ArchShowcase Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Swimming Pool in Ernée, France by a-LTA ArchitectApril 14th, 2011 by Sumit Singhal
The Aquatic Center is existing. The proposed project has 2 parts, a renovation, and an extension of the existing building.
In extension of this existing base, we reconfigured the access hall, incorporating the administration and staff local, and secondly, building the “lagoon games” close to and in continuity of the existing pool hall. This extension serves as a link between the existing pool and the Dojo, creating a large body frame, it will be very attractive and modern signal desired. The pool opens wide as previously indicated to the South, whether for the pools, beaches, outdoor solarium and now for the public reception. Indeed, the reconfigured equipment, will take an important place on the site, it also becomes the major restructuring element. We profit of the need to ennoble the hall and to introduce a ‘lagoon games’ to the pool hall to give a different scale to the project. The consolidation of three entities. Existing pool + outdoor + dojo will become one entity. The slope increases the linear vision because of the ground movement, of sheet metal surface and reinforcing this visual impact. In addition, the equipment is already naturally placed a bit like on a pedestal. The large South windows give an apparently immaterial vision at all. So the subtle play of shadows made by the sheet metal that signals its presence. Further work on this volume, we sought to find the right balance between opacity and transparency, what must be seen, or what needs to be guessed. Contact a-LTA Architect
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