraction at the cruise ship harbour is located in Hernesaari, a former industrial area on the Helsinki seashore that the city of Helsinki is developing into a residential area. The site is unique. Being less than two kilometres away from the city centre, it is very central although the landscape resembles that of the outer archipelago. The plot is situated in a future coastal park that will be part of a broader “Helsinki park” connecting the capital city to the sea.

The building was designed to be slim and elongated so as not to bisect the narrow strip of parkland. The volume has been kept as low as possible so that it does not block views from the future residential blocks. Instead of designing a conventional building, the sauna has been

developed into a faceted construction that is more part of the park than a conventional building. When the wooden building turns grey, it will become more like a rock on the shoreline.

Form follows various functions The architectural idea is simple: the rectangular black box containing the warm spaces is covered with a free-form wooden “cloak”. Instead of being mere decoration, the sculptural structure made of heat-treated pine has several functions.

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between sauna sessions. The cloak forms intimate terraces between its slopes that serve as a place to sit. The structure protects the building from the harsh coastal climate. It shades the interior spaces with big glass surfaces and helps to reduce the input of energy to cool the building.

The stepped cloak forms stairs providing access to the roof and viewing terraces on top of the building. The construction forms a big outdoor auditorium for the future marine sports centre’s activities on the sea. About 4,000 planks were precisely cut to individual shapes by a computer-controlled machine. The big wooden terrace is partly over the sea and users can hear the sound of the waves under their feet.

Ingeniously conceived room design The building consists of both the public saunas and a restaurant. The saunas and public spaces open up to the sea, with interesting views of the city centre and even of the open sea. The atmosphere is calm and the spaces dimly lit. Different areas are conceived as spaces within a space. Interesting views open up between closed spaces, as users move from one area to the next. The restaurant is a light and open space. From there a dimly lit sauna path leads to the bathing area. Users leave their shoes in a wardrobe before proceeding to a reception desk to obtain a locker key and a towel. Changing rooms and showers are separate for men and women. A leather curtain covering the door indicates entry into the unisex 24

area, at which point visitors need to wear a bathing suit.

Traditionally men and women bathe separately and naked. The team of Avanto Architects, however, wanted to develop sauna culture. In Löyly it is possible to bathe together with friends without gender separation. This makes the sauna experience also available to foreign visitors who might not be used to bathing naked.

Relaxation room with a fireplace, bathing in the sea The three different saunas are all heated with wood: a continuously heated sauna, a once heated sauna (that is heated in the morning before the sauna is open and stays warm all evening) and a traditional smoke sauna – a true rarity in an urban sauna. This is how you can experience all kinds of Finnish Löyly during a single visit.

The spa area next to the saunas with its cold water basin and a fireplace room is ideal for relaxing between or after sauna sessions. Users can swim in the sea. In winter there is an “avanto” – the hole in the ice for winter swimming. This popular hobby in Finland inspired the name chosen for Löyly’s architectural team.

Comprehensive sustainability strategy The building is heated with district heating and electricity is produced with water and wind power. The building is the first FSC-certified building in Finland and the second in Scandinavia. The Forest Stewardship Council certificate verifies that the wood material comes from responsibly managed forests. sb 6/2016

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HUB OF CAMPUS LIFE Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada Client/operator Branksome Hall Architect MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects 425 Adelaide street west level 6 CA-Toronto, Ontario M5V 3C1 info@mjmarchitects.com www.mjmarchitects.com Staff David Miller, Viktors Jaunkalns, Robert Allen, Andrew Filarski, Ted Watson, Olga Pushkar, Jeremy Campbell, Siri Ursin, Jason Wah, Tarisha Dolyniuk, Timothy Belanger, Kai Hotson, Luis Arredondo, Aida Vatany, Jedidiah Gordon-Moran, Andrew Ng, Tamira Sawatsky, Razmig Titizian Author MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects Photos Shai Gil Official opening January 2015

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BRANKSOME HALL ATHLETICS & WELLNESS CENTRE IN TORONTO, CANADA The campus facility designed by MJMA provides students with opportunities to embrace all facets of leisure - from the aquatics centre, dance studio, dining hall, fitness centre, gymnasium and rowing centre to the yoga studio. The aquatics centre includes two saltwater pools: a four-lane training pool and a shallow-floor teaching pool, which is ideal for lifesaving classes, beginner swim classes and classes for the primary students.

Branksome Hall was established as an independent all-girls school in the residential South Rosedale Heritage Conservation District in the urban heart of the City of Toronto, Canada – now a leading International Baccalaureate World School. The campus is set within a large 13-acre property characterized by lush, wooded ravine edges and open green spaces. The city’s extension of Mount Pleasant Road divided the campus into two sides.

The new 72,000 m² Athletic and Wellness Centre AWC connects to (and re-clads) the existing pedestrian bridge, linking the east and west campuses. It includes an aquatic centre

with teaching and training pools, dryland rowing centre, gymnasium, fitness centre, yoga and dance studios, dining hall with accessible ravine and rooftop terraces. The aquatic hall is designed as the feature activity space of the new facility.

The strong visible connection to the ravine is like a breath of fresh air deep into the inner volumes.

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Floating viewing gallery to inspire more involvement A major challenge was to fit the large programme volumes onto the limited building footprint within a 12metre residential height restriction. The aquatic hall is set one level below grade with the gymnasium above. The aquatic hall is visible from above through a floating viewing gallery, and surrounding concourse social spaces.

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floors encourage students to pass by and see athletics – inspiring involvement in the campus aquatic and athletic community.

Fully equipped pool with visual connection to the surroundings The teaching pool is a shallow basin with a stepped entry along the full width and a hydrotherapy bench opposite the entry. The interchangeable 4- and 5-lane training pool has a 2.7-metre deep end for rescue training, and features a underwater speaker system for lap training and synchronized swimming, and a sb 6/2016

scoreboard, touch pads and timing system. The aquatic centre is designed with a salt saline chlorination system. Continuous white oak bench seating and vertical slat screening bring warmth to the aquatic hall and improve acoustics, while providing a visual reference to the adjacent wood forest ravine.

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The new facility complements and provides a direct connection to its heritage and natural surroundings with a natural palette of materials, finishes and textiles; with transparent views and abundant natural light permeating deep into programme spaces and student commons. The subdued natural palette of concrete, light wood, masonry, stone and glass establishes an appropriate neutral backdrop to the colourful school uniforms, team jerseys and student life. Exterior glazing allows visibility to the life within, showcasing the Branksome Hall functions and creating an open and inviting public identity.

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KAREN JURJEVICH School principal

What are the conceptual or functional features that make your facility successful?

We are very pleased with the many features of our beautiful facility and the way it has become a central hub for school life. It not only promotes wellness, for which it was designed, but also serves as a gathering space for students, employees, our alumnae and families.

It is light-filled and located within an urban forest, providing views of the surrounding ravine. Research shows that being able to see nature is key to learning and the design of our Centre ensures that students have access to their natural environment. Features of this state-of-the-art building make it suitable for multi-functional use, such as our school-wide lunches held in our 300-seat dining hall, many communal spaces where students can be seen spending time together, the dance and yoga studios which have enabled us to extend our programming, and the two pools, where we can both teach young swimmers and train our competitive swimmers.

If you had an extra wish, how would you modify or extend your facility?

This wish would be for underground parking and better traffic flow and management. The Centre has very quickly become extremely popular for school extra-curricular activities and after-school programmes as well as for community use, which has resulted in an unanticipated increase in vehicular traffic.

What are the challenges facing the operation of sports and leisure facilities in the near future?

Located centrally in midtown Toronto and providing top-quality athletics facilities, Branksome Hall’s Athletics and Wellness Centre has filled a need for our community. Auxiliary programmes, combined with extra-curricular and after-school programmes require thoughtful scheduling to accommodate vehicular traffic and parking in this urban environment. The increased usage of the facility will result in greater stress on the building components, requiring additional maintenance to extend its life span.

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MACLENNAN JAUNKALNS MILLER ARCHITECTS

Which theme will dominate sports architecture in the near future?

We believe that inclusivity and wellness are increasingly important themes in sports architecture. We are currently working on a multi-use community centre in downtown Toronto that blends a major sports facility and park with community use for its diverse neighbourhood; promoting both civic and personal wellness. The new facility combines LGBTQ-led high performance athletic space with community-led programming and gathering space. The project is an example for community consultation and participation to ensure accessibility and inclusivity for all. The competition and community programming in a single facility encourages both team and individual development.

Which is your favourite sports facility? And why?

The Regent Park Aquatic Centre is our favourite example of a community sports facility that supported the revitalization of a distressed neighbourhood. It has also become a Canada-wide demonstration project for inclusivity with its singular use of universal change rooms addressing cultural and gender identity issues. At a larger city scale, our favourite sports facility is the training centre and Athletes’ Village as a collective, designed for the 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games in Toronto. There was great focus on the legacy use for the Athletes’ Village that became a ready-made new urban precinct of the City, with gracious streets, parks, and both private and social housing. The training centre is now a community-based YMCA. What is your favourite sport and club? What does this sport mean for you as an architect?

