MUNICIPAL SWIMMING POOLS PROTOTYPE

ARCHITECTS

BCQ arquitectura barcelona

LOCATION

A Coruña, Spain

YEAR

2001

CLIENT

A Coruña Provincial Council

AREA

4.392 m²

STATUS

Built

COLLABORATOR

David García (structures), IMOGEP (MEP engineering), Javier Fafián, Ana Bárbara (construction management)

CONTRACTOR

VARELA VILLAMOR SL (SADA) | OBRASCÓN HUARTE LAÍN SA (CAMBRE)

BUDGET

1.082.278 € (SADA) | 1.156.466 € (CAMBRE)

The project was designed without a definite site and therefore it had to adapt easily to any location. In fact, two buildings were built from the same project.
As we were not familiar with the Galician landscape in which the building was to be situated, we took the climate as our reference. The building had to fit in with the misty, wet atmosphere of Galicia.
The foyer is an independent volume that makes the accesses 100% adaptable and protects the bathing area. The building has a cold, hard skin and a simple volume which, like ice, offers an interesting interplay of transparency, translucency and an opaque sheen. When it rains, as it often does in Galicia, the building “sweats” and the cold water drips down the glass façades. When night falls, conversely, the block of ice becomes a glowing lantern.
The interior has a warm atmosphere thanks to the timber main beams, it’s clean-lined and user-friendly-relaxing, like the thermal waters of Celtic antiquity.

FIRST PRIZE 2002 AJAC AWARDS
LONGLIST 2001 FAD AWARDS
piscina-coruña-COR_PL_01
piscina-coruña-COR_PL_04
piscina-coruña-COR_PL_05

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ARCHITECTS

BCQ arquitectura barcelona

LOCATION

A Coruña, Spain

YEAR

2001

CLIENT

A Coruña Provincial Council

AREA

4.392 m²

STATUS

Built

COLLABORATOR

David García (structures), IMOGEP (MEP engineering), Javier Fafián, Ana Bárbara (construction management)

CONTRACTOR

VARELA VILLAMOR SL (SADA) | OBRASCÓN HUARTE LAÍN SA (CAMBRE)

BUDGET

1.082.278 € (SADA) | 1.156.466 € (CAMBRE)

The project was designed without a definite site and therefore it had to adapt easily to any location. In fact, two buildings were built from the same project.
As we were not familiar with the Galician landscape in which the building was to be situated, we took the climate as our reference. The building had to fit in with the misty, wet atmosphere of Galicia.
The foyer is an independent volume that makes the accesses 100% adaptable and protects the bathing area. The building has a cold, hard skin and a simple volume which, like ice, offers an interesting interplay of transparency, translucency and an opaque sheen. When it rains, as it often does in Galicia, the building “sweats” and the cold water drips down the glass façades. When night falls, conversely, the block of ice becomes a glowing lantern.
The interior has a warm atmosphere thanks to the timber main beams, it’s clean-lined and user-friendly-relaxing, like the thermal waters of Celtic antiquity.

FIRST PRIZE 2002 AJAC AWARDS
LONGLIST 2001 FAD AWARDS
piscina-coruña-COR_PL_01
piscina-coruña-COR_PL_04
piscina-coruña-COR_PL_05

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Exterior view

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Interior view

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Interior view

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Building scheme

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Ground floor

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First floor

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West elevation

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South elevation

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Longitudinal section

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Cross section

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