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Sports school Zinnowitz
Sports school Zinnowitz
The municipality of Zinnowitz invested around 8.7 million euros in the renovation and partial refurbishment of the accommodation area of the Zinnowitz Sports School with the support of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Ministry of Economics.
The existing buildings were in a poor structural condition and no longer met the requirements of today’s accommodation facilities. The building, which now has a total of 238 beds, dates back to the 1960s. As Zinnowitz has a similar climate to Tokyo and this was recognized by the GDR leadership, the building was constructed in the Baltic seaside resort. The sports school in Zinnowitz was the GDR’s cadre school, where athletes prepared for the Olympic Games.
The existing buildings were in a poor structural condition and no longer met the requirements of today’s accommodation facilities. The building, which now has a total of 238 beds, dates back to the 1960s. As Zinnowitz has a similar climate to Tokyo and this was recognized by the GDR leadership, the building was constructed in the Baltic seaside resort. The sports school in Zinnowitz was the GDR’s cadre school, where athletes prepared for the Olympic Games.
Project data
Place: Dr.-Wachsmann-Straße 30, 17454 ZinnowitzClient: Municipality of Ostseebad Zinnowitz
Planning: 2014 – 2015
Construction time: 2015 – 2019
Construction costs: 7.800.000 €
Photographer: rimpf Architektur & Generalplanung
Modern architecture and renovation of the old building
rimpf Architektur & Generalplanung, with offices in Eckernförde, Hamburg and Greifswald, was awarded the contract in 2015 in a publicly tendered VOF procedure.
The planning was divided into four components. The first component comprised the existing three-storey building, which is used exclusively for accommodation purposes. It was renovated, converted, optimized for energy efficiency and made barrier-free in all areas. The fourth component is a new building, which adjoins the first component and is used for accommodation and supply purposes.
The planning was divided into four components. The first component comprised the existing three-storey building, which is used exclusively for accommodation purposes. It was renovated, converted, optimized for energy efficiency and made barrier-free in all areas. The fourth component is a new building, which adjoins the first component and is used for accommodation and supply purposes.
Chameleon façade on the vacation island of Usedom
From our Greifswald office, we were responsible for the planning and construction work and gave the building a new façade, which tells the changing history of the building through changing surfaces.
The iridescent façade panels transform the building into an unmistakable work of art, which changes at any time when the viewpoint changes. The color never remains the same and the surface changes depending on the perspective and incidence of sunlight.
After almost three years of construction, the accommodation for athletes reopened in 2019. Even boxing coaching legend Uli Wegner came by to congratulate.
