Indoor swimming pool complex in Bonnevoie, Luxembourg-City, L
description

The large kidney-shaped building was erected directly beside the old baths, the old building was then demolished, an underground garage was built in its place and the site was planted. The location is excellent, about one kilometre from the centre. T o preserve the scale in terms of area, the building had to be organised in a relatively compact manner. Y ou enter it from the diagonally incised narrow end, arriving in an entrance hall from where you can proceed directly to the changing rooms or continue on the right to the restaurant. The brief envisaged a large pool (with spectator stands) that would also be suitable for sporting events, a children’s pool and a large sauna and fitness area. T he latter is on the upper floor and even has a generously sized terrace screened from inquisitive gazes. Planted light wells in the shape of pyramids place delightful accents in the hall area and the restaurant. T here is also potential to make a terrace here. S een from outside this building, with its large areas of glazing on the one hand, and the truly massive, deliberately sliced open, anthracite-coloured exposed concrete (board formwork) on the other, signalises the ambivalence of the situation: it is a light-flooded, urban place where the focus is on leisure and wellness. T he touch of luxury that people want to have is provided by the spatial generosity and the materials in the interior – a great deal of wood, mosaic tiles in a palette of carefully harmonised colours and, not to be forgotten, the cheerful colourfulness of the blinds.
DATA

Client: Ville de Luxembourg Administration de l’Architecte
Competition: 1999
Start of planning: 2001
Start of construction: 2002
Completion: 2006
Usable floor area: 2.790 m2
Enclosed volume: 26.882 m3
Outdoor area: 4.170 m2