Wassersportzentrum Berlin
The Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität) has in the city with a group of buildings located on an island in the Spree canal next to campus. They want to project a sport aquatic center for the university community.
The island today is occupied by several buildings for hydrographic studies by the university, most of them unused. One is the impressive building housing the generator currents, with large and presence in the place.
One of them has a channel available to currents, waves etc.. That channel can be used and it's incorporate to the program with the island north of the Spree canal buildings. It's proposed an extrusion of the mark left by the buildings except the turbine building, which is incorporated into the program while retaining its contemporary style in contrast to the new building.
Given the characteristics of the place, we have tried to give an industrial look to the building, using truss structure beams, hanging them upstairs getting an open and interconnected spaces.
The program is divided as the building, on two floors, the first, which also provides access the main entrances and nursing offices and restaurants are located, leaving a connection to the building of watershed investigations.
At the bottom are all changing services as a barrier to the private spaces where only access to swimming pools and hot areas, this area being divided into wet and dry area.
The program is divided into two very different areas. On the one hand the access and the public areas and on the other hand gives access to the wet spaces and more private program. The the reception, nursing, administration, cafeteria and access to available turbine building are placed upstairs..
The wet program is set on the ground floor, where the user can directly go to the locker room, and after that you can direct the different pools, massages rooms, baths or gym, as well as the water docks in channel Spree
The wet program is set on the ground floor, where the user can directly go to the locker room, and after that you can direct the different pools, massages rooms, baths or gym, as well as the water docks in channel Spree
The structure is composed by metal trusses consist of round tubes, which create a series of inverted U-shaped, thus achieving a large space in height and in width light. The upper floor is constructed using metal straps which support the slab plant, so that the use of pillars on the ground floor that interfere with the spatial continuity of the same is avoided.
