DGI-Huset or DGI Huset Aarhus is a sports center located in Aarhus , Denmark . Parts of the buildings are historic, built in 1910 as part of the Aarhus Central Workshops for the Danish national railway company DSB . In 1990, DSB closed and sold their repair facilities to Aarhus Municipality and in 1997 the sports organization of DGI bought the building. An extensive renovation and construction project was completed on 11 October 2003, including new extensions. The buildings now serves as the primary facility for the sports organization Danske Gymnastik- & Idrætsforeninger in Aarhus, featuring a number of sports facilities, conference rooms. It is also home to some local sports clubs. The organization DGI-Århusegnen , the local chapter of the national organization DGI, took initiative to establish the sports center in the building.
9-445: There are 3 halls of different sizes in addition to a trampoline hall, climbing wall and rhythmic hall. A new house was built in front of the old repair facilities and it connects to a fourth building which contains reception, café, conference rooms and a commercial wellness shop on 110 m². The facilities in the fourth building can be used for meetings of up to 60 people and quiet activities such as yoga and pilates. In August 2007 DGI-huset
18-420: Is situated next to Bruuns Galleri and Aarhus Central Station . The renovation in 2003 was carried out by the construction company NCC by drawings from the architect firms Schmidt Hammer Lassen and 3XN while Rambøll was the leading engineer on the project. The building is 3 connected halls which used to here locomotives were brought for repair. Original details from the repair facilities are preserved in
27-755: The Danish Heritage Agency on 18 September 1996. The building is situated in the central Indre By neighborhood on Jægergårdsgade adjacent to the Aarhus Central Workshops . The building was constructed as the administrative offices of the Danish National Railroad 's central rail workshops in Aarhus. The workshops had been the primary repair facility for trains and trams in Jutland and Fuenen from 1880 and
36-424: The area, stands independently, separated from nearby buildings. It is located on the highest point in the area, atop a hill overlooking the workshops below. The building is constructed of red brick, similar to most other structures in the vicinity. The roof is pitched and features a large dormer window on the front facade with a balcony on top while there's a series of smaller dormer windows behind. Brick cornices frame
45-507: The raw, industrial look of the buildings - visible support structures, large skylights and naked brick walls. 56°08′56.7″N 10°12′23.6″E / 56.149083°N 10.206556°E / 56.149083; 10.206556 Baumann House (Aarhus) The Baumann House is a listed building in Aarhus , Denmark. The building was constructed in 1911 and was listed in the national Danish registry of protected buildings and places by
54-402: The renovated buildings. The large gates letting trains into the building are still there along with the internal cranes that could be moved along the length of the building. Other features are the characteristic shed-roof with windows facing north and the large windows - some 10 meters tall with iron frames and some only 6 meters tall with the original wooden frames. The renovation also preserved
63-444: The workforce gradually started shrinking in the following decades. in 1990 DSB decided to close the facility and reassign the remaining 140 workers. The buildings were listed in 1995 after which they were sold off. In 2007 the two bottom floors were used for fitness and spinning. The building was designed by Povl Baumann from whom the building gets its name. The building features imposing proportions and, unlike other structures in
72-487: The workforce had grown steadily to some 750 people by 1910. The constant expansion of the national railroads and the growing rolling stock meant the workshops were constantly expanding necessitating an administrative unit to oversee the work. The office building was completed in 1911. The workforce peaked with some 1850 people in the post-war years but in the 1950s repair work was gradually centralized in Copenhagen and
81-407: Was expanded with fitness and spinning facilities in the two bottom floors of the neighboring Baumann House which originally contained the train repair yard offices. The facilities are for both sports organizations and people who are not members of an organization. DGI-huset has a floor area of some 5.000 m², mainly in a listed building in the area of the former train and rail central workshops. It
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