Municipal Swimming Pool
Carrilho da Graça, arquitectos. Campo Maior, Portugal
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Name of work in English
Municipal Swimming Pool
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Name of work in original language
Municipal Swimming Pool
Prize year
EUmies Awards 1992
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Work Location
Campo Maior, Portugal
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Studio
Carrilho da Graça, arquitectos
EUmies Awards 1992 Shortlisted
Program
Sport & Leisure
Completion
1991
The site: a low promontory. Nearby there was once a small eighteencentury fort. A most beautiful view over the castle, the ancient town and the landscape. The programme: a municipal outdoor swimming pool, with three pools &including one of learning to swim and one for children. A cafeteria above.
The concept: a square 'plateau' built on the ground, a pergola which defines the space and recalls the belvederes of old, a space for contemplating , and one which may be contemplated. The building: the pools are 'excavated' in the platform, with the facilities underneath. The cafeteria up above looks down on the pools and the landscape. The geometrical rotation builds up a spiral around the mid-line.