Architecture for the Olympic Games. Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/
14/04/2024.
[Saint-Denis] Francia France
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In 2024, after 100 years, Paris will host the Olympic Games again, which has produced a massive need to build new sports centres. The architecture studio VenhoevenCS together with Ateliers 2/3/4/ have been responsible for the Aquatic Center project, which will be the only new permanent building for the 2024 games, along with the expanded green public space and the new bridge connecting the stadium with the Stade de France and the rest of Paris.
The Aquatic Center is an important investment for the future of Saint-Denis and the greater Paris region. The innovative, award-winning project is set to create an unforgettable game experience and promises a lasting legacy for the neighbourhood and beyond. Winner of the Le Grand Prix du Grand Paris 2023 and the Grand Prix BIM d'Or, the building is designed for multifunctional use.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Salem Mostefaoui.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Salem Mostefaoui.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Salem Mostefaoui.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Salem Mostefaoui.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Photograph by Simon Guesdon.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Salem Mostefaoui.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Salem Mostefaoui.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Salem Mostefaoui.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Salem Mostefaoui.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Salem Mostefaoui.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Salem Mostefaoui.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Salem Mostefaoui.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Salem Mostefaoui.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Salem Mostefaoui.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Salem Mostefaoui.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Salem Mostefaoui.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Salem Mostefaoui.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Salem Mostefaoui.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Salem Mostefaoui.
Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/. Photograph by Simon Guesdon.
Site plan. Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/.
Ground floor plan. Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/.
Second floor plan. Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/.
Section plan. Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/.
Section plan. Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/.
Section plan. Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/.
Section plan. Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/.
Section plan. Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/.
Section plan. Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/.
Floor plan. Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/.
Axonometric plan. Aquatics Centre Paris 2024 by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/.
In the new aquatic centre designed by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/, on the Olympic Games, will be the infrastructure where the diving competitions, synchronized swimming and water polo classifications will be placed. The building will serve as a swimming training centre during the Paralympic Games and, after the Games, will continue to be a centre for various sports in the neighbourhood.
Designed with ecological criteria, wood, one of the building materials of biological origin par excellence, was used to create the main structure of the building. The Aquatic Center project features a wooden roof, with a suspended shape and a minimum construction height that strictly follows the minimum space required for stands, people and sight lines, thus minimizing the amount of air that will need to be conditioned over the next 50 years.
Using wood for this monumental structure, the project doubles the minimum required percentage of materials of biological origin. The indoor arena, with stands on three sides, can accommodate 5,000 spectators around an innovative, modular and multifunctional competition pool.
Energy consumption is one of the great challenges for swimming pools, due to water treatment and high temperature demands. By reducing energy demand and creating a smart energy system, 90% of the energy needed can be provided with renewable or recovered energy. The solar roof will be one of the largest solar parks in France and will cover 20% of all necessary electricity production. 100% of the energy produced by the solar roof is used directly on site. All the chairs in the stands have a new design and are made with 100% recycled plastic collected in the neighborhood.
Improving the quality of life in our cities This project goes beyond environmental regulations and requirements. Sustainability and biodiversity are at the center. This is a modern and innovative sports complex surrounded by abundant vegetation that will greatly contribute to creating a liveable and healthy urban district for the inhabitants of Saint-Denis. The aquatic center invites nature into the heart of the new 'city-district in the making' with a proposal that includes the addition of one hundred trees and shrubs to be planted to improve the quality of life and air and stimulate biodiversity. and create new ecological connections.
"As designers, our goal was to create more with less: less volume, less materials, less energy, more connection, more inspiration to exercise, more nature, more flexibility, more beauty.
The result is an engine of urban regeneration for Saint-Denis and Greater Paris, an architecture as sober as it is striking, but above all a place where everyone feels welcome".
Cécilia Gross, partner architect VenhoevenCS & Laure Mériaud, partner architect Ateliers 2/3/4/.
By bringing people together around sport and leisure, the new Aquatic Center creates a neighborhood that bridges cultures and districts by taking advantage of the surrounding public spaces and facilities. There is also the literal connection, with a new pedestrian bridge crossing the motorway and connecting the public spaces around the Stade de France with the Aquatic Center and the new heart of the future ecological neighborhood of La Plaine Saulnier.
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Architects
Project team
Projectmanagers.- Arjen Zaal, Yves de Pommereau.
Landscape architect.- Ateliers 2/3/4/.
Landscape architect.- Ateliers 2/3/4/.
