Embedded in the surroundings: Rottweil sports and gymnasium
Our design in the realization competition for the new Rottweil sports hall reads the history of the existing building complex and carefully complements the existing geometries. The new structure responds to the local situation and the topography. It does not impose itself, but rather recedes into the background and yet creates new amenity qualities on the campus.
Urban planning arrangement
The structure differentiates between the higher sports hall area and the side wing, whose embracing L-shapes enter into a dialog with the volume of the Albertus Magnus Gymnasium. The floor plan of the design is unagitated. The cubic design in relation to the grammar school creates a new courtyard situation and restructures the site.
The entrance is easily accessible from the main access routes. The additional side entrance, which is located between the storey heights on the west side of the hall, allows the building to be embedded in the topography.
Architectural concept
The positioning of the new volume means that existing pathways and almost the entire high-quality tree population can be preserved. The modern structure has a simple and unpretentious design. It complements the park and the campus and does not form its own isolated ecosystem.
The appearance of the hall is determined by the raw material wood. This also creates a dialog with the surroundings and the trees in the adjacent green corridor. Treetops also remain visible above the hall roof.
A generous glass insert on all sides of the new building allows the outside space to visually penetrate into the sports hall. The foyer and the west-facing access axis of the utility rooms are completely framed by glass. This creates an intensive visual relationship with the greenery.
The adjoining rooms at hall level are dug into the topography. In contrast, the playing field in the hall opens up to the outdoor pitch through a large ribbon of window glass and makes reference to it.
In addition to the incidence of light through the ribbon window, funnel-shaped skylights provide natural lighting and ventilation in the sports hall.
Development
The main access to the hall is via the foyer at secondary school level. The same rooms are accessed via two parallel axes that embrace the changing and ancillary rooms - the boot corridor and the sneaker corridor. Clean and dirty areas are thus separated from each other.
Completely barrier-free access to all rooms is possible via the main entrance and the directly accessible elevator.
Uses
The Zweifeldhalle can be divided and used as two separate halls at the same time for school or club sports.
The glazed foyer creates an attractive space. The kitchen is adjoined by a counter, making the space suitable for use as a reception area and for providing catering.
Construction and materiality
Components in contact with the ground are made of recycled concrete. The supporting structure and the façades are made of timber.
The main supporting structure of the hall spans a span of approx. 26.8 meters in the transverse direction using glulam girders.
The natural materiality should also be visible in the interior. The result is a warm impression, a play of wood and light that fulfills the functionality of a sports facility, but also creates the feeling of a place that welcomes its visitors.
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School campus Willy-Hellpach-School
Municipal school buildings
School Campus East
Emil-von-Behring-Gymnasium