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READ, PLAY, SWIM HEBBURN CENTRAL SPORTS FACILITY AND LIBRARY IN HEBBURN/NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, UK Location Hebburn, South Tyneside, UK Client/operator South Tyneside Council Architect FaulknerBrowns Architects Dobson House, Northumbrian Way Killingworth UK-Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE12 6QW www.faulknerbrowns.co.uk Author Lee McLaughlin, Partner Photos Hufton + Crow Opening August 2015 Construction costs 14.8 Mio Euro (12.8 Mio GBP)

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The community hub contains a wide range of leisure elements including a 6 lane 25m pool, learning pool, fitness suite, dance studios and a 4 courts sports hall plus external 3G pitch and play area. FaulknerBrowns fused administrative municipal customer service facilities, office space, community meeting and events rooms which are integrated into a 5,800m² centralised public library and media space, all of which overlap and are visually and physically linked in simple rectilinear form.

The project represents the first phase of an ambitious regeneration project which seeks to redefine the existing town centre which has, during the late 20th century, suffered dramatically from the effects of the de-industrialisation of this region. The design solution for Hebburn Central was conceived through rigorous modularization principles. It capitalised upon the industrial heritage of the site by adopting

technologies and prefabrication techniques which are synonymous with Hebburn’s engineering and ship building pedigree.

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pre-heating to the space, helping reduce heat-up requirements for operation, whilst also linking and repairing a broken urban grain as a result of the past demolitions of high-rise housing blocks. The building aimed to remain low-level, informed by the massing of local amenities nearby and the domestic scale of its neighbours, reducing wind tunnel effects with a lower treatment and arrangement of building mass, regenerating undeveloped land at the centre of the town.

Rich blend of community focused services The building foyer overlooks the pool hall providing the visitor with a glimpse of the exciting activities contained within the building, putting every user at the heart of the project on arrival. The entrance area is also home to a cafe and seating area which directly overlooks the shallow fun pool enabling parents to enjoy refreshments in a comfortable atmosphere whilst being able to watch their children having fun or being taught to swim.

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sensitive discussions to general enquiries about Council services. Library support accommodation is also located in this part of the building allowing the possibility of shared meeting rooms when appropriate. The 60 station fitness suite, dance and exercise studios are all visible from the main foyer thereby encouraging visitors to try out new facilities and encourage participation in sport and exercise.

Building fabric design and performance Key to delivering the architectural success of the project was the extensive integration of off-site fabrication techniques and the relationship of standardised large-format steel panelling, re-interpreting the past with a progressive contemporary composition.

The building envelope is comprised from a substrate of FSC certified timber structural insulated panels (SIPS) measuring 1.2mx4.0m high. Aligned with the highly insulated prefabricated substrate wall panels, a weathering steel façade system has been designed to maximise standard coil and sheet sizes. The architecture and its materiality were designed as a composite solution – expressing both its visible forces (structural, functional and physical) and its invisible forces (cultural, contextual and sb 6/2016

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The window/glazing positions have been optimised to east, west and north elevations meaning that a higher g-value (light transmittance) can be adopted throughout the project as high performance protective films (controlling solar gain) have been avoided.

The large expanse of glazing on the main approach elevation to the building integrates 300mm deep solar shading fins set on 1200mm centres, passively controlling solar gain to the library space in late morning in summer months (further promoting the optimum light transmittance glass specification) and avoiding heavy solar control treatments to the glass itself.

On the pool hall elevation, these fins act as carriers for a high level mesh screen which mitigates spectral reflection on the pool water (light reflectance on the water surface when viewed from a specific height meaning the pool attendants can no longer see to the bottoms of the pool), again avoiding increased lighting requirements whilst reducing energy load demand.

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Energy optimisation One of the key underlying environmental strategies that worked alongside the highly efficient envelope system was the ability for the heat generated in the gym to be used to entirely heat the pool water in the summer months when the gym is in operation.

Water cooled air pumps were adopted to work in conjunction with the gas-fired CHP system. Because the pool water has a year round heating demand and the gym areas have an almost year round cooling demand, heat pumps which cool and reject the heat to the pool are employed and offer higher operating efficiencies than air cooled pumps – supporting an interdependent energy optimisation between use types within the project. The building delivers an EPC rating of A which is uncommon for buildings containing swimming pools within the UK. The off-site approach to material and technology used in the building envelope helped to remove waste from the construction process, whilst increasing quality through the benefits of off-site manufacture. Through this 98% of site waste was diverted from landfill along with 99% of the construction labour came from within 20 miles of site.

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Location Beringen, Belgium Client/Operator City of Beringen Architect Carve ontwerp- en ingenieursbureau Kortenaerplein 34 NL-1057 NE Amsterdam www.carve.nl OMGEVING cvba Uitbreidingstraat 390 BE-2600 Berchem www.omgeving.be Designteam Carve: Elger Blitz, Mark van de Eng, Jasper van de Schaaf, Hannah Schubert, Johannes Müller, Clément Gay Designteam Omgeving: Luc Wallays, Maarten Moers, Peter Swyngedauw, Ada Barbu, Tom Beyaert Author Carve Photos Benoit Meeus, Carve (Marleen Beek, Hannah Schubert) Official opening September 2016

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MINE IS NOW A PLAY PARK PLAY LANDSCAPE BE-MINE IN BERINGEN, BELGIUM The design of the play park by carve architects consists of three parts creating a unity with the mountain and its past: a pole forest as a landmark, an adventurous prismatic play surface on the flank of the mountain and a ‘Coal Square’ on the top of the spoil tip. The spine of the ensemble is a straight flight of steps providing access to all levels. At night, a light line along the stairs makes the topography of the spoil tip visible.

The adventure mountain breathes new life into the monumental coalmining site in Beringen, the largest industrial-archaeological site in Flanders. The former mining town asked for the addition of a new function to the 60-metre high rubble mountain, and for the redevelopment of the old industrial buildings into a cultural hotspot where its history can be experienced in a playful way.

The spectacular nature of this site – regarding both the height of the spoil tip as well as its industrial heritage – is unique in the relatively flat surrounding landscape of Limburgian-Flanders.

The intervention is a landmark on a large scale, but through its playable character it also reflects the small scale of a child. The values of the industrial heritage have been a continuous theme in the design process that resulted in an unprecedented playscape. The mining spoil tip has been given a new meaning, rooted in both the past and the future.

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The rounded poles refer to the mining past; they were used for supporting the kilometre-long underground mining shafts. It is a powerful spatial gesture and an intervention that relates to the scale of the hill and the industrial heritage on this location.

A part between the poles has been dedicated to an adventurous play course with balancing beams, climbing nets, hammocks, a labyrinth and a rope course. The poles are placed in a grid, which results in an interesting perspective effect: the sightlines create an experience that is reminiscent of the dark mining shafts of the past.

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object that tapers upwards and appears to crumble at the foot of the hill. This tectonic landscape offers space for an endless variety of play options, and is scattered with crawling tunnels, climbing surfaces with climbing grips and giant stairs. Its spectacular highlight is the more than 20-metre long slide, which is placed halfway up the hill and is integrated within the relief of the concrete play surface. The various prismatic surfaces invite children to climb, slide, hide and discover. The surface consists of sloped, horizontal and vertical crossings, inspired by the underground mining shafts.

All integrated play elements in both the pole forest and the prismatic play surface have one thing in common: they challenge children physically, to play together and use their motor skills. The sensation of the increasing height and difficulty of the ‘parcours’ – the higher you climb, the more difficult it gets – calls for sb 6/2016

collaboration and mutual encouragement until one reaches the top. Cooperation and stimulation are therefore intrinsically connected with the play experience, as an immaterial reference to the hard physical work of the old mine-­w orkers, who had to trust one another unconditionally.

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landscape. Visitors can take a stroll on the raised bank and enjoy panoramic views of the surrounding Limburg mining landscape.

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FROM THE BATHTUB ONTO THE RAMP THE SOURCE – BMX AND SKATEBOARD PARK IN HASTINGS, UK The challenge of reopening the former health spa to the general public and changing its use to a very active kinetic activity, incorporating a fluid series of ramps and bowls, was an exercise in sympathetic adaptation, controlling water ingress and project management, all undertaken by Saville Jones Consultants.

Location Hastings, UK Client/operator The Source BMX Architect Saville Jones Architects 74 Victoria Road UK-Worthing, West Sussex BN11 1UN www.savillejones-architects.com Action sports facility design and installation 9C Solutions Ltd. Brewhurst Sawmill, Roundstreet Common UK- Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 0AL www.9csolutions.com Author Saville Jones Architects, 9C Solutions Ltd. Photos Saville Jones Architects, The Source BMX Official opening October 2016 Construction costs GBP 1.25m

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White Rock Baths were originally constructed in about 1870 as a health spa. The 1930’s reconstruction in the Modern style did not completely obliterate some of the earlier Victorian fabric, although mostly it was concealed.

Essential repairs to the very early reinforced concrete structure were required. All repairs and additions were treated in a manner sympathetic to its heritage and design, but in an industrial manner that did not seek to hide the repairs.

