Architecture / Urban planning
Kauffmann Theilig & PartnerFreie Architekten PartGmbB
Client
City of Waldkirch represented by Detlev Kulse
Completion date
2016
Brief description:
Conversion and modernisation of an outdoor pool from 1968
Contemporary architecture and energy and resource-conscious concept with barrier-free accessibility and guidance system for the visually impaired.
Description:
The structural measures are subordinate to the landscape and resemble a modelling of the open and green areas of the site in their appearance.
The new hill-shaped entrance building leads visitors into the inner area and, in its external form, forms a barrier to the north-west towards the neighbouring sports areas.
Lounge and entrance area
The roof areas are green spaces and sunbathing areas for the outdoor pool.
There are cash desks, changing rooms, wet areas and technical rooms. The high-quality furnishings and surfaces made of wood and exposed concrete characterise the interior areas. The area is naturally lit via skylights and additional façade openings to the sports areas. The existing building was dismantled down to the basement level and above it a lounge-like wooden roof forms the striking end of the bathing areas to the south and west.
This provides the necessary sound insulation and offers storage areas and club rooms at the rear. High-quality wooden terraces and grandstands are located in front. The lounge develops from the extension of the access building with a façade of upright louvres that delimit the outdoor pool but also allow views through it
Barrier-free bathing slab and sunbathing areas
A bathing slab made of homogeneous sand-coloured concrete block surfacing connects all pool facilities and the necessary pool surrounds in a flowing and barrier-free manner. Concrete steps and landings surround the pool deck. The existing 50-metre swimming pool in the western area was renovated and fitted with stainless steel.
The separate diving pool with the individually designed diving tower made of reinforced concrete was newly constructed. A new non-swimmers' pool in the form of 3 intersecting circles made of stainless steel fits into the opposite east side and delights with various attractions for young and old.
The already modernised children's pool was retained and only structurally extended and integrated into a separate children's play area. A green embankment as a landscaped elevation and demarcation to the footpath along the river encloses the various open spaces of the pool and connects all sub-areas in a scenic gesture
