Winner of Hauts de Rouen Aquatic Center

Marc Mimram Architecture Ingénierie won the competition for the Hauts de Rouen aquatic center, for the city of Rouen, alongside Egis Bâtiments Centre-Ouest, Acoustb and Nebbia Paysage et territoire.

The proposed project for this facility gives off a simple and sober image but nevertheless offers a visible and remarkable building. It is through the work on the roof, which functions as a thermal and climatic regulation tool, that the project finds its orientation, its co­herence and signals its presence. By its oblique position, its concave shape and its elevation, the roof determines the link established between the equipment and the to­pography, the interior beaches and the landscape.

The work on the envelope is based on a bioclimatic approach and promotes virtuous behavior of the building. The project is also based on the use of robust and durable but also geo or bio-sourced materi­als: wood for the framework and the underside of the hall, terracotta for the exterior treatment of the facade.

The Rouen aquatic center promotes this strong link with the land­scape while establishing clear and generous conditions of use for all audiences, for the learning of swimming for all, the pleasure and ful­fillment of everyone in their practices and their relationship to water. This aquatic facility marks a decisive development of the site that here hosts a project which is about to become a metropolitan destination.

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