Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos win the restricted competition to design the speed skating hall at the Sportforum in Berlin.

With the new building, the training of top athletes and up-and-coming athletes in the field of winter sports at the Sportforum Berlin, will be optimized in the future.

The competition was launched in January 2020 by the State of Berlin, represented by the Senate Department for Urban Development and Housing, was decided last week, by the jury on June 18, 2020.

The competition's aim was to get a functional, creative and economically convincing design for the extension. The usable area of ​​2,406m² contains facilities for athletic training and a functional area. With the interaction of the existing hall and the new building, the speed skating hall is to be given an independent, perceptible look and the access routes are to be restructured for users.
The new new High Performance Skate Centre will be located in the Berlin district of Lichtenberg, the 15 participants from across the EU had to develop an overall concept, which restructured the location and fit into the heterogeneous context in terms of urban planning.
 
Nieto Sobejano winning project is conceived as an independent volume, smaller in size, but similar to the shape of the existing ice rink, thus establishing a homothetic relationship with the main building.
 
A total of 11.5 million euros gross is estimated for the construction project. Construction is scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2022.
 
The competition jury, chaired by Berlin architect Patrik Dierks, decided as follows:
 
1st Prize.- Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos GmbH, Berlin.
2nd Prize.- KERSTEN KOPP Architects, Berlin.
3rd Price.- Heide & von Beckerath, Berlin.

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Fuensanta Nieto (Madrid 1957) and Enrique Sobejano (Madrid 1957), are graduated architects by the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM) and Master of Science in Building Design por la Graduate School of Architecture and Planning (GSAPP), Columbia University, New York (USA). Are partners of the office Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, with headquarters in Madrid and Berlín.

Enrique Sobejano is Design Professor at the Universität der Künste Berlin (Germany) and Fuensanta Nieto Fuensanta is an Design Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at the Universidad Europea de Madrid. Both have been guest professors and lecturers at various universities and institutions within and outside Spain. From 1986 to 1991 was Director of ARQUITECTURA magazine, of Official College of Architects of Madrid.

Sobejano Nieto's work has been published in numerous magazines and books in Spanish and international, such as Casabella, METALOCUS, The Sketch, Architectural Review, Domus, Architectural Record, Detail, A + U, etc, and has been exhibited, among other places, Venice Biennale (2000, 2002, 2006) and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York (2006). They have received the National Award for Restoration of the Ministry of Culture (2008), the Nike Prize BDA (Bund Deutscher Architekten) (2010) and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (2010).

Among his recent works include Madinat al Zahra Museum (Córdoba), Moritzburg (Germany), Colegio de San Gregorio (Valladolid) and the Conference Centres of Mérida and Zaragoza.

NIETO SOBEJANO ARQUITECTOS: http://www.nietosobejano.com

 

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Published on: June 25, 2020
Cite: "Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos winner for the extension of the Ice Rink Sports Centre competition" METALOCUS. Accessed
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