The Orange Campus in Neu-Ulm, Germany, is a utopia for sports enthusiasts. Not only thanks to the fantastic sports facilities, but also because of the high ambitions in quality, sustainability and environment. The Arturo PU2030 cast floor with Cradle to Cradle Certified® Silver certificate makes an important contribution to this.
The Orange Campus is one of the largest sports centers for basketball in Europe. In just 20 months, a 77,000 m³ building was completed, with three training halls, a foyer with fan shop, indoor and outdoor gastronomy and a fitness center with sauna and wellness facilities. In addition, offices, meeting and conference rooms have been set up. A freely accessible outdoor sports park provides ample open space for basketball, fitness and yoga.
Designed by architectural firm Scherr+Klimke AG, owned by basketball club BBU'01, the Orange Campus is intended to provide amateurs, young players as well as pros of the Bundesliga team Ratiopharm Ulm with an optimal training environment. "At the same time, it should become a meeting place for citizens of the region," explains architect Alexander Ostermann. "A uniform floor covering connects the various rooms. Here we deliberately chose the Arturo PU2030 flooring system. This system is not only high quality and very durable, but also offers many design possibilities."
The striking anthracite-colored Arturo concrete look Dark Move leads from the foyer through all traffic areas to the Orange Campus restaurant and shop. "The cast floor in two-tone concrete look is crack-bridging up to 1 mm, suitable for daily use and guarantees a very high level of walking comfort," said Arturo sales manager Jens Zubke. "The special, cloudy hue is created by mixing two colors of screed. In this case, gray tones were chosen in a mixing ratio of 90:10."
The eye-catcher is the Arturo PU2030 Cast Floor in club color orange, which was applied at the sports entrance and continues into the concrete look of the foyer with almost 24m² sponsor wall. On the so-called "Wall of Fan," 699 donors have immortalized themselves in the impressive inscription "We are One. "We also applied this club motto with a foil to the screed," says Marcello Diso of applicator Rauer Bau- und Betonsanierung GmbH.
"The silk-matte Arturo PU7320 Topcoat is applied as a final protective layer and guarantees the required R10 anti-slip value."
With the Arturo PU2030 cast floor, Arturo - a brand of Uzin Utz Netherlands - optimally fulfills the high sustainability ambitions of the Orange Campus. This is underscored by the Cradle to Cradle Certified® Silver certificate, which it received on April 7, 2021. The certificate is the result of over 3 years of research, intensive supplier partnerships and sustainable, well thought-out product developments, says Manager of Sustainability Annette Schumer. "Moreover, it is an important step in our ambition to create a sustainable and circular chain. The certificate makes a substantial contribution in achieving building certification systems such as LEED, BREEAM and DGNB and as an organization we are very proud of that!"
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