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Sports Hall in Vienna by Franz Architekten and Atelier Mauch
Austrian firms Franz Architekten and Atelier Mauch have completed this football training facility in Vienna for Fußballklub Austria Wien.
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The facility comprises three outdoor pitches and one indoor training hall that is lined in birch plywood.
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The cantilevered roof provides shelter for the entrances and terraces overlooking the pitches.
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The building is half submerged underground to comply with planning regulations.
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The center also houses fitness rooms, offices, massage and storage rooms and a cafeteria.
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Photographs are by Stephan Wyckoff.
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Here is more information from the architects:
fk austria wien training academy
A sporting challenge
The academy training grounds of the junior teams of Austria Vienna - one of the most traditional football clubs in Austria - lies close to the ‘Franz Horr Stadium’. They include a training hall and three grass pitches. The construction budget was extremely tight and the construction time limited to six months, and the handover date after completion a strict requirement in order to obtain the license of the Austrian Football League.
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Vienna building regulations set a maximum building height of 4.5 m and so the 7,0 m required clearance height in the training hall created an inevitable consequence: the entire building had to be lowered half below ground.
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To assist the long-term refinancing of the construction budget, the principle of a football- advertising board has been turned inside-out: a big roof with a beam and parapet height of 2.0 m is the dominant design element. Sponsors can advertise and demonstrate their support of junior teams on the popular Laaerbergstrabe.
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The roof cantilevers out a few meters on all sides and forms a generous, weather-resistant perimeter for entrances and terraces. On the eastern wing, a compact roof construction over the storage spaces is utilised as a roof terrace, where coaches and visitors are afforded a clear view over the heated artificial pitch.
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The training hall forms the heart of the building and enjoys glare-free north light. The other sides are extremely compact and efficiently arranged - a cafeteria, offices, fitness rooms and massage and storage rooms. The access corridor on the ground floor works like a gallery to the sunken playing field. The required emergency escape for the offices and fitness rooms is organised in a series terraces.
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The sportshall with it’s artificial grass floor and birch plywood-impact protection walls provides the ideal atmosphere and a platform for concentrated training without distraction.
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Low-temperature wall heating is utilised rather than conventional air heating. The artificial turf is carried through to the circulation zone which operates as a pre-warming buffer zone. All changing areas have natural daylight and direct access to the outside even though they are located in the basement.
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This is made possible because of the wide ramp that doubles up as a means of delivery and an ideal sprint training zone.
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Rainwater from the 2.500m2 roof surface is collected in large 120,000 liter tanks and serves as irrigation for the grass. The entire building is served by district heating.
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