The university is getting a new research and training centre for sport. The new building should be completed by the end of the year. Those involved in the project met today for the topping-out ceremony.
The construction site is somewhat hidden between the university daycare centre, the sports centre, the Haaren and the Ofenerdieker Bäke: a new building has risen up at the south-western end of the Haarentor campus in recent months - the university's future "Sports Research and Training Centre". The new building with a classic clinker brick façade and a usable area of almost 660 square metres offers space for sports science laboratories and rooms for university sports.
Today, after ten months of construction, those involved celebrated the topping-out ceremony. Jörg Stahlmann is delighted that sports science and university sports will soon have urgently needed space. "The university, with around 16,000 students, continues to grow strongly. It is therefore particularly important that the infrastructure grows accordingly," says the Vice President for Administration and Finance at the university.
The new sports science laboratories offer opportunities for various modern measurement methods. Researchers can use cameras and sensors to carry out movement analyses, record ball throwing techniques or record eye movements, for example. The building also houses a teaching and learning laboratory, a media laboratory and three functional rooms for laboratory practicals and further education. A particular highlight is a covered running track, which enables researchers to film and subsequently analyse the natural biomechanical movement sequences of running.
Innovative energy supply
To ensure that research and university sports do not get in each other's way, the two uses are housed in different parts of the building, each with its own entrance. The university sports area is orientated towards the campus. This makes it easily accessible for participants. The new research and training centre is also equipped with changing rooms, equipment rooms and shower rooms.
The university is relying on innovative technologies for the building's energy supply, such as a gas hybrid heating system with an air heat pump and a condensing boiler to support the hot water supply. Photovoltaic modules with a total area of 400 square metres and a peak output of 74 kilowatts will generate renewable electricity on the roof.
The construction project is being coordinated by the State Construction Management Region North-West. The construction costs are just under 5.7 million euros.
