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Entwurf • Design RAUM, 1 rue de Colmar, FR-Nantes
Bauherr • Client Gemeindeverband der Bretagne
Standort • Location FR-Saint-Méen-le-Grand
Nutzfläche • Floor space 1338 m 2
Fotos • Photos Charles Bouchaïb, FR-Paris
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More info on page 142

INDOOR POOL EXTENSION

IN SAINT-MÉEN-LE-GRAND

1 Büros • Offices If one were to describe an indoor swimming pool,
2 Eingang • Entrance
3 Umkleiden • Lockers one’s thoughts would probably revolve around rec-
4 Erholungsbecken • Recreation pool tangular hall constructions with flat roofs and a pool.
5 Solarium • Solarium
6 Kinderbecken • Children’s pool Contrary to these expectations, the swimming pool in
7 Sportbecken • Sport pool
8 Lager • Storage Brittany presents itself as a self-confident conglomera-
te of existing buildings that were renovated and com-
plemented with further building sections by RAUM.

T he special feature of this indoor swimming pool is already clearly
recognizable when looking at it from the outside. An ensemble
of gabled roofs picturesquely draws a contour in the middle of the
small French community of Saint-Méen-le-Grand in Brittany. The bold
dialogue with the listed church standing not far away is supported by
a black wooden façade that cleverly wraps all parts of the building in
a large, coherent material dress and thus brings the existing building
Grundriss • Floor plan into harmony with the new one. The deliberate use of resources is just
one of the ways in which the three new buildings are volumetrically
balanced with the existing ones – whereby one structure stands out in
a special way. Perpendicular to the main building line, the barn-like
new building gives the ensemble a new orientation. From the inside
as well as from the outside, the architecture is visually extended by
large-format façade openings. Thus, users of the 25-metre-long sports
pool can enjoy not only the aesthetics of the architecture but also
the view of nature while they are swimming. But it is not only in the
façade that the planners play with spatial levels: Picking up on the
dimensions of the pool, the dimensions of the gable roof are fully
utilized to expand the space vertically as well and ultimately to allow
an unrestricted view of the sky in a ridge glazing. The existing building
also continues to benefit from the form of the cubature. The visible
roof structure in the area of the leisure pools is being extensively reno-
vated and, in its new white form, blends in well with the rather plain
colour concept. Shaped by contrasts, the creative designers’ specific
vocabulary extends from the outside to the inside: The striking black
wooden façade is contrasted with a small-structured formulation of
the interior design, which is expressed in square white tiles. Walls,
floors, furniture and even the framing of the panorama windows fol-
low the every-present rhythm of restraint. Only the water seems to set
a colourful accent with its deceptive blue hue – apart from the bright
red children’s slide, which reflects and sets the scene in the shallow
Axonometrie • Axonometry water in quite a modern way.

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