New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023

Project category

Identify the award category for which this project is being submitted
Regaining a sense of belonging

Email user
rinke@dtp-essen.de

Basic information
Project title
Sportpark Styrum

Full Project Title
Sportpark Styrum - A Park for Everyone

Please provide a short, catchy description of your project to be used in communication towards the public.
The Styrum Sports Park in Mülheim an der Ruhr is a family and generation-friendly sports and neighbourhood park that links numerous local offerings. The park’s landscape, which was developed with the active participation of local citizens, offers a number of low-threshold but also challenging and unusual activities.

What was the geographical scope of your project?
Local

Where was your project implemented?
Member State(s) and Western Balkans
Germany

If relevant, insert names of region(s)/municipality(ies) involved
NRW, Mülheim

Does your project address mainly urban or rural issues?
Mainly urban

Does your project refer to a physical transformation of the built environment or other types of transformations (hard or soft investments)?
It refers to a physical transformation of the built environment (hard investment)

Has your project benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?
No

Has your project won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?
No

Is your project fully completed
Yes

Please indicate a date (mm/yy)
2022-04-30

On whose behalf are you submitting the application?
As an individual
Please provide the contact details for the project promoter (the individual or representative of the organisation authorised to represent the project).
- First name: Klaus
  Last name: Tenhofen
  Gender: Male
  Nationality: Germany
  Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: Im Löwental 76
  Town: Essen
  Postal code: 45239
  Country: Germany
  Direct Tel: +49 201 7473610
  E-mail: post@dtp-essen.de
  Website: http://dtp-essen.de
Social Media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.)
- URL: https://instagram.com/dtp_landschaftsarchitekten/
  Social media handle and associated hashtag(s): #dtplandschaftsarchitekten
In case my project is selected as a finalist of the NEB Prizes 2023, I agree to share the name (individual and/or organisation’s), email address, website and social media accounts indicated above with other NEB Prizes finalists. I also agree to publish the name (individual and/or organisation’s), website and social media accounts indicated above next to the public description of my project in the channels of the European Commission.
Yes

How did you hear about the New European Bauhaus Prizes?
Previous participants

Description of the project
Please provide a summary of your project.
The Styrum Sports Park in Mülheim an der Ruhr is a family and generation-friendly sports and leisure park that offers challenging and unusual activities.
The new sports park, located on the site of a former cinder pitch, was created with the support of local clubs, residents, athletes and children from local schools and kindergartens. The diverse offerings including the Ninja Run, the beach volleyball courts, the interactive goal wall and the variety of outdoor fitness equipment are integrated into a flowing and connecting landscape designed for diverse activities and encounters.
The extensive grassland areas provide a calm contrast to the high-intensity sports activities. They offer opportunities to linger, picnic or use sports equipment integrated into the landscape while also being designed for ecological purposes such as rainwater retention or for serving as a grassy pasture for insects. To offer active breaks, the small playground of the adjacent school was modernised and a new, physical activity playground for older kindergarten and younger school school children was developed.
The surroundings of the sports hall, the municipal day-care centre and the Feldmann foundation park are linked via the park with its sports landscape. This has created synergies and opened up previously closed places.
We see the low-threshold, free and stimulating sports offers in the park as a key that may also introduce users to the complementary offers of the local clubs as well as educational and cultural institutions. This approach is also supported by firmly established on-site supervision.

Please indicate the main themes of your project with 5 key words.
Genereation-friendly sports and leisure park

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
Outdoor fitness

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
Rainwater rentention

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
Grassland areas

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
Ecological purposes

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of sustainability and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
The Styrum Sports Park features an active rainwater management system allowing the water from all sealed surfaces to seep into the ground. Early participation and networking of stakeholders has created social interaction, increased acceptance and ensures good maintenance of the park. Existing soil and base layers / paving are reused. Solar panels on the open-air hall provide energy. The retention areas and new planting with native woody plants and seedlings ensure a good microclimate.