The building operated as a swimming complex until 1978, when it was closed and converted into a roller-skating and ice-skating venue. However the whole complex was finally closed in 1997 and has not been used since.

The design philosophy built on the ideas of urban archaeology allowing visitors to journey through the building and discover the hidden spaces and facilities. The GBP 1.25m project was part-funded by the local borough and county councils, along with the Regional Growth Fund. The council cannot guarantee the fabric of the building for long, so the tenant signed a 10-year lease.

Destined to be consigned to history The building is unique because of its seafront location, being underground and its early use of reinforced concrete. Many of the floors and walls are lined with terrazzo, which have been retained in part. Unused for over 17 years, the building fabric had deteriorated because of the corrosive nature of the original swimming pool use, the seafront location and water ingress.

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are sunk into the former main pool tank. The original 360degree gallery allows an unprecedented viewpoint on the riding and skating below, providing capacity for 600 spectators and also housing the Source Park Café.

To maximise the available volume for riding and skating use, the former ice-rink false floor was removed and reinstated at the base of the pool tank. This enabled much of the deck areas to be pushed outwards, beneath the viewing gallery, so increasing the ridable areas but also keeping the main area free from visual obstruction. The clear height gained, the boundaries of which professional riders come near, was also essential functionally.

The park includes a mixture of transition and street features and the large bowl extends the full depth from the base of the pool tank to the viewing gallery. The space is designed such that the entire park can be ridden or skated as one when quiet or for events, but then passively subdivided during busy times. The park now hosts an annual international BMX event, ‘The Battle of Hastings’, sb 6/2016

in addition to open sessions, coaching, film screenings and birthday parties.

Beginners’ facility in former ladies’ pool hall On the east side of the building, the original smaller teaching pool now contains a plaza and foam-pit. This park is only accessible via a double door from the open courtyard, and so numbers of occupants are limited. A previous reinforced concrete vault ceiling was removed to gain height and a false floor installed to cover the remains of a 1970’s concrete skating structure.

Centrally located and central to the viable business plan is the retail area. Located in what was originally the lounge/smoking room, the shop sells BMX and skateboarding goods and acts as the offices and mail-order hub for the entire Source’s international business. Original roof lights were replaced with mock lanterns due to the lack of funding but the ambience remains the same.

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LIGHTNESS AND SOLIDITY SWIMMING POOL AT ALLMENDLI IN ERLENBACH, SWITZERLAND Location Erlenbach, Schwitzerland Client City of Erlenbach Seestrasse 59 CH - 8703 Erlenbach Architecture illiz architektur GmbH Englischviertelstrasse 25 CH - 8032 Zürich www.illiz.eu Lead design Pöyry Schweiz AG Herostrasse 12, Postfach CH - 8048 Zürich www.poyry.ch Author illiz architektur GmbH Photos Hertha Hurnaus Start of construction November 2014 Building completion March 2016 Construction costs 7.4 Mio. CHF (6.9 Mio. EUR)

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After two years of planning and construction, the team of illiz architektur and Pöyry Schweiz AG converted a former underground troop billet at the Erlenbach school grounds into a light-filled indoor pool. Children and teens can enjoy swim lessons with a view of Lake Zurich.

The disused shelter for rescue forces at the edge of the Erlenbach school campus had disappeared under an overgrown hill and a sports field over the years. From outside, the only identifiable markings were two entries dug into the hillside. It was just waiting on a new lease on life. The lack of swim lessons for the children of the lake community and the site’s proximity to the school made it the perfect location for partial redevelopment into a pool for beginners. A selective tender was created in 2012 to find a suitable general planning team for the building project.

volume of the pool, the pool would simply be suspended above the existing cubature of the underground space. This allowed the surface of the water to remain level with the surrounding terrain, thereby offering expansive views over Lake Zurich. Besides the pool’s volume and lift platform, the underground space was also used to house the technology and systems required for the building and pool as well as an entrance hall and adjoining changing rooms. The actual bathing hall was designed as a light-filled pavilion over the new pool and now marks the urban end of the school grounds.

The challenge put forth was to accommodate all areas of the pool in the underground shelter.

The team of Pöyry Schweiz AG and illiz architektur was able to win over the client with an alternative approach: Instead of excavating under the former billet to accommodate the enormous

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façade now fills the span between the two flanking walls, providing a view into the hitherto hidden interior of the building. Deep dark green wall tiles radiate outward, bringing to mind the moment of immersion into a shady, clear lake. The diffusely luminous atmosphere continues throughout the entrance hall and into the changing rooms. Only as one emerges to the surface and into the bathing hall via a narrow staircase does the wall design become lighter and brighter – with the surface of the water appearing as sunny shores in silvery green and delicate pink.

Interplay of lightness and solidity Even as the colourful wall tiles unmistakably transform the structure into a swimming pool, the massive and raw character of the old facility remains largely intact. The concrete slab floor of the basement is covered with a protective coating, while cable guides, conduits and pipes remain visible, with corridors and changing rooms illuminated indirectly. Only through the exposed, prone sb 6/2016

front hall is the massive concrete structure truly revealed, emerging from a surface recessed deeply into the slope.

Structurally, the lately revealed building and the structure placed upon it have been formally united as a new entity.

A massive coffered concrete ceiling spans the entire bathing hall and rests on a dense row of slender concrete columns placed along its edges. The ceiling almost appears to float over the delicate tile designs covering the interior walls. Between the columns, the silver-grey floor folds into benches that encircle the pool, while a filigree glass façade wraps around the raw concrete structure like an effervescent bubble. Steel and concrete supports stand in synchronous sequence, yet remain at a significant distance from each other. As the inside begins to glow at dusk, the contrasting interplay of lightness and solidity is particularly clear. The dark envelope of the building seems to dissolve, thereby revealing the plasticity of the superstructure and its exceptional tectonics.

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LEVERS AT EVERY STAGE OF THE PROJECT GOAL-DRIVEN PROCEDURE FOR SPORTS FACILITY PROJECTS Author Dr. Stefan Kannewischer, Managing Director Kannewischer Management AG

Sports facilities like sports halls, outdoor facilities, artificial ice rinks and swimming pools are properties run by operating companies. The operating costs over their life cycle exceed the investment costs by a wide margin, and this makes the offering for users and functionality for the operator all the more important.

Architectural design is important but takes a back seat to functionality for the user and operator. In other words, “design follows function”.

This article presents an overview of the correct and goal-driven project procedure.

Conventional kinds of sports facility in the Germanspeaking region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) are usually either publicly owned or initiated and controlled by the public sector. The decision makers concerned are usually confronted with a sports facility project for the first time because the construction or thorough overhaul of such a facility only comes onto the agenda once every 20 to 30 years. The frequent consequence of this is that these projects are incorrectly tackled. It is therefore essential to involve specialists from the concept stage and throughout project execution.

many locations the needs may well have changed in terms of the sports catered for, the quality of the offering and quantitative demand.

Concept stage with the highest potential for economies Economising here can be very costly. At this stage the scope for affecting the future success of the project and the level of investment is at its greatest.

The subjects to be dealt with at the concept stage are usually summarised in a feasibility study. This is one of

Thorough planning even for modernisation projects Before an architect is consulted for the construction of a new facility, it is important to precisely define what kind of sports facility is needed. This is followed by putting together the project team. Only then can planning and construction start. Finally, there’s the most important and longest phase in the life of a sports facility: its operation. In the course of its life, minor upgrades and facelifts should be undertaken on several occasions.

If the facility already exists and is to undergo thorough modernisation or even replacement by a new building, work often kicks off erroneously at the planning stage.

After 20 to 30 years of operation, the existing concept and organisation should always be re-appraised as thoroughly as a for green-field project. Because at 44

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the keys to a successful procedure for sports facility projects. It has to generate all the necessary information for those involved in the project and represents the basic structure or “project bible” through to completion of the building. Unfortunately there are still many local authorities that economise on the feasibility study – costs that are minute in relation to the investment sum. They do not do themselves any favours, as they run the risk of wasting several million euros on an unprofitable investment.

At this stage, on the basis of these analyses, the project idea is arrived at. The basic purpose of the sports facility is defined and demarcated against other, existing sports facilities. The target groups and the needs to be met are also laid down. If a high-order sports facility plan already exists, this also contributes to the project vision. It is also a question of deciding whether the facility is to be primarily operated to make a profit or meet basic community needs.

A feasibility study should comprise the following elements:

The range of services roughly defines the main activities offered. For a swimming pool, for example, the pools and bathing opportunities are defined.

The market analysis highlights general demand trends, identifies the specific market potential (local population, tourists, schools, clubs) for the envisaged project and investigates the competitive situation for the relevant parts of the market.

If a sports facility is to be upgraded and made more attractive, the current situation from the structural, technical and business management points of view is assessed with a status quo analysis. This also yields a (partial) answer to the question of whether to modernise or replace.

If the location for a new sports facility has not been defined, various options have to be assessed in the course of a location study. Here it is a question of whether the project is to be realised on an existing developed site or on a green-field site.

The facility’s functionality finds expression in the processes for the user (routing) and processes for facility operation in a diagram.

