Deutscher Fussball-Bund Academy

At the edge of the city’s woodland and of the river main floodplain, the project proposes to develop the football training centre as a landscape garden within the city of Frankfurt.

The existing topography of the site is ideally flat and mostly appropriate for the installation of sport pitches. The existing woodland and specimen trees provide an exceptional setting for the complex.

The woodland sitting along the eastern boundary is extended to create a series of monumental glades, creating a protective setting and buffer for the football pitches. A mix of tree species (mostly native species) are planted as saplings and tillers in order to generate a green belt around the complex; Borrowing the forestry planting technique, an efficient, rich, long-lasting and biodiverse woodland is generated at a reduced cost.

The system of clearings, formed by hedges, creates various views, experience and atmospheres to the users. they are mostly planted with lawn and rich species meadows.

The different layers of tree planting create a grading from the existing natural looking forest to the artificial landscape of the football pitches turf.

Directly facing the building, the southern glade garden contains a green amphitheatre facing the main entrance of the disc like building.

Various paths distribute the pitches and the different areas of the park, creating delightful promenades around the site. The free form of the running track crosses different atmospheres and provides pleasure in training.