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Press centres Euro 2012 from Holland

In the coming week, more than 500 journalists will be reporting on Euro 2012 in Poland from a Dutch high-tech building. Neptunus is erecting so-called demountable buildings next to the football stadiums in the Polish cities of Poznam and Gdansk. Neptunus only had a couple of weeks to erect the press centres. And yet the resulting buildings look exactly the same as conventional buildings.

A total of nearly 4,000 square metres of temporary press accommodation has been built. The organisation of Euro 2012 did everything possible to make the journalists feel at home. Anybody working in the buildings has little idea that these are temporary structures. The press centres are right next to the stadiums, so that match reports can be filed immediately. Journalists can also make use of fully equipped work stations with Internet.

At the end of Euro 2012, the buildings will be taken down and erected elsewhere in Europe. This makes the buildings extremely sustainable. Once the competition is over, there will be no buildings left empty as has happened frequently in the past. The temporary press centre is not only unusual because it was erected in just a few weeks, but also because no crane was needed. This is thanks to a special hydraulic system which means that even at great heights there is no need for a crane.

Dorrie Eilers, director of Neptunus: “Events such as Euro 2012 need a lot of accommodation for just a short period. The organisation chose a temporary and sustainable solution that is in no way inferior to permanent accommodation. We erected fully equipped press centres in a very short time. As a Dutch company, we are very proud of this fine project.”