To arrive at accurate dimensioning, facility use has to be generally quantified. From this it is possible to derive such questions as: How many users will use the sports facility in the course of a year and how many at any one time in which areas? How much parking space will have to be provided?

One of the key findings of the feasibility study is the detailed allocation of rooms and spaces for which the architectural design is required. In this, each room is described in terms of size and function.

The Project procedure presents the various project steps, which are highlighted in the text.

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On the basis of the allocation of rooms and spaces, it is then also possible to roughly estimate the investment cost. This is usually done with the aid of guide cost values (e.g. euros per cubic metre of enclosed space or euros per square metre). If this results in an excessively high investment sum, the project will have to be redefined or more efficient solutions will have to be sought before planning and re-planning costs are generated.

A realistic profitability forecast then has to be undertaken on the basis of the project concept. Together with the estimated investment costs, this forms the basis for decisions on financing and mode of operation.

The concept and feasibility study are a comprehensive and interdisciplinary undertaking which is essential for the subsequent project procedure. If this work is not carried out in advance, it has to be performed at a later date in the project. The advantage of doing this early on is that one has a sound basis for proceeding further and will not have to embark on “laps of honour” over several years.

Constitutive stage: Clear assignment of responsibilities Because of the high financing needs and the complexity of sports facilities, this stage is a major hurdle and is often underestimated in terms of the time required.

The following matters have to be settled: In previous times, it was almost always the local authority’s construction department that realised the project as the client under a single contract award with private designers and companies and then had it run afterwards by the school or the sports department. Today, other ownership models are often sought. As a basic rule, the bigger and more commercial a sports facility is, the more the involvement of the commercial sector can be recommended. This can start with operation by a commercial operator, include construction by a general contractor and, in the most extreme case, even extend to (partial) funding by private financiers.

Funding by private financiers (often envisaged as PPPs and encompassing planning, construction and operation) is only possible and advisable in individual cases. Therefore, before(!) the concept stage, it is important to check the availability of lost grants (including those from higher-order institutions in the sport, tourism and monument preservation sectors). However, the main or entire burden of finance usually still lies with the local authority.

Before white elephants are developed, the local authority’s financial possibilities should be examined.

Project organisation for the construction process today is often too complicated. In this project organisation, the responsibilities are often so widely delegated that ultimately no one feels responsible for the project. This is harmful for the project and its outcome. It is important for the roles to be clearly defined at all times: 46

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The client and the operator are responsible for the content of the sports facility.

The architect is responsible for the design of the building (interior and exterior) as well as for coordinating the specialist designers.

If the services of an additional project controller are resorted to, the latter is responsible for the procedure and usually for checking budgets and deadlines.

In reality, the situation is unfortunately often different.

The architect dictates the content, the operator investigates ways of economising during the construction process, and the project controller urges the architect to modify the design.

Nowadays, a large proportion of the services awarded by the public sector are subject to tendering procedures.

The benefits of this are undisputed, but they also cause a number of problems. The tendering procedures widely practised today, when selecting the architect, often choose: • •

visually attractive but dysfunctional architecture or the architect/designer with the lowest bid.

Neither option is desirable. It would be better to choose the specialist designer on the basis of experience and quality. This must be taken account of in the design of the tendering procedure.

If an architecture competition is held, the operational and functional issues are to be given as much attention in the preliminary review and jury evaluation as the aesthetic. Absolutely essential is assistance by experienced specialists in the specific sports facility type.

Finally, a rough and realistic schedule should be developed through to the opening of the facility. If this is too tight, corners will often be cut during design and construction.

If the project is placed on a solid foundation at the constitutive stage, planning can at last start.

Planning: Constant dialogue At the start of planning, sufficient time must be allowed for the preliminary draft or revision of the competition design. The ball often has to be played back and forth between the management specialists and the architect over several weeks or months. It is a question here of project optimisation so that the goals and functionalities specified at the concept stage do truly find expression in the project architecture.

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Scope for economising must be found above all at the start of the project, for at the final stage savings are only possible on the user level (interior design, equipment).

This should be avoided.

As a fundamental rule, designers with no or little sports facility experience need more expert support for good results. Extra time must be allowed for this.

Applications for the construction of sports facilities have to meet more exacting requirements today, so this process also takes some time.

Construction: Site management keeps everything under control During construction, sufficient time should be allocated for invitations for tenders and negotiations to allow market forces to take effect. The greater the deadline pressure, the worse the prices are that can be achieved.

On the costs side, sports facility management should concentrate on the biggest cost items: labour, energy/ water/sewage and maintenance.

The biggest potential for profitability is usually to be found on the revenue side. The public sector does not usually carry out profit centre accounting for its sports facilities, which yields clarity over costs. Most users are charged no or much too low admission fees, so such sports facilities tend inherently to make a loss and are thus regarded as a financial burden after only a few years.

It would be better to charge users appropriate fees and make a suitable sports promotion budget available. For the public sector this is a zero-sum game, but it does enhance facility transparency and efficiency.

When awarding the contract to a general contractor, it should be borne in mind that the depth of planning has to meet more exacting requirements (definitive specification of the content and standards of quality). Anything omitted can only be expensively obtained at a later date.

Conclusion: Keys to success at every stage of the project It cannot be overstressed that sports facilities are properties run by operating companies and the operating costs exceed investment costs over the entire life-cycle by a wide margin. It is therefore important to bear the keys for success at each stage of the project:

Good site management is essential for the achieved building quality, effective cost of construction and compliance with deadlines. For the latter, site management must always keep an eye on the critical path.

1. Concept stage At this stage, it is important to match the offering against actual demand and achieve good functionality.

This is done with the aid of a feasibility study.

Sufficient time must be allowed for trial operation and fine-tuning the facility, otherwise the facility will not be fully functional after opening, and users and the client will be initially very disappointed.

2. Constitutive stage Putting together the right team for the subsequent stages boosts the chances of the project’s success considerably. Sound financing is also an important element.

It is therefore desirable for as many of the defects as possible to be remedied before opening.

3. Planning and construction stage The task here is that of creating an attractive building with high-quality construction methods and technology.

Operation: Clarity achieved through appropriate pricing The growing commercialisation and pace of society and hence of the world of sport call for professional and market-driven management. Sports facilities should be open to as many users as possible thanks to optimum capacity utilisation. Only then are health and social policy goals truly achieved. Therefore, separate sports facilities should not be built for each sport, but instead the existing sports facilities should be used for many different sports with long opening hours.

Depending on the project, pre-opening management (management activities prior to the opening of the sports facility) should start roughly 6 to 12 months before opening. The intensity of pre-opening management for a modernised facility differs to a great extent from that for a new facility. sb 6/2016

4. Operating stage At this stage, which is by far the longest, the best-possible operating result can be achieved with professional and energetic management.

Summing up, it can be said that getting the multitude of necessary steps in the right order boosts the chances of a sports facility project’s success, yields better results and saves a good deal of time.

The systematic handling of each stage of the project creates a sound basis for the next step. There is unfortunately no quick and simple way to handle complex projects like sports facilities, even if it is often tempting to take short cuts. The construction of sports facilities is not a simple process and must therefore be professionally managed and supervised by experienced experts.

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PLAY IN ALL WEATHERS BIM MAKES CHILD’S PLAY OF PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS IN HALTERN AM SEE, GERMANY

Ketteler Hof Leisure Park is adding an indoor playground to its range of facilities. Serving as the general contractor, Brüninghoff has been entrusted with the planning and construction of the new building and is mastering the multifaceted challenges of this complex project with BIM. Location Haltern am See, Germany Client Freizeitpark Ketteler Hof GmbH Planning and construction Brüninghoff GmbH & Co. KG Industriestrasse 14 D-46359 Heiden info@brueninghoff.de www.brueninghoff.de Author Mareike Wand-Quassowski Photos Brüninghoff GmbH & Co. KG Opening Spring 2017

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The new indoor playground of the Municipality of Haltern am See in the district of Recklinghausen extends over several levels with net floor space of almost 3,140 square metres. Users here can play their way around the world. In addition to the play area with equipment and various themed zones, the layout also accommodates a spacious restaurant covering 600 square metres.

From there, users access a covered balcony and terrace area immediately adjoining an existing pond. The indoor playground is being executed as a turnkey project and, apart from the outdoor grounds, inner linings of the playrooms and the play equipment, is being built by Brüninghoff as the general contractor.

Diversified construction task A number of features make the large project in Lavesum special. One of the key challenges is the scale and complexity of the architecture. On top of this, there’s the nature of the terrain which has undergone elaborate modelling.

Characteristic of the site is a 5-metre difference in levels, and the indoor playground is partly built into the slope. To render the striking difference in levels visible in the interior as well, an angled strip of windows has been integrated at the bottom of the slope. In addition, parts of the main building are built into the existing pond, thus creating the impression of the restaurant area being “surrounded by water”, the sb 6/2016

responsible architect Nadine Merschjohann explains.

Inward and outward views are made possible by large-­ area glazing of the restaurant area. This construction project is also special in several respects from the logistical point of view – for example, in that close consultation is required with the play equipment manufacturers.

