StreetDome Haderslev, Denmark
StreetDome is an open playground and social meeting place for recreational athletes of all ages, skill levels, and cultures. It formsa vast and unique urban landscape for activities, including a 4,500 m2 skate park and facilities for sports such asstreet basketball, parkour, bouldering, and canoe polo. The dome is adapted to both the site and the specific function of skateboarding and street culture. On the outside, the dome is an actual part of the skate park, growing out of the concrete landscape like a mushroom.
From Haderslev harbour front, StreetDome’s overall ambition is to set new standards for urban arenas for unorganised sports. The StreetDome itself is based on CEBRA’s igloo hall concept. To reduce running costs, the hall is unheated and lit primarily through daylight, while the building’s surface area has been minimised through its dome shape. The roof spans around 40 meters, under which there is a large open floor. This space is free of load-bearing structures and can therefore be used for any kind of sporting arrangement, in this case, skateboarding.
The Igloo is adapted to both the site and the specific function of skateboarding and street culture. The structure is designed as a functional part of the park for skating, with banks, stairs, and slopes along the rim. Inside, a series of pools is scooped out of the floor next to a street basketball court and a central boulder structure containing a performance platform, seating and bathrooms. Wide gates open to the outside, connecting the surrounding skate park to the indoor floor, creating a seamless flow throughout the entire park. StreetDome forms a continuous, varied spatial course, giving Scandinavia a modern street-sport arena with unique features and possibilities.
Orientation, identity, and a living roof
The dome’s bright colour scheme was introduced to design as a simple yet effective tool for wayfinding and orientation. The red gates and the green boulder structure mark transitions in functions and clearly stand out from the concrete landscape so that they are easily recognisable when you move through the course at speed. The complementary red and green colours share an aesthetic kinship yet remain easily distinguishable. At the same time, they are in immediate continuation of the dome's moss-sedum roof.
The StreetDome’s roof is covered with prefabricated moss-sedum elements, which consist of a variety of stonecrops and spontaneously occurring moss. The green roof serves both aesthetic and functional purposes. Visually, the roof will change colour between green and rusty red with the seasons and weather conditions, and the vegetation’s appearance will develop over time, influenced by the local climate and fertilisation. From June to September, the roof will blossom with yellow, white and pink flowers. Functionally, the green roof contributes to better urban and indoor climates. As the hall is uninsulated, the vegetation prevents overheating during the summer, acts as sound insulation, filters the air and reduces particle pollution. In addition, the roof can absorb rainwater, which then evaporates rather than running off the building and onto the skate park.
In the planning phaseof the park, CEBRA implemented the results of a comprehensive dialogue and engagement process with a wide range of the facility’s future user groups. This process has been an essential element right from the project’s initial phases and has left a clear mark on the final design.
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