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Clubhouse in Nordkirchen, 2023
In 2023, we realized Europe's first public building using 3D printing in Nordkirchen.
In Nordkirchen-Capelle, the new clubhouse of the SC Capelle football club was built as Europe's first public building constructed using a 3D printer. The building's shell was created on-site using the COBOD BOD2 3D concrete printing process and completed after approximately 140 hours of printing time. With dimensions of approximately 25 meters in length, 15 meters in width, and 10 meters in height, the project demonstrates how 3D printing can be practically applied in municipal construction. The building was printed using evoBuild® 3D printing technology – a mineral concrete developed specifically for 3D concrete printing by Heidelberg Materials, which is fully recyclable. Together with Steinhoff Architects and the municipality of Nordkirchen, a pioneering clubhouse for the community was thus created.
Location
Project category
Public building / Club and community building
Pure printing time
140 hours
Project participants
City of Nordkirchen
Steinhoff Architects
Gebrüder Lorenz GmbH
Heidelberg Materials
IMPRESSIONS OF THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
Layer by layer to the clubhouse
Automation in public construction
The shell of the clubhouse was printed directly on the construction site using the COBOD BOD2. Layer by layer, the building envelope was created in approximately 140 hours of pure printing time – precisely, efficiently, and under real-world conditions in a municipal setting.
Layer by layer from the printer
The close-up shows the print head in action: The BOD2 applies the evoBuild® 3D-printed concrete layer by layer. This creates the walls directly from the digital model – with a visible layer appearance and entirely without formwork.
Organic forms for the community
The architecture is characterized by curved walls and flowing geometries. This design freedom was economically realized using 3D printing, giving the clubhouse a distinctive look.
From pilot project to lived infrastructure
Once the printing and construction are complete, the building will become the heart of club life. The slider gallery on the left shows exterior and interior views of the finished clubhouse and the typical 3D-printed look of the walls. A particular highlight for the owners: the bar, which was printed directly into the building.
Layer by layer in time-lapse
You can find some impressions of the construction site here in a short time-lapse video. From the first layer to the last printed layer, you can see how the clubhouse grows step by step – and how 3D printing allows the shell to be precisely created on site in a short time.
Requirements and solutions
Requirements
As a publicly accessible clubhouse, the building had to meet functional, building code, and design requirements equally. At the same time, the project was intended to put 3D concrete printing into practice in a municipal context under real construction site conditions and provide experience for future public applications.
Solutions
Through close coordination between the municipality, planning team, material partners, and printing crew, the building was consistently designed for 3D printing. The COBOD BOD2 reliably reproduced the complex wall geometries on site. evoBuild 3D printing provided the necessary characteristics for a stable, continuous printing process and supported the project's resource-efficient approach.
Customer benefit
The community center in Nordkirchen demonstrates how 3D building printing can already contribute to public infrastructure: rapid structural construction, great design freedom, and the use of a fully recyclable building material. As the first public 3D-printed building in Europe, it also serves as a practical reference point for further municipal projects and sustainable construction methods.
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