The acrylic stone is once again protagonist within the innovative project launched by the French studio Urbane Kultur, founded by Dominique Cornaert and Philippe Dahan to expand and rehabilitate the Tournesol swimming pool in Lingolsheim, France. The iconic building, well-known for its boomerang shape and a structure that resembles a sunflower, came back to life since when, in 1969, the architect Bernard Schoeller has launched it within the project “1.000 Pools” promoted by the French Ministry of Sport, with the aim of reproducing a corolla with its structure which opens its petals when the sun comes out. Between the Seventies and the beginning of the Eighties, this futuristic project was carried out in 183 French towns, among which Lingolsheim.
The shape of the main building, a dome, made the renovation particularly complex; nevertheless, the studio has managed to achieve a radical thermal improvement of the building, with the reconstruction of the inner and outer enclosures. Spaces have been completely reorganised without structural adjustments in order to preserve its distinctive peculiarities. Open and ample changing rooms, for example, have been moved from the central area to the “boomerang” section that houses the entrance hall, offices and technical rooms.
The acrylic stone is once again protagonist within the innovative project launched by the French studio Urbane Kultur, founded by Dominique Cornaert and Philippe Dahan to expand and rehabilitate the Tournesol swimming pool in Lingolsheim, France. The iconic building, well-known for its boomerang shape and a structure that resembles a sunflower, came back to life since when, in 1969, the architect Bernard Schoeller has launched it within the project “1.000 Pools” promoted by the French Ministry of Sport, with the aim of reproducing a corolla with its structure which opens its petals when the sun comes out. Between the Seventies and the beginning of the Eighties, this futuristic project was carried out in 183 French towns, among which Lingolsheim.
The shape of the main building, a dome, made the renovation particularly complex; nevertheless, the studio has managed to achieve a radical thermal improvement of the building, with the reconstruction of the inner and outer enclosures. Spaces have been completely reorganised without structural adjustments in order to preserve its distinctive peculiarities. Open and ample changing rooms, for example, have been moved from the central area to the “boomerang” section that houses the entrance hall, offices and technical rooms.
