With the opening of the new Swimming
Stadium at Bellahoj all swimming activities of the original public pools will
be reestablished. But furthermore Copenhagen will now be able to hold national
and international competitions. The big swimming stadium is made up of a diving
bassin, a training bassin plus the first regulation size 50 meter bassin in
Copenhagen – complete with changing rooms, café and bleechers with a capacity
of 1200 spectators.
With the exception of one outdoor bassin the existing
park facility from 1959 has been renovated along with the original public
buildings and thus the complete facility today functions as one conceptual and
architectural whole covering everything from elite swimming to leisure activities
and provides a richness of activities with among other things a play landscape
for children along with a childrens pool complete with slide.
The architectural solution in one big move connects
the spectacular attractions of the site: The Bellahoj fields and the Bellahoj
towers. The park is percieved as a modulated landscape that both connects and
separates the city and the new park. At the same time the area strengthens the
Bronshoj area as an attractive location by establishing a meeting place in a
dense city area.