Four sports halls, four locations, one principle: sport as a unifying element. Not only for the people who train here, but also for the architecture itself. In just one and a half years, four modern sports halls were built in Lüneburg, which blend harmoniously into their respective locations and yet bear a common design signature. This sporting pace was made possible by close cooperation between the city, the construction company and our architects.
In 2021, the Hanseatic City of Lüneburg decided to build four new modern sports halls - three two-court and one three-court hall - as part of a PPP owner model. While existing halls at the Lüne and Hasenburger Berg sites were demolished to make room for sustainable new buildings, new sports halls were built for the first time in the Hanseviertel and at the Igelschule. The overarching architectural concept connects all the halls through a striking façade design with surrounding ribbon windows and targeted colour accents, which give each hall its own identity while at the same time blending them harmoniously into their surroundings.
The well thought-out concept continues inside. Clear floor plans guide athletes and visitors intuitively through the foyers and changing rooms into the halls. One highlight is the three-court hall in the Hanseviertel, which is equipped with a grandstand for a larger audience. Multifunctional rooms such as a two-storey foyer and a flexible multi-purpose room offer space for a wide variety of uses. The room concept is made particularly flexible by mobile curtain partitions, which allow the size of the halls to be individually adapted - perfect for school and club sports alike.
All four sports halls are equipped with photovoltaic systems, which cover part of their own electricity requirements, as well as rainwater infiltration systems. Energy-optimized building shells and ventilation systems with heat recovery reduce energy consumption. The surrounding translucent strip lighting ensures optimum, glare-free natural lighting, which is supplemented by artificial lighting. In addition, green roofs help to improve the microclimate and make a valuable contribution to the ecological integration of the halls into their surroundings.
The project was realised as a PPP model, meaning that planning, construction and long-term maintenance were efficiently managed from a single source. The parallel implementation of the four halls made it possible to make optimum use of synergies and deploy resources in a targeted manner.
