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OMEGA Aquatic Center

A recreational, sports, and wellness aquatic center within the Paris-Saclay urban campus.

Designed in collaboration with VenhoevenCS, the Omega aquatic center is integrated into the sports plain of the Moulon district, a true western gateway to the Paris-Saclay urban campus, and closely connected to the Paris metropolitan area by the future Grand Paris Express.

As a true flagship, the aquatic center opens up and creates synergies with the surrounding public facilities. It fits into the landscape continuity linking the plateau to the valley, and encourages sports and meetings among the different communities of the campus and the residents of Gif-sur-Yvette.

Emphasis has been placed on functional qualities and flow management to create a space capable of simultaneously accommodating different audiences (students, schoolchildren, clubs, swimmers, wellness enthusiasts) while offering each a quality visit and practice experience throughout the day. This spacious and modern complex includes three distinct areas: learning and swimming, wellness, and sports-health.

Client : City of Gif-sur-Yvette
Location : Gif-sur-Yvette
Surface : 4 150 m²
Status : Livré
Date : 2024
Key points
  • Functionality and flow management.
  • Landscape at the heart of the project.
  • High compactness.
  • Efficient water management.
  • Durable materials.
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Pastoral and Evolving Landscape
The project gives a prominent place to nature with a compact structure that opens onto the surrounding vast landscape. The landscape, composed of spontaneous plant species from Île de France, is inspired by horticultural composition principles, promoting a seasonal spread of flowering that will create changing and immersive “landscape paintings,” visible from the swimming pools as well as from the vegetated and mineral solariums. In some places, the wooded fringe widens to form dense plant masses: a traversing undergrowth that connects one calming clearing to another more playful one, as well as an orchard that surrounds the play area and frames the last swimming pool in a pastoral setting. This diversity of fringes, rich in species, accompanied by measured ecological management, promotes the development of biodiversity.

Harmonized Water Management
Water is a key element of the site due to the geographical and hydrological characteristics of the plateau. It is essential to respect this natural balance by adopting harmonized water management through landscaped technical devices. To preserve the soil structure and groundwater, the pools are not excavated but placed on the natural ground of the plateau. Thus, the underground spaces are minimized, and the reception area is slightly elevated.

Humility and Elegance
The constellation of metal boxes, with varied sizes and textures, gives the facility a monumental quality while providing a certain discretion through its reflective materials. Suspended, more or less reflective, more or less striated, these boxes appear and disappear depending on the light. Although governed by a formal and metallic unity, they decompose into a multitude of facets and perceptions. Their appearance evolves with the changing light of the sky, from morning to evening, throughout the seasons, and the green hues of the surrounding vegetation, offering a constantly renewed image.

 

Equipe :

Venhoeven CS (Architecte mandataire)
Patriarche (Architecture, QEB, BIM)
Demathieu Bard (Constructeur)
Engie solutions (exploitant technique)
Recrea (exploitant commercial)
Nebbia (Paysage)
Partenaires : Ethis, Indiggo, cap Horn, CL Infra, Ingeba

Crédits :

Photos : Salem Mostefaoui
Schéma : Venhoeven CS

 

 

 

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