037 OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL AM MÜHLETEICH

037
Outdoor Swimming Pool Am Mühleteich
Riehen, Switzerland
Project 1986-1987

Influenced by the observation on the earlier scheme of 1979-1982 (Indoor and Outdoor Swimming Pool Am Mühleteich), the programme was changed to consist only of open-air pools, now made visible as vessels standing in the landscape. Beneath the overhangs, the changing rooms and ancillary spaces are contained in timber enclosures. The conceptual simplicity and direct forms contrast markedly with the more differentiated composition of its predecessor. The programmatic and formal concentration of the open-air pool continues the attitude of searching for the synthesis of idea and simple form seen in the Stone House or the House for an Art Collector.
Herzog & de Meuron, 1995

FACTS

Herzog & de Meuron Team:
Partners: Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron
Project Team: Dieter Locher, Rina Plangger

Client:
Gemeinde Riehen

Planning:
 Pool Specialist: Bernd Kannewischer, Zug
Structural Engineering: Helmut Pauli, Ingenieurbüro Schaub, Basel

Building Data:
 Area Surface: 4,600sqm
Building Area: 1,750sqm (swimming pool)

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gerhard Mack, Herzog & de Meuron: Herzog & de Meuron 1978-1988. The Complete Works. Volume 1.
Edited by: Gerhard Mack. Chinese ed. Beijing, China Architecture & Building Press, 2010. Vol. No. 1.

Wilfried Wang: Herzog & de Meuron.
3rd adv. and rev. ed. Basel / Boston / Berlin, Birkhäuser, 1998. (= Studiopaperback).

Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron: Über der Flussaue.
In: Verlegergemeinschaft Werk, Bauen + Wohnen (Ed.). Werk, Bauen + Wohnen. Architektur und Wasser. L'Architecture et l'Eau. Architecture and Water. Vol. No. 1/2, Zurich, Verlag Bauen + Wohnen GmbH, 01.1988. pp. 41-45.
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