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Indoor swimming pool Blumenwies St. Gallen

Exterior view
New swimming hall in the foreground with the original pools behind them
Site Plan
Site Plan
Ground Floor
Ground Floor
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Location: St. Gallen
Competition 2018

Berrel Berrel Kräutler Architekten AG
Raphael Kräutler
Competition: Beatriz Morales de Setién, Onur Özman

Project participants
Client: building authority, City of St. Gallen
Landscape architecture: Bryum GmbH
Construction engineer: Ulaga Weiss
Construction physicist: Amstein+Walthert
Bathing water technic: Aquatransform
Visualisisations: maaars

0264Indoor swimming pool Blumenwies St. Gallen

The low-rise new building is surrounded by dense green spaces that provide privacy and attractive outdoor areas. The reorientation towards Martinsburggstrasse creates a spacious, permeable entrance area for pedestrians and cyclists. The relocation of the parking lot to the east reduces its dominance and enables a pedestrian connection to the family gardens. The building harmoniously integrates into the surroundings due to its low height. Inside, concrete, ceramics, and wood dominate, creating varied lighting conditions. Functionally, the facility is organized on three levels: entrance and pool hall on the ground floor, changing rooms and sauna on the upper floor, and ancillary facilities and parking in the basement. The existing structure was largely preserved.