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Ost Indoor Swimming Pool in Leipzig
Leisure Building in Saxony, Germany – design by gmp · Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, architects
27 Aug 2019
Ost Indoor Swimming Pool Leipzig

Ost Indoor Swimming Pool in Leipzig Building
Architects: gmp · Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner
First prize goes to ensemble by gmp
With its timeless and clear pattern language, the design by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners impressed the jury. The ensemble comprising the indoor sports swimming pool and health center at Otto-Runki-Platz continues the block structure of Neustadt and, at the same time, makes a link to the neighboring parks.
Otto-Runki-Platz lies in the Neustadt-Neuschönfeld part of the city to the east of Leipzig?s inner city and hitherto has served as a public park. To the north of the plot, the two building blocks have a direct border with Eisenbahnstrasse and thus form a spatial edge along the main traffic axis. To the south-east, the devel-opment of the swimming pool and health center creates a landscaped open space, which integrates some of the existing trees. The central planted circulation axis between the two buildings widens out to a landscaped plaza, which leads on to the Rabet public park.

From a formal design point of view, the swimming pool?which constitutes the first construction phase?has its own succinct identity and will later be complimented by the two-story...