Building the lakeside baths in Caldero breaks with a pre-packaged leisure attraction. Additional atmospheric qualities and potential for alternative uses create added value for guests and community.
The site slopes slightly down to the lake and is thus ideal for an arrangement of the programme on two levels. The sun deck is an open area for both swimmers and public, with an infrastructure that can be of benefit both inside and outside the baths complex. The roofed aquarium level sited underneath offers scope for games, keep-fit activities and events. Both levels are connected by a terrace for relaxing and reclining. The baths offer an intimate setting and new sensory and sensuous experiences.
Project _ Lakeside Swimming Baths
Location _ Caldero, IT
Competition _ 1st Prize
Completed _ 2006
Client _ Market Town of Caldero
Project Team _ Marie-Therese Harnoncourt-Fuchs, Ernst J. Fuchs, Paul Vabitsch, Sigrid Weiss, Christophe Pham, Claudia Cavallar, Daniel Harrer, Hannes Oswald, Thomas Brenner
Structural planning and supervision _ Ingenieurteam GmbH Bergmeister, IT
Structural engineering concept _ Bollinger + Grohmann, GER / AT
HVAC planning _ Energytech Felderer & Klammsteiner, IT
Landscape planning _ Land in Sicht, AT
Light design _ Ploderer & Partner, AT
Photos _ Lukas Schaller / Hertha Hurnaus / Airphoto Tappeiner / Gerhard Hagen