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design, positive emotions and cultural benefits) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
The Styrum Sports Park sets high standards in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience. The special corporate design developed for the park makes it recognisable. The main colour yellow can be found in many places across the park. All signs, the sports and playground equipment as well as the park furniture have a sophisticated and integrated design. Despite a multitude of different fixtures, the sports park has a very aesthetic and high-quality design.

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
The accessible Styrum Sports Park appeals to people of all ages, social classes and cultures. It is a park for encounters, shared experiences, sport and exercise. All activities in this public space are free of charge. During opening hours, there is a programme of courses and events, and local street workers regularly come and use the sports park as a contact point. It is an important social space in the neighbourhood.

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the project and civil society have been involved in the project and what has been the impact of this involvement on the project
The Styrum Sports Park was created with the active involvement of local clubs, residents, athletes and children from local schools and kindergartens.

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) were engaged in the design and implementation of the project. Please highlight what the added value of their engagement was.
There were several participation formats on site as a presentation and workshop format with the actors on site (students / (sports) teachers of the schools, members of the sports club, children and educators of the kindergarten, as well as the intensive involvement of the Mülheimer Sport Service and the subsequent maintenance and management of the facility. Parallel to the construction work, a website was created for the park. This shows the construction process as well as offers and news about the park after completion.

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields were reflected in the design and implementation of your project. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted with each other, and what the added value of this process was.
Integration: good example of neighbourhood development
Aesthetics: the park’s corporate design invites visitors to come and to join in
Sustainability: solar panels on the open-air hall, rainwater management, retention areas, native woody plants and seedlings

Please give information on the results, outcomes and impacts achieved by your project in relation to the category you apply for. This includes also benefits from the project for direct and indirect beneficiaries
The Styrum Sports Park on the outskirts of Mülheim offers numerous informal as well as guided activities, creating places for togetherness and movement. One important aspect is the involvement of local schools, clubs and associations such as Styrumer TV, the Feldmann Foundation, the Willy Brand School, the municipal primary school and the Karlchen day-care centre. To bring together different users, there are offers such football for girls, hip hop workshops, beach volleyball tournaments, boules, "midnight sports" and much more. The Styrum Sports Park combines different qualities and provides a community spirit while creating a colourful park of togetherness.

Please provide documents showing the results, outcomes and impacts of your project
Web link
Web link
- https://dtp-essen.de/projekte/sportpark-muehlheim-styrum
- https://www1.muelheim-ruhr.de/sport/sportpark-styrum
Please highlight the innovative character of the project, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the project
- Wide range of public sports offers that never existed before in this form
- The park is open to all
- Ecological parameters

Please describe the methodology or approach used in your project.
After an initial public kick-off event, several planning and participation events were held with the Styrum institutions (school, kindergarten, club, etc.) for further coordination. Based on the planning meetings, the concept of the sports park was further adapted to the needs of the stakeholders. The planning company DTP then translated these ideas into a plan and a cost calculation.
The first construction phase was financed with a donation from the Tengelmann Group and funds from the Leonhard Stinnes Foundation and the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr. The second major construction phase is being funded primarily by the state of NRW, from the Social Integration in Neighborhoods investment pact, with around 2.6 million euros plus the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr's own contribution.

Please describe which elements of your project could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and context. This may involve for example aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings etc.
Playing in public places, events, various courses on offer as this is a diverse, multifunctional place where a lot can happen; a sustainable site thanks to rainwater infiltration; a wide range of offers for everyone

Please explain what kind of global challenges the project addresses by providing local solutions
- Sport as an intercultural, unifying element can help overcome different world views and build bridges.
- Active negotiation of playing times and rules promote democracy.
- Reuse of materials and multicoding of areas minimises the project’s ecological footprint.
- Decentralised rainwater retention and infiltration as well as evaporation of rainwater through newly planted native trees and extensive meadows help to cool the area and contribute to groundwater recharge.
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