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The public swimming pool “Obermaintherme” in the Bavarian city Bad Staffelstein is Bavaria’s hottest and strongest saltwater emerging from 1600 m deep drilled spring. More than 1.600 m² water surface and more than 15.000 m² sauna are inviting to relaxing and recovering.

Within a large renovation process of some areas in the main bath hall, the inside pool has been renewed, too. A new highlight has been designed with a cave in the shape of a salt crystal made with LUCEM translucent concrete, allowing the new shell to light in different colours along with the water. This ambient lighting concept, along with a special sound system in the Cave integrated with the massage jet nozzles in the water, creates a wellness feeling for everybody inside this installation. The light shines through the surface of the translucent concrete with more than 2 million fiber optics.

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• Manufacturer: Lucem Lichtbeton
• Project: Renovation of Obermaintherme
• Architects: Krieger Architekten Ingenieure GmbH, Velbert
• Location: Bad Staffelstein, Germany
• Photography: LUCEM GmbH
• Client: Zweckverband Thermalsolbad, Bad Staffelstein
• Steelframe 3D Modelling: Lievens & Partner GmbH, Aachen/Germany
• Structural Engineers: B. Walter IngenieurgesellschaftmbH, Aachen/Germany
• Material: LUCEM LINE White
• Format: 120 x 60 cm
• Thickness: 20 mm
• Surface of Light Transmitting Concrete: 200 sqm
• Fixing sytem: Stainless steel in combination with galvanized and 3-times coated steel
• Light Technology: RGB-LEDs
• Installation Steelframe: Krummholz Stahl- und Metallbau, Coburg/Germany
• Cutting of LUCEM panels and installation: efecto GmbH, Weitramsdorf/Germany

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