A standout swimming complex

Ystad Arena swimming pool

Integrated with sports halls, bowling, and a gym, Ystad Arena swimming pool has become part of a modern meeting place for swimming, sports, cultural, and entertainment experiences.

View from the side of a swimming hall made of black metal and large windows, where the sun gives it a golden shimmer in certain parts.

Facts about the project

  • Client

    Ystad Municipality, NCC

  • Place

    Ystad, Sweden

  • Status

    Completed

  • Photographer

    Åke E:son Lindman

Swimming hall with lanes for competitive or exercise swimming with many visitors.
Adventure section in the swimming hall with many visitors.

A swimming pool for all types of visitors

Visitors are greeted in the entrance hall with a view of the family pool and the competition pool, while a large glass wall in the main pool room opens out to the park outside. With architecture that considers the individual needs of many, the facility is adapted for elite athletes, casual swimmers, and family adventures alike.

Modern swimming pool with much to offer

Ystad Arena swimming pool, with an impressive area of 8,000 square metres, offers a variety of activities and facilities for the whole family. For example, you will find a 25-metre pool measuring 25 x 21 metres, equipped with both a one-metre diving board and a three-metre trampoline. Additionally, there is a multipurpose pool with a movable floor, wheelchair lift, and for safety, a drowning alarm, making it accessible for everyone. For families, there is a special section filled with attractions such as a lazy river for leisurely rides, children’s pool, warm pool, steam sauna, climbing wall, and two water slides that offer fast-paced rides. The swimming pool also has changing rooms, shower areas, saunas, and a cafeteria where you can relax between swimming sessions.

Corner section of the facade of a larger building in black metal.
Facade section in black metal with a perforated pattern and a large window section with glass in various sizes.
  • Evening view of the back of the swimming hall with a large window area at the pool section and an adventure area where a long water slide extends outside the building.
  • Changing room in the swimming hall with red locker doors and white tiles on the floor and benches.
  • Empty swimming pool with lanes for competition, exercise swimming, and a large window section in the background.
  • Entrance area to two different water slides in red plastic with floors and walls in white tiles.
  • Swimming hall with a large pool seen from the outside through a large window area.
  • Evening view of the swimming hall with a facade in black metal with a perforated pattern and colored lighting behind it.
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A facade transformed by light

To enhance the building’s monolithic and sculptural expression, the facades are made of black anodised aluminium. The cut-out geometric shapes, with varying degrees of perforation, reinforce its closed and sculptural character. This creates a changing light display during the day, where the facade glows golden in the evening sun and shines like a luminous magic lantern (Lanterna Magica) at night with hidden lighting emphasising the perforations in different colours. The perforation of the facade, resembling air bubbles in water, gradually increases higher up on the facade.

The building creates a dynamic composition between the existing sports hall and the two new halls, resulting in a clearly defined arrival area and a sunny space facing southwest. To the southeast, there is a green area that unites the many functions in the area and creates an inviting and central park for recreation.

In collaboration with Henning Larsen Architects.

 

 

 

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