Natural building material for load-bearing structure and façade The materials chosen for the indoor playground borrow from the park’s outdoor areas, i.e. high-quality building materials that are compatible with nature, e.g. wood.

The outer walls are therefore timber frames walls. Thanks to the prefabrication of the wall elements in the factory, high precision and rapid construction progress can be sb 6/2016

ensured. The building’s main load-bearing frame consists of a base slab, some of which rests on bored piles, along with cast-in-place columns and walls, which collectively also ensure tightness in the parts of the building that come into contact with the soil. In addition, the precast concrete columns used in some areas have the purpose of discharging loads.

The roof frame consists of glued laminated trusses that are left exposed to good effect. The focus on wood as the construction material is also reiterated in the façade.

The timber frame walls are given weatherboarding made of larch. Thanks to the natural façade material, the indoor playground blends not only formally, but also visibly into the rural, wooded environment. Another 49

characteristic feature of the building corpus is its low extensions that stand out from the rest of the façade with in some cases green concrete façades.

Comprehensive exchange of information thanks to BIM On building projects of this order of magnitude and complexity, the risk of planning errors is significantly greater than on smaller projects. This has firstly to do with the buildings’ higher standards of construction and technology; and secondly also to do with the fact that more specialists and trades have to be involved in planning and execution. For some time now, Brüninghoff has been successfully resorting to Building Information Modelling 50

(BIM) for large projects, and the construction of the indoor playground in Haltern is no exception. This system was ultimately adopted because of the scope it offers for improving the flow of information among those involved in the project, the volumes of data being huge and the architecture diversified and complex.

Preventing diary clashes Under BIM-assisted planning, all those involved in the project work together on a digital building model and thus network more closely. The data from the various planning software programs are brought together via an interface.

But this is not the only advantage of integrating BIM in the planning process. For as a result of the digital 3D model, sb 6/2016

those involved gain a rapid understanding of the architecture, the site and the task – even in the case of complex projects. In addition, it facilitates a high degree of clarity.

For instance, it is possible to view the sequence of pack­ ages of trapezoidal panels and column erection according to time and place. Everyone participating can view and discuss the deadline sequencing laid down in MS Project.

BIM also saves labour and improves safety: the assembly instructions and detailed plans can be called up for specific building components. Even the status of each building component is visible to all, so approval, completion, and delivery and assembly dates can be easily checked. Furthermore, BIM permits the output of component lists and evaluations. What is probably the biggest advantage of sb 6/2016

this planning method is the prevention of diary clashes between different trades. On the basis of the precise presentation of the place and type of clash, planning errors can be detected immediately and remedied.

“The indoor playground construction project is based on forward-looking planning. With the aid of Building Information Modelling, planning security can be achieved even in the event of high architectural complexity. The chosen mode of construction with prefabricated timber frame walls and precast elements promotes reliable and punctual project handling,” explains Brüninghoff Managing Director Frank Steffens. The opening of the new indoor playground in Haltern am See is scheduled for spring 2017.

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MUNICH AIRPORT’S NEW PLAY AREAS

Eight new artificial grass pitches at seven sports facilities have now been officially completed in Erfurt’s urban area, Germany. The 40,000 m² project was undertaken in cooperation with Erfurt’s municipality.

Although, for children, flying is always an adventure, the hustle and bustle of airports, waiting times and security checks make it just as strenuous as it is exciting for the little passengers. In the satellite building of Terminal 2, Munich’s Franz Josef Strauss Airport has set up two new family and children’s zones so that its younger passengers can play, let off steam and relax before their journey. And the seamless indoor surfacing from the Bad Berleburg manufacturers BSW is providing the required climbing and playing safety.

The general concept was approved with the Municipality of Erfurt back in July 2013 and the project was launched.

The number of football clubs has grown significantly in this area, necessitating the refurbishment and modernisation of existing sports facilities.

The European tendering procedure was initiated in July 2014 and the building contract was awarded to STRABAG Sportstättenbau Dortmund GmbH under a public-private partnership (PPP) in 2015.

It is not usually possible to build sports grounds from October to March, but the weather-independent installation of the ProPlay shock pack made it possible to start construction in late 2015. Two large pitches and a small pitch were refurbished in November 2015.

The ProPlay shock pad was installed under all pitches, thus demonstrating the great confidence that the client has in Schmitz Foam Products. A 25-year guarantee, outstanding sporting performance, fast and easy installation, and high quality are the main reasons in favour of choosing ProPlay.

On 22 September 2016, the eight pitches were handed over officially in the presence of the mayor, everyone involved in construction, the operator and the sports clubs.

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The concept for the two zones came from Munich architect Eva Demmelhuber, inspired by Bavaria’s Alpine landscapes.

The furnishings and playing elements are all special oneoff designs and are named after famous Alpine massifs.

And so the kids can while away their waiting times on the Watzmann mountain, the central massif of the Berchtesgaden Alps. Or they can go climbing over huge tree trunks floating down the Partnachklamm Gorge in GarmischPartenkirchen. Of course, this “Alpine region” needs the appropriate impact protection surface for its little “mountaineers”. For this, Eva Demmelhuber chose playfix indoor, the seamless PUR flooring from BSW with outstanding fallprotection properties. This floorcovering not only provides the necessary protection; its colouring can also be adapted to the design concept.

Further benefits of playfix indoor are its easy cleaning, resilience, durability and non-slip properties. Symbols, logos, images and lettering can also be applied to the flooring.

In both family and children’s zones, the task of laying the floor was entrusted to the capable hands of a trained BSW technician.

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GERMANY’S BIGGEST FREESTYLE HALL

FLICKER-FREE FLOODLIGHT

Germany’s biggest freestyle hall opened its doors at the beginning of July 2016. For this project, the initiator has relied on SPIETH’s many years of experience of safety upholstery for pits, ramps and walls. Furthermore, SPIETH has installed its latest sprung floor and supplied mats and equipment.

The skater scene at the new skate park in Karlsruhe, Germany, is delighted with the excellent conditions for spectacular recordings in super-slow motion thanks to innovative lighting from Osram. The new Floodlight 20 generation of LED floodlights guarantees not only perfect lighting conditions for the stunts of skaters, inliners and BMX riders but also enables the flicker-free recording of skating tricks in super-slow motion.

On an area of 1,700 square metres, a hall for a multitude of extreme and fun sports has been built in Munich within a matter of weeks. The SPIETH service team was on site for almost two weeks, installing in-pit upholstery, impact-protection walls, sprung floor, mats and other safety upholstery between the pits, ramps and trampolines. Some gymnastics equipment like foam beams and blocks have been modified and are now used as ramps and obstacles for freestylers, snowboarders and bikers. The hall’s colour scheme is based on yellow and grey, which is why all the upholstery and equipment have been produced with special PVC. The outcome is a magnificent hall that is the biggest of its kind in Germany.

Further information on this freestyle hall is available on the Gravity Lab Munich website: www.gravitylab.de

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When it comes to lighting, those who build sports facilities are concerned not only to create the optimum conditions for the event directly on site. For today, moving images and live streaming are also highly important, and filming the world’s best athletes in super slow-motion is already a part of today’s professional TV technology. Essential for this is state-of-theart lighting technology – and the same applies to leisure sport and recording with smartphones and video cameras.

“A lot of filming goes on during skating. Recordings in super-slow motion are especially popular because these best communicate the abilities of the individual athletes as well as a strong sense of emotion. In this respect it’s important that the slow motion is flicker-free. This we’ve achieved with the lighting,” explains Ingo Naschold, Managing Director of the design consultancy DSGN concepts from Münster. “For the construction of the new skate park in Karlsruhe we found in Osram a partner that has enabled implementation of this creative concept professionally and with the best possible lighting technology.“ The leisure facility in the Otto-Dullenkopf Park in Karlsruhe was given a complete refurbishment in 2016. The specific requirements for the lighting strategy were identified at an earlier workshop that documented the needs of the system in cooperation with the skating community.

