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24 Indoor Pools: Bringing the Tranquility of Water to Interior Spaces

Martita Vial della Maggiora — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 07:30:00 +0000

Within architecture, water evokes sentiments of calmness and wellbeing. The element has influenced design through its dynamic and fluid nature. With recent technological advances, architects have created some of the most strategic, innovative, and unexpected intersections of design and H2O.

Ecole des Menuisiers School Gymnasium / Urbane Kultur

Pilar Caballero — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 13:00:00 +0000

The project develops a resolutely simple, sober, and contemporary architecture. The building is composed by elementary volumes, which are delicately inserted into the overall composition of the site. A low base made of a double concrete wall anchors the project in its site. It includes changing rooms, storage spaces, and technical rooms. The volume of the sports hall is set back from the base on the four sides to reduce its impact. On the north and south facades, the base is extended into an awning, providing shelter for bikes at the association’s entrance and for the pupils waiting for their sport class on the court side.

School and Extracurricular Group Otterswiller / Urbane Kultur

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Construction of a school and an extracurricular group including 2 kindergarten classes, 4 elementary classes, 1 extracurricular reception for 80 children, 1 sports activities room, 1 office, 1 library.

Fluid Dynamics: Iconic Swimming Pools Around the World

Eric Baldwin — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 07:35:00 +0000

Aquatic centers are defined by activity. Making space for focused exercise and leisure alike, they are designed to support different scales of movement. At their core, they center on swimming pools. These structures explore ideas of light and space spanning millennia, from Pakistan's "Great Bath" at the site of Mohenjo-Daro and Ancient Greek palaestras to contemporary swimming complexes.

Water and Wellbeing: Projects that Explore the Potential of Public Baths and Pools

Yiling Shen — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 06:00:00 +0000

There is something about water that continually captures our imagination. Tranquil, dramatic, or ever-changing, the architecture of public baths and swimming pools can enhance the inherent qualities of water. Bathhouses were traditionally meeting-spaces where social differences bled away into skin and steam. Even in contemporary architectural projects, spaces for swimming and bathing often feel like a separate world, therapeutic and intimate.

"Tournesol" Swimming Pool Refurbishment / Urbane Kultur

Karen Valenzuela — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 01:00:00 +0000

183 "Tournesol" swimming pools were built in France during the 1970s by architect Bernard Schoeller. These are rational objects, which offer amazing spatial qualities, natural light, high quality indoor / outdoor relationship with large sliding doors and a certain elegance in structural design.