Collaborators
Schlaich Bergermann Partner (Structural Engineer).
Inex Bet (Mep).
Inddigo (Sustainability Consultant).
Katene (Water Treatment).
Mazet & Associes (Economist).
Peutz (Acoustic Consultant).
Cl Infra (External Work).
Csd & Associés (Security Consultant).
Inex Bet (Mep).
Inddigo (Sustainability Consultant).
Katene (Water Treatment).
Mazet & Associes (Economist).
Peutz (Acoustic Consultant).
Cl Infra (External Work).
Csd & Associés (Security Consultant).
Client
Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France / La Métropole du Grand Paris.
Area
Aquatic centre.- approx. 20,000 sqm.
Overpass Dimensions.- 20 m large, 106 m long.
Overpass Dimensions.- 20 m large, 106 m long.
Dates
2018-2025.
Location
Saint-Denis, France.
Budget
Aquatic centre.- € 126 M.
Overpass.- € 21 M.
Photography
Salem Mostefaoui, Simon Guesdon.
Ateliers 2/3/4/
Ateliers 2/3/4/.- Since 2000, 2/3/4/ unites the experience of three French firms that, since the early 1980s, have paid particular attention to new lifestyles that demand a return to simplicity and the basics.
2/3/4/ defends the luxury of a "lifestyle" that seeks out "well-being". Made to measure, each project is the opportunity for a study that makes it unique whether in terms of sustainable development, typology or construction system.
Ton Venhoeven. VenhoevenCS
VenhoevenCS is an innovative architecture studio founded by Ton Venhoeven in Amsterdam in 1995. The studio seeks to ensure that sustainable architecture, urban development and infrastructure work in harmony with the challenges of our time. VenhoevenCS has since become a renowned design and consultancy practice, with five partners and an international team of architects, urban planners and technical engineers.
VenhoevenCS believes that our planet offers ample space for all living things to coexist peacefully and sustainably. But as the world's population and global prosperity increase rapidly, we need to fundamentally adjust the way we shape and structure our use of the planet.
VenhoevenCS also believes that the project can help revitalize the world for all forms of life. Nature works with ecosystems that are self-sufficient and sustainable, a concept we use as a starting point for our research, design and consulting practice.
They believe in the power of architecture and planning as tools to create a better and more sustainable world. The compact team offers the solutions needed for a wide range of pressing challenges facing societies today. In architecture, they develop projects for sports and leisure, culture and education, health, mixed use, residential, offices and public services, transformation, interior design and products. In infrastructure they plan stations, bridges, tunnels and bicycle parking lots. On a larger scale, they project urban development plans, station areas and spatial strategies.
They specialize in finding comprehensive spatial solutions to social and environmental problems at all possible scales. And although they sometimes participate in rural and landscape projects, their main focus is on the largest metropolis with all its components: self-sustaining neighborhoods and emissions-free buildings, microgrids that support recycling and a healthy lifestyle, cities that include nature . , transformation and revitalization, mixed land use, metropolitan agriculture, densification, compact buildings and innovative facades.
However, it is not just a question of engineering and project. Cultural and social aspects are also of vital importance. This is what CS stands for in its name.
VenhoevenCS believes that our planet offers ample space for all living things to coexist peacefully and sustainably. But as the world's population and global prosperity increase rapidly, we need to fundamentally adjust the way we shape and structure our use of the planet.
VenhoevenCS also believes that the project can help revitalize the world for all forms of life. Nature works with ecosystems that are self-sufficient and sustainable, a concept we use as a starting point for our research, design and consulting practice.
They believe in the power of architecture and planning as tools to create a better and more sustainable world. The compact team offers the solutions needed for a wide range of pressing challenges facing societies today. In architecture, they develop projects for sports and leisure, culture and education, health, mixed use, residential, offices and public services, transformation, interior design and products. In infrastructure they plan stations, bridges, tunnels and bicycle parking lots. On a larger scale, they project urban development plans, station areas and spatial strategies.
They specialize in finding comprehensive spatial solutions to social and environmental problems at all possible scales. And although they sometimes participate in rural and landscape projects, their main focus is on the largest metropolis with all its components: self-sustaining neighborhoods and emissions-free buildings, microgrids that support recycling and a healthy lifestyle, cities that include nature . , transformation and revitalization, mixed land use, metropolitan agriculture, densification, compact buildings and innovative facades.
However, it is not just a question of engineering and project. Cultural and social aspects are also of vital importance. This is what CS stands for in its name.
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