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INDEX AQUATIC CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT Anti Wave.............................56 Benz.....................................56 Berndorf............................... 57 Eurotramp............................58 hsb....................................... 59 ISS........................................ 59 Kernig.................................. 59 Serge Ferrari......................... 62 SPORT-THIEME..................... 62

ARTIFICIAL TURF POLYTAN.............................. 61 Porplastic.............................. 61 Signgrass.............................. 62 Stargum................................ 62 STRABAG............................. 62 Trofil..................................... 62 Wiedenmann........................ 63

CEILINGS, WINDOWS, WALLS CCSC.................................... 57 ISP........................................ 59 IST........................................ 59 Nagelstutz und Eichler..........60 Serge Ferrari......................... 62 Vector Foiltec........................ 63

CHANGING UNITS, CLOTHES LOCKERS Benz.....................................56 eccos pro..............................58 Neptunus..............................60 Spieth................................... 62 Universal Sport..................... 62 Züko..................................... 63

CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE heiler.................................... 59 Hörger.................................. 59 INTERGREEN......................... 59 Kutter .................................. 59 Labarre.................................60 POLYTAN.............................. 61 Porplastic.............................. 61 SMG..................................... 62 STRABAG............................. 62 Trofil..................................... 62 Wiedenmann........................ 63 54

DISPLAY AND SIGNAGE SYSTEMS ENGO...................................58 Signgrass.............................. 62

DRAINAGE, ATHLETIC TRACK BORDERS ACO.....................................56 ANRIN..................................56 Conradi + Kaiser .................. 57 Hauraton.............................. 59 Labarre.................................60

ELASTIC LAYERS, PROTECTING SURFACES BSW..................................... 57 Conradi + Kaiser .................. 57 KRAIBURG............................ 59 Kutter................................... 59 Melos...................................60 Polytan................................. 61 Porplastic.............................. 61 Sekisui Alveo........................ 62 Stargum................................ 62 Trofil..................................... 62

GOLF COURSE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT BSW..................................... 57 Conradi + Kaiser .................. 57 KRAIBURG............................ 59 Kutter................................... 59 Labarre.................................60 Novoter................................60 Signgrass.............................. 62 Wiedenmann........................ 63

ICE RESURFACERS ENGO...................................58 Ice-World Ice-Business........... 59 Züko..................................... 63

ICE SPORTS EQUIPMENT AST......................................56 ENGO...................................58 GfKK....................................58 Ice-World Ice-Business........... 59 Universal Sport..................... 62 Züko..................................... 63

INDOOR EQUIPMENT ASB......................................56 Benz.....................................56 BFGW................................... 57 Eiden & Wagner....................58 Eurotramp............................58 Gütegemeinschaft................58 Spieth...................................62 SPORT-THIEME..................... 62 Weinberger.......................... 63

INDOOR SPORTS FLOORING ASB......................................56 BSW..................................... 57 Conica.................................. 57 Descol.................................. 57 DLW Flooring........................ 57 Gerflor.................................58 Hamberger........................... 59 ISP........................................ 59 IST........................................ 59 KRAIBURG............................ 59 Polytan................................. 61 Porplastic.............................. 61 Sekisui Alveo........................ 62 Stargum................................ 62 Trofil..................................... 62 Weinberger.......................... 63

IRRIGATION heiler.................................... 59 INTERGREEN......................... 59 Kutter................................... 59 PERROT................................. 61 STRABAG............................. 62

LIGHTING Aerolux.................................56 heiler.................................... 59 INTERGREEN......................... 59 Kutter................................... 59 LEDeXCHANGE.....................60 OSRAM................................60 STRABAG............................. 62 Vector Foiltec........................ 63

MOBILE FLOORINGS, COVER SYSTEMS BSW..................................... 57 Conradi + Kaiser .................. 57 ENGO...................................58 Gerflor.................................58 Hamberger........................... 59 Holz-Speckmann................... 59 Ice-World Ice-Business........... 59 Trofil..................................... 62 Universal Sport..................... 62

MULTI-SPORTS COURTS DSGN concepts..................... 57 Eiden & Wagner....................58 Playparc................................ 61 Sekisui Alveo........................ 62 Signgrass.............................. 62 Stargum................................ 62

NATURAL TURF heiler.................................... 59 INTERGREEN......................... 59 Kutter................................... 59 Novoter................................60 Signgrass.............................. 62 STRABAG............................. 62 Wiedenmann........................ 63

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OUTDOOR SPORTS FLOORING AST.......................................56 BSW..................................... 57 Conica.................................. 57 Hamberger........................... 59 IST........................................ 59 KRAIBURG............................ 59 Melos................................... 60 Polytan................................. 61 Porplastic.............................. 61 Sekisui Alveo......................... 62 Signgrass.............................. 62 Stargum................................ 62 Trofil..................................... 62 Weinberger........................... 63

POOL CONSTRUCTION, STAINLESS STEEL Berndorf............................... 57 hsb....................................... 59 Zeller....................................63

REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS, ICE RINKS AST.......................................56 ENGO...................................58 GfKK....................................58 Ice-World Ice-Business........... 59 Novoter................................60 Züko.....................................63

PERIMETER BOARDS, NETTING AST.......................................56 ENGO...................................58 ISS........................................ 59 Universal Sport...................... 62

ROOFING SYSTEMS CENO TEC............................ 57 PM Engineering....................61 Serge Ferrari.........................62 Vector Foiltec........................ 63 waagner biro........................63

PLANNING AND DESIGN ArenaProjekt.........................56 Brinkmann + Deppen............ 57 Calles - De Brabant............... 57 DSGN concepts..................... 57 geo3.....................................58 Kernig.................................. 59 M3 Architectes..................... 60 Pätzold + Snowadsky............61 RAUMKUNST........................ 61 STRABAG.............................. 62

SANITARY, HEATING, AIR CONDITION­ING, ENERGY RECOVERY GfKK....................................58 Kernig.................................. 59 Novoter................................60 SEW......................................62

POOL CONSTRUCTION, CERAMICS Agrob Buchtal.......................56

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SECURITY SYSTEMS, FENCING Benz.....................................56 INTERGREEN......................... 59

SPORTS AND PLAY EQUIPMENT, SPORTS GOODS Anti Wave.............................56 Benz.....................................56 CCSC.................................... 57 Eiden & Wagner....................58 Eurotramp............................58 Gütegemeinschaft................58 INTERGREEN......................... 59 Playparc................................ 61 SPORT-THIEME......................62 Spieth...................................62 STRABAG..............................62 Universal Sport......................62

SPORTS GROUND CONSTRUCTION ACO.....................................56 ANRIN...................................56 CCSC.................................... 57 Conradi + Kaiser .................. 57 Hauraton.............................. 59 heiler.................................... 59 INTERGREEN......................... 59 ISP........................................ 59 IST........................................ 59 Kernig.................................. 59 Kutter................................... 59 Labarre.................................60 Melos...................................60 Novoter................................60 Polytan.................................61 Porplastic..............................61 Signgrass..............................62 SMG.....................................62 STRABAG..............................62

SPORTS GROUND EQUIPMENT ANRIN...................................56 Benz.....................................56 Eiden & Wagner....................58 Gütegemeinschaft................58 INTERGREEN......................... 59 Novoter................................60 Polytan.................................61 Porplastic..............................61 Serge Ferrari.........................62 Signgrass..............................62 SMG.....................................62 SPORT-THIEME......................62 STRABAG..............................62 Universal Sport......................62 Wiedenmann........................63

SPORTS HALL DIVIDERS waagner biro........................ 63

STANDS, SEATING ENGO...................................58 INTERGREEN......................... 59 Nüssli.................................... 60 waagner biro........................ 63 Weinberger........................... 63

TEMPORARY, LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCT­URES Neptunus.............................. 60 PM Engineering.................... 61 Vector Foiltec........................ 63

TESTING, QUALITY ASSURANCE BFGW................................... 57 DSGN concepts..................... 57 Gütegemeinschaft................58 ISP........................................ 59 IST........................................ 59

TICKETING, ACCESS SYSTEMS eccos pro..............................58

TURNKEY CONSTRUCTION hsb....................................... 59 Neptunus.............................. 60 Nüssli.................................... 60 Pellikaan............................... 60 Vector Foiltec........................ 63

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FROM A TO Z In the Professionals & Profiles section, members of the IAKS can publish news on a half-page in three issues per year. In addition, they also appear with their logo and contact details in the address list and directory of trades in each issue. At the same time, they also benefit from the improved linkage of “sb“ with the IAKS website, for they also additionally receive an exclusive Premium entry in the online database.

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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.

AEROLUX INTERNATIONAL B.V. P.O. Box 48 7570 AA Oldenzaal, Netherlands Phone +31(0)541 570357 info@aerolux.com www.aerolux.com

Aerolux International BV is an international company in sports and large area lighting. Aerolux develops and produces its own high efficiency floodlights from aluminum.

During more than 25 years of experience in lighting we have become a leading company in supplying lighting installations for all kinds of sports and industrial areas.

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 competitors. 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, creative 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 technology.

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 performance 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 Championship 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.

ArenaProjekt i Sverige AB Box 300 14 200 61 Limhamn, Sweden Phone +46(0)40 6271380 info@arenaprojekt.com www.arenaprojekt.com

ArenaProjekt create the necessary conditions for the planning and construction of the arena or stadium by providing services like programming, feasibility studies, concept design, preliminary design, cost estimations, event customisation and quality insurance, ArenaProjekt are then involved throughout the feasibility study and design process, providing assistance to meet with all clients and stakeholders’ requirements, ensuring correct logistics, proper planning and the right technical requirements. All this in order to create the most well-planned and cost-effective arena possible.

ASB SquashCourts Systembau Horst Babinsky GmbH Fabrikstraße 14 83371 Stein, Germany Phone +49(0)8621 98740 babinsky@asbsquash.com www.asbsquash.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 advertising 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 Deutschland 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 Eis- & Solartechnik GmbH is a company of the group “Elektrizitätswerke Reutte AG” (Electric company) with headquarters in Reutte/Tyrol and since 1986 supplies communities, cities, event organizations, public swimming pools as well as customers from various other branches with solar units and ice rinks.

