Location Vienna, Austria Operator Sport Wien Architects RAUMKUNST ZT GmbH AT – 1070 Vienna www.raumkunst.at Ice hockey boards, refrigeration machine and EPDM matting AST Eis- und Solartechnik GmbH www.ast.at Sports flooring Gerflor GmbH www.gerflor.com Lockers Melcher & Co. Großh. Ges.m.b.H www.tschojer-melcher.at Author Harald Fux Photos Hertha Hurnaus Rudolf Klingohr Official opening December 2021 Construction costs EUR 14.5 million
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EVERGREEN IN A NEW GUISE EISRING SÜD SPORTS AND FUN HALL IN VIENNA The newly built sports and fun hall, a modern multifunctional facility, opened in Vienna‘s Favoriten district in December 2021. The master planner RAUMKUNST has opted for an innovative, sustainable energy strategy in the overhaul of „Eisring Süd“ by using 100 % of the waste heat from the ice preparation process for space heating and hot water. This saves up to 226 tonnes of CO2 equivalent annually, which amounts to the carbon emissions of more than 1.1 million car kilometres. Roughly 500 new homes are currently being built in the outlying areas around the sports facility on the site of the former speed skating oval and other sports areas that are no longer in use. In the centre, sport remains the main focus with a dedicated utilisation strategy revolving around trend sports. The outdated facilities with a total ice surface of 3,600 m² indoors and outdoors were brought up to the latest technical standards from June 2019 to November 2020, and a totally new sports and fun hall was built.
„An evergreen in a new guise,“ says architect Harald Fux, a managing director of RAUMKUNST. Adjoining to the south of the early-1980s ice rink, there is now a new two-storey functional building and areas for energy-efficient ice plant. The ground floor of the functional building houses the new entrance area comprising a shop, skate hire and fitting room, sanitary facilities and a canteen that can be used for both the indoor and outdoor ice rinks. The upper floor accommodates sb 1/2022