Article source: Slangen+Koenis Architects

The sports hall was commissioned by a group of sports clubs; a football club, a netball club and a volleyball club. The combined effort of this group – for example with volunteering construction workers – made it possible to construct this building on a very tight budget. For us the challenge was to design a building that would house all the clubs, could be used both separately and simultaneously by the different users and still be a notable landmark for the small community of Liessel. By combining parts of the functions of the original program and the newly designed flexible spaces, we were able to reduce the total gross floor area and thereby the total building cost.

Image Courtesy © Marcel van der Burg

• Architects: Slangen+Koenis Architects
• Project: Sports Hall ‘De Smeltkroes’
• Location: Liessel, The Netherlands
• Photography: Marcel van der Burg
• Project size: 1.400m²
• Duration: dec 2011 – dec 2012
• Chief Designers: Erik Slangen, Jakko Koenis
• Team: Sander Laheij, Bart Solinger