Out & About: Refurbishment and extension of a community swimming pool

In the company of the project manager architect, come discover behind the scenes of the Saint-Méen-le-Grand community swimming pool and the delicate work of its extension/rehabilitation.

Refurbishment and extension of a community swimming pool by RAUM

The existing public swimming pool of the town could no longer accommodate the inhabitants nor respond to the requirements needed by the youngest learners. The resulting project deals with both issues of restoration (contemporary issue necessary to save resources) and extension in the immediate proximity of a listed heritage building.

The project directly addresses the existing structure, composed of a cluster of compact wood and slate buildings. A black wooden skin offers thermal insulation for the entire project while also providing architectural continuity and legibility in this otherwise heterogenous site.
Respectful towards the existing while offering a certain abstraction, the new indoor pool remains widely open towards the surrounding landscape with a large solid volume floating on top.
As act towards the community the architectural project questions how to deal with heritage buildings by combining contemporaneity and environmental qualities and by reusing as many of the various constructions, built over the years as possible.
The condition of the existing buildings and the necessary stand on economy of resources present in contemporary architecture have imposed a position that preserves the maximum of superstructure.

Guided tour: 18 June / 09:00 CET

Meeting point:
Rue du Révérend Père Janvier,
35290 Saint-Méen-le-Grand

◾In collaboration with Communauté de Communes de Saint-Méen Montauban; Maison de l’architecture de Bretagne

Language: French

Register here: https://www.architecturebretagne.fr/

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