007 Indoor and Outdoor Swimming Pool Am Mühleteich

TV still of a video simulation of the indoor pool’s entrance area. Herzog & de Meuron used video technology for the first time in this case to simulate a sensual spatial atmosphere. The two funnel-shaped skylights and an aquarium towards the swimming pools mediate the impression of a submarine world with its own slow motion procedures, as we know them from slow motion film or from dreams.

A reduced project in 1982 contemplated only an outdoor pool for the same property.

The building volumes and rest areas of the generous complex softly fit into the wavy nature of the surroundings.

The wooden model shows a container placed onto the grounds like a basin or a tanker stranded on the beach. The cantilevered side arms are used for the sanitary installations, the entrance, the kiosk and the locker rooms. The ascent separates swimming and wading pool. The diving area is raised and connected with them through two stairways. The parapet of the pools is used at the same time for sitting. The spiral-shaped children’s pool on the level of the grounds is connected with the basin via a pathway.