The completion in 2012 of the Fontys School of Sport Studies at Eindhoven’s Genneper Parks was a first step in turning the parks into a 'sports estate'. Mecanoo’s design creates an important link in the network of sport accommodations and facilities in Genneper Parks.
2200 students and teachers make daily use of sports facilities in their own building, including the National Swimming Centre, the Tongelreep and the Indoor Sports Centre. Fontys School of Sport Studies, with state of the art sports facilities and a comprehensive sustainability concept, houses three curricula which were previously spread over locations in Sittard and Tilburg.
Status: Built
Location: Eindhoven, NL
Additional Credits: programme
Sports complex of 16,500 m2 with 5 sports halls of which several meet the NOC * NSF requirements, 1 with 400 seats, a 15 meter high climbing wall, a restaurant, a library and educational facilities as a multi media centre and a sports lab, and a parking garage with 200 parking spaces
client
Gemeente Eindhoven, Fontys Hogescholen
project address
Theo Koomenlaan, Eindhoven, Netherlands
design
2009 -2010
realization
2010 -2012
awards
WAF, World Architecture Festival Award, Schools Category.
