Where only two years ago there were sports areas in need of renovation, derelict grandstands and fields repurposed as storage areas, there is now a modern and multi-functional educational and sports campus which invites all generations to enjoy movement and social interaction.On September 22, the town of Bürstadt celebrated the ceremonial inauguration of the new complex at the beginning of the opening week alongside numerous project partners. Stuttgart-based consultancy Drees & Sommer SE participated in the event. Since the beginning of the project in 2014, the company has, inter alia, provided services in the areas of project steering and project management.
“The new educational and sports campus is a contemporary and sustainable play, movement and recreation site for everyone in Bürstadt. In addition to promoting competitive and popular sports, our aim was to create a location for social contact and educational purposes for all age groups,“ says Bürstadt’s Mayor Barbara Schader. More than seven sports clubs will use the new complex regularly for sports such as soccer, beach volleyball, archery, American football, athletics, skating and cycling.
Highest Sustainability Standards
One aspect of the design is a meticulously planned energy and sustainability concept. Over time it is planned to reduce the CO2 emissions from the complex to the level of a single-family house. To achieve this goal, resources such as regenerative energy, a heating grid 4.0 and an intelligent lighting system will be used. During the construction period, care was also taken to ensure that the materials in the building can be recycled. For example, the artificial turf surface of the sports pitches can be fully recycled after the end of its service life, and the filling material to level the pitches consists of shredded olive stones instead of plastic. In addition, wood was used as the building material in many parts of the project. The interior walls of the education center are made of rammed clay and regulate the indoor climate without any technical equipment.
The educational and sports campus covers a total area of about 68,000 square meters and is situated on the eastern edge of the town close to Bubenlachring. Three architectural firms worked on the project: prosa Architektur & Stadtplanung/Quasten Rauh PartGmbB and LS2 Landschaftsarchitekten. Even before it was opened, the project was awarded the Hessian State Prize for Building Culture (Landespreis Baukultur) and the State Prize for Architecture and Urban Development (Staatspreis für Architektur und Städtebau). The State Prize has been awarded by the federal state of Hesse and the Chamber of Architects and Urban Planners of the federal state of Hesse (AKH) since 1954 and is one of the oldest and most prestigious awards in Germany.
Read more about the project in our press release.