Gotthilf Benz Turngerätefabrik GmbH+Co KG Postfach 220 71350 Winnenden, Germany Phone +49(0)7195 69050 info@benz-sport.de www.benz-sport.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 philosophy, 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 chalsb 6/2016 lenge that BENZ is happy to accept.

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

Since its founding in 1984, the BFGW has been an association devoted entirely to safety in the operation of sports, play and leisure facilities. Its work is based on the specifications of the relevant DIN/EN standards, the guidelines of the GUV accident insurance institutions, and the German Equipment and Product Safety Act (GPSG).

BFGW Bundesfachgruppe Wartung – Sicherheit für Sport- und Spielgeräte e.V. Waldstraße 9 51145 Köln, Germany Phone +49(0)2203 301001 info@bfgw.de www.bfgw.de

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 Architect / Landscape architect Lappenbrink 35 48336 Sassenberg, Germany Phone +49(0)2583 2172 info@brinkmann-deppen.de www.brinkmann-deppen.de

BSW is one of the leading suppliers of products made of polyurethane-bound rubber granulate. Using their material Regupol®, BSW produces numerous elastic, protective and absorbing products for a variety of applications. The BSW product range focuses on the production of elastic sports floorings, insulation products and foams. BSW produces the world famous judo mats, BSW Tatami, other sports mats and customised moulded parts in compound foams.

BSW Berleburger Schaumstoffwerk GmbH Am Hilgenacker 24 57301 Bad Berleburg, Germany Phone +49(0)2751 8030 info@berleburger.com www.berleburger.com

Calles De Brabant delivers the quality and service that you expect. Customers’ changing requirements have stimulated the company’s on-going development. By working together with Calles De Brabant, you benefit from the industry’s latest services, technologies and breakthroughs.

Calles - De Brabant Landscape architects Friedhofsweg 21 50259 Pulheim-Brauweiler, Germany Phone +49(0)2234 433220 mail@cdeb.de www.cdeb.de

Chongqing Geckoking Sports Science and Technology Co., Ltd., is a holding subsidiary of Chongqing China Sports Construction and Engineering Co., Ltd. (CCSC). It is a professional enterprise, dealing with the manufacturing, supplying, and construction of climbing facilities, and marketing. The company specializes in over 300 various climbing venues and climbing competition walls at home and abroad. Since the installation of its first climbing wall in 1999, the company has been contracted to build and supply it’s panels, holds and expertise to some 15 countries and areas.

CCSC Chongqing China Sports Construction Engineering Co.,Ltd Rm503 Longhu Crystal Int‘l,No164 Xinnan Rd,Yubei District 401147 Chongqing, China Phone +86(0)23 67882585 www.geckokingclimbing.com

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 intelligent system solutions for running tracks, multipurpose facilities, sports halls and indoor athletic facilities.

Conica AG Industriestraße 26 8207 Schaffhausen, Switzerland Phone +41(0)52 644 36 00 info@conica.com www.conica.com

Conradi+Kaiser is the leading manufacturer of recycled rubber flooring systems and stainless steel equipment to design public sports fields. C+K flooring systems are installed on many remarkable outdoor sports projects all over the world. Highest quality standards are achieved due to the insourcing of the various production processes at the company’s facility in Kleinmaischeid. Our team is supporting international distributors by providing reliable information based on huge know-how and long-lasting experience.

Conradi+Kaiser GmbH Gewerbegebiet Larsheck 56271 Kleinmaischeid, Germany Phone +49(0)2689 9580-0 info@conradi-kaiser.de www.conradi-kaiser.de

Whether a sports hall, gym or multipurpose hall, we have a suitable sports floor for you, made from special sports linoleum. Why is it special? Simply because a proper sports floor system has to live up to its potential in terms of maximum support for any kind of movement of the user, whether general fitness activities, school sports or sport played at competition level.

DLW Flooring GmbH Stuttgarter Straße 75 74321 Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany Phone +49(0)7142 71-0 info@dlwsports.com www.dlwsports.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 materiality to different shapes.

DSGN concepts UG Hafenweg 31 48155 Münster, Germany Phone +49 251 961915-73 info@dsgn-concepts.de www.dsgn-concepts.de

eccos pro are the experts for integrated admission and payment systems in hotel and recreational 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 electronic control and cash organisation systems 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 product of Eiden & Wagner Metallbau GmbH. It is an example of our skills in design, sb 6/2016 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

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ENGO GmbH Srl Handwerkerzone Nr. 7 39030 Terenten (BZ), Italy Phone +39(0)472 546157 info@engo.it www.engo.it

ENGO produces for more than 30 years boards for various types of sports plants: from light-structured boards for inline and public skating to professional boards for ice hockey in fibreglass. 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-preparation machines.

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 innovation, 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 trampolines and our service every single day.

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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 construction 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 Fon +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, process refrigeration, refrigeration/air conditioning and ice sports refrigeration.

Numerous ice sports facilities bear the company’s signature.

Gütegemeinschaft Sportgeräte Inspektion/Wartung und Erstellung (Montage) e.V. The sports equipment quality association “Gütegemeinschaft Sportgeräte e.V.” brings Adenauerallee 134 together eight experienced sports equipment manufacturers. The association thus 53113 Bonn, Germany stands for assured and certified quality in the inspection, maintenance and construcPhone +49(0)228 926593-25 tion of sports equipment. This quality guarantees safety – for users as well as for sports info@sichere-sporthalle.de hall operators. www.sichere-sporthalle.de

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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 Stephanskirchen 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 drainage 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 bigname clubs as references for its services. heiler specialises not only in the construction 6/2016 of new sports grounds, but also in the conversion of existing cindersb playing surfaces.

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 precision and durability of the floors.

Holz-Speckmann GmbH & Co. KG Weststraße 15 33790 Halle, Germany Phone +49(0)5201 189215 info@speed-lock.com www.speed-lock.com

HÖRGER builds and sells cleaning machines for sports facilities and particularly special-purpose cleaning machines for synthetic running tracks, artificial turf surfaces and paved surfaces.

Hörger Maschinen e.K. Langenstraße 2 21781 Cadenberge, Germany Phone +49(0)4777 931373 info@hoerger-maschinen.de www.hoerger-maschinen.eu

The enterprise group of HINKE Schwimmbad Österreich/Deutschland constructs highly modern swimming pools made of stainless steel. hsb is one of the leading swimming pools construction companies in Europe. Municipal swimming pools in all parts of Europe prove our efficiency and bear witness to the proverbial hsb-quality.

hsb austria gmbh Dr. Scheiber-Straße 28 4870 Vöcklamarkt, Austria Phone +43(0)7682 2831 office@hsb.eu www.hsb.eu

We rent and sell mobile ice rinks including the necessary equipment and complete technical implementation. It does not matter whether you want a gala ice rink in the premium segment, a city skating rink, a professional ice hockey rink or a whole fun ice park. We deliver!

We can also summer! From the inventors of the energy saving mobile aluminum ice rink there is now also a mobile water game with jets for inner cities during the summer time: The PlayFountain®

Ice-World Ice-Business GmbH Moortwiete 2N 25479 Ellerau, Germany Phone +49(0)941 4644880 r.buchner@iceworld-icebusiness.de www.iceworld-icebusiness.de

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 surfarces, 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 expertise 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 facilities, 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 built-in final state: lab-tests for testing systems or components, fieldtests for the installation quality.

IST – Institut für Sportbodentechnik Freiburger Allee 28 04416 Markkleeberg, Germany Phone +49(0)341 35 86 584 bhaerting@t-online.de www.sportboden-leipzig.de

Construction Project Management is the core business of our company. For us, project management 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 Telefon +49(0)251 23948850 info@andreaskernig.de www.andreaskernig.de

KRAIBURG Relastec GmbH & Co. KG is an independent enterprise in the KRAIBURG Holding. 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 environment-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

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 toprate and reliable 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 gardening, landscaping and sports ground construction company. Herbert Labarre GmbH offers its customers skilled, punctual and expert consultation, price quotation sb 6/2016 and execution.

Herbert Labarre GmbH & Co. KG Alsterdorfer Str. 514-516 22337 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49(0)40 596036 labarre-galabau@t-online.de www.labarre-galabau.de

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LEDeXCHANGE GmbH Rolandsecker Weg 39 53619 Rheinbreitbach, Germany Phone +49(0)2224 989871-0 info@led-ex.de www.led-ex.de

We produce high quality LED lamps based on our own development and are a full service provider in the field of LED retrofit lamps.

We develop and distribute our own LED products since March 2011 and we are one of the few officially entitled by the EU to attest the GREEN LIGHTING certification.

We stand for quality, efficiency and reliability. We offer you a comprehensive full size service like planning, prototyping, production of special colors, financing, conversion by partners and warranty service.

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.

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 running tracks and drop protection systems in playgrounds. MELOS also manufacture infill granules for artificial turf systems.

