• PROJECT
    Aquatic center of the Pays de Morlaix
  • LOCATION
    Plourin les Morlaix
  • CLIENT
    Communauté d'Agglomération du Pays de Morlaix
  • PROJECT MANAGEMENT
    Marc Mimram Architecture et Ingénierie, Ethis, Peutz & Associés, Franck Neau
  • DATES
    2005 – 2008
  • AREA
    4,900 m² Sports pool, 312 m² Leisure pool, 200 m² Slide pool, 17 m²
  • COST
    5,7 M €
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For the Morlaix swimming pool, the grand landscape scale is a major asset: it fits smoothly with the environment, establishing a relationship of transparency and openness towards the landscape.

The sports complex takes advantage of this privileged connection to the vegetal universe, enhancing the distant view towards the Morlaix Valley by utilizing the site's topography.

The project preserves the continuity of paths, uses, and both distant and close views, making this site a specific place.

The roof is made up of large pleated sheets which open to let light pass through the large “vierendeel” beams supporting the roof and giving it its unique geometry.

These beams, with variable inertia, order the roof and shape the slope of the roofs according to the needs: unitary above the sports pool, slender and variable above the recreational pool...