CASA, the Center for Applied Skateboard Arts, forms the first construction phase of the new action sports center of the City of Munich in the Pasing district. Since its opening in 2025, it has attracted visitors well beyond the city limits. The new skate hall, with an area of approximately 1,000 m², was created through the refurbishment and conversion of the former Eggen factory located north of the railway line between Munich and Pasing.
The project required a particularly sensitive approach to the listed historic fabric—a challenge that equally affected the design team, building physics consultants, and structural engineers.
Christoph Rein demonstrates how building physics concepts and simulations have led to a multi-award-winning overall concept.
The skate hall of the action sports center before and after refurbishment. Photo before refurbishment: Behnisch Architekten; after refurbishment: David Matthiessen.
Published in Bauphysik 47 (2025), Issue 6, A15, and on bauingenieur24.de