Nagelstutz und Eichler GmbH & Co. KG Industriestraße 16 45739 Oer-Erkenschwick, Germany Phone +49(0)2368 69030 info@ne-paneeldecken.de www.ne-paneeldecken.de

Nagelstutz und Eichler is one of Germany’s leading manufacturers of linear ceiling systems. As a company with a strong market presence and over 50 years of experience, Nagelstutz und Eichler is synonymous with heavy-duty metal ceilings. With nonferrous panel ceilings, sustainable and value-retaining room designs can be realised. When it comes to individuality, economy and durability, Nagelstutz und Eichler is the company to contact, from the idea through to completion.

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 accommodation worldwide. With its 75 years of experience, Neptunus supplies marquees and accommodation 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.

Novoter AG Auberg 2 4051 Basel, Switzerland Phone +41(0)61 2715100 info@novoter.com www.novoter.com

Novoter AG, headquartered in Switzerland, provides an innovative turf heating and cooling system which saves up to 80% of the energy costs of conventional systems.

Novoter experts have more than 30 years of experience in planning, coordination, construction and maintenance of natural grass soccer fields and ice plants as well as in heating, cooling and control technology. Experience which leads to innovation.

Nüssli (Deutschland) GmbH Rothgrund 6 91154 Roth, Germany Fon +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 fi nal implementation. These are characterized by brief implementation times and superior quality.

OSRAM GmbH Marcel-Breuer-Straße 6 80807 München, Germany sports-lighting@osram.de www.osram.de

OSRAM is one of the world’s two leading light manufacturers. With its portfolio, the company covers the entire value chain from components and control gear through to complete luminaires, light management systems and lighting solutions. Together with its subsidiaries Siteco and Traxon Technologies, OSRAM offers complete light solutions for all fields of applications within sports facilities from a single source.

Pellikaan Bauunternehmen Deutschland 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 clients 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 installation, 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 sb 6/2016 tasks. For you, the client.

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Siegfried Strasser has been developing and building playground and exercise equipment for public spaces since 1979. And this has included the successful 4FCIRCLE® series of exercise equipment since 2001. He runs his company playparc GmbH together with his son Steffen. Playparc produces and sells four product lines well-known throughout Germany and the rest of Europe: NEOSPIEL®, 4FCIRCLE®, Replacement parts for all children’s playground equipment and IMAGINATION PLAYGROUND®.

Play-Parc Allwetter-Freizeitanlagenbau GmbH Teutonia 9 34439 Willebadessen, Germany Phone +49(0)5642 70901 info@playparc.de www.playparc.de

PM ENGINEERING SRL, with more than 50 years’ experience, is well known on the international markets with high quality products, fruit of deep researches. All the production phases (design, cutting, H.F. welding ) are carried out inside the factory, using up-todate and automated equipments. The production process is always subject to careful inspections/tests on the raw materials and on the manufacturing cycle, so assuring high quality products, according to the European standards. The Company is certified UNI-EN ISO 9001: 2008

PM Engineering S.r.l. via V.Monti, 3 20030 SENAGO (MI), Italy Phone +39 02 9989701 texarch@plastecomilano.com www.plastecomilano.com

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 synthetic 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.com

PORPLASTIC offers comprehensive product and system programme for PUR-bound elastic 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 climates 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 manufacturing 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, Netherlands Phone +31(0)570 620744 export@nl.sika.com www.pulastic.com

RAUMKUNST ZT LLC offers professional support and accompaniment for planning and realization 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 trackand-field facilities. Our knowhow 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

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.

Schmitz Foam Products BV P.O. Box 1277, Netherlands 6040 KG Roermond Phone +31(0)475 370270 info@schmitzfoam.com www.schmitzfoam.com

Alveosport is made by the Swiss company Sekisui Alveo AG, a European leader in foams specializing in polyolefin foams since 1971. The company is a subsidiary of S­ ekisui Chemical Co. Ltd., with a global staff of over 20,000, and a global leader in foams since 1968. Alveosport is distributed worldwide through the Sekisui Group, comprising a global network of 76 companies serving every major country.

SEKISUI ALVEO (Benelux) BV De Raaf 33A 4102 DG Culemborg, Niederlande Telefon +31(0)34 553 3939 alveosport@SekisuiAlveo.com www.alveosport.com

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SERGE FERRARI BP 54 38352 La Tour du Pin Cedex, France Phone +33(0)474 974133 ferrari@ferrari-texyloop.com www.sergeferrari.com

The French manufacturing group Serge Ferrari is a leader in the flexible composite material sector. As the inventor of Précontraint Serge Ferrari technology, they design and manufacture flexible composite materials for architecture, yachting, industry, furniture, equipment protection, health and environment sectors. Serge Ferrari brings flexible composites with technical, functional and enviromental responses perfectly adapted to the most stringent requirements of major sporting events.

SEW® - Systemtechnik für Energierecycling und Wärmeflussbegrenzung GmbH Industriering Ost 86-90 47906 Kempen, Germany Phone +49(0)2152 91560 info@sew-kempen.de www.sew-kempen.de

SEW® – Systemtechnik für Energierecycling und Wärmeflussbegrenzung GmbH is a manufacturer of heat and cold recovery systems for all ventilation and air-conditioning systems. SEW®’s energy conservation technology is highly efficient and highly profitable and, by reducing the need for heating, refrigeration and recooling equipment, drastically cuts energy consumption and thus pays its own way.

Signgrass® NIK-Tufting BV Stökskesweg 13 5571 TJ Bergeijk, Netherlands 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 artificial 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.

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 installation 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 11 Olympic Games and 38 World Championships and will be Official Supplier to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

SPORT-THIEME GmbH Helmstedter Straße 40 38368 Grasleben, Germany Phone +49(0)5357 18181 info@sport-thieme.de www.sport-thieme.de

Over the five decades of its existence, Sport-Thieme being a traditional family firm has always proven itself as youthful, dynamic and innovative. For more than half a century now, Sport-Thieme has been competent advisor to school and club sports as well as in the area of fitness and therapy. Today Sport-Thieme is one of the most important mail order companies for institutional sports. It has grown to be one of the recognised leaders in this branch of industry.

STARGUM Zakład Przemysłu Gumowego Jan Stankiewicz ul. Cieplna 7 73-110, Stargard Szczeciński, 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 surfaces such as football pitches, running tracks and playgrounds. With over 30 years of experience 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.

STRABAG Sportstättenbau GmbH 44147 Dortmund, Germany Phone +49(0)231 9820230 sportstaettenbau-dortmund@strabag.com www.strabag-sportstaettenbau.com

STRABAG Sportstättenbau GmbH specialises in complete solutions for indoor and outdoor sports facilities, inclusive of maintenance and care. Numerous projects have been realised in this way – among them, public-private partnerships, inclusive of building construction and financing. We have the right solution for all sports-related 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

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.

Universal Sport Sportgeräteherstellungs- und Vertriebs GmbH Waldstraße 8 71101 Schönaich, Germany Phone +49(0)7031 75330 info@universal-sport.com www.universal-sport.com

Since the establishment of Universal Sport in 1982 a worldwide net of sales representatives has been set up. On more than 3000 m² sport product’s get engineered, produced and stored. With the always present thought of safety, we have revised many of our items, for example Umpire’s Chairs, Tennis Nets and Tennis Posts.

Vector Foiltec GmbH Steinacker 3 28717 Bremen, Germany Phone +49(0)421 69351-0 de@vector-foiltec.com www.vector-foiltec.com

Vector Foiltec designed, manufactured and installed the first ETFE cladding system in 1981 and has retained our position as markets leaders in this field. We currently manufacture our product under the trademark of Texlon®. Vector Foiltec holds the world’s most comprehensive body of ETFE related research data and continue to bring new and innovative products to the market. We are proud of our consistent track record in the delivery of elegant cost effective engineering solutions to meet our client’s many, varied sb 6/2016 and often complex needs.

Waagner-Biro is a steel engineering organisation based in Vienna. Founded in 1854, the tradition-conscious company has amassed nearly 160 years of experience. Today, Waagner-Biro has more than a thousand employees working at some 15 locations in Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Waagner-Biro is one of the largest suppliers of stage equipment world-wide.

Waagner-Biro Bavaria Stage Systems GmbH Am Schönbühl 12 92729 Weiherhammer, Germany Phone +49(0)9605 92220 stagesystems.bavaria@waagner-biro.com www.waagner-biro.at

Weinberger is the leading company in the Rhine-Neckar area for screeding, floorcoverings (carpeting, linoleum, rubber and PVC surfaces), parquet, sports floors, net curtains, decorative fabrics, 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

Wiedenmann GmbH, founded in 1964 as a family-owned enterprise, is one of the leading manufacturers of high-class machines for turf maintenance, dirt removal and winter service. The comprehensive range of implements for compact tractors and lightduty utility vehicles is targeted towards commercial and municipal customers. The main focus are machines for turf regeneration, artificial turf maintenance, collection and removal of grass and leaves, mower decks, turf sweepers and as well as sweepers for snow and dirt, snow blades and salt spreaders.

Wiedenmann GmbH Am Bahnhof 89192 Rammingen, Germany Phone +49(0)7345 9530 info@wiedenmann.de www.wiedenmann.de

Zeller´s qualified staff are the guarantee for creative, technically sound solutions. On their company 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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