The urban matrix of this newly built pool complex represents an important solution and determinant with regard to urban elements and assets in the city of Pula. The circular form of the pool complex with additional amenities leaves the area around it free for various activities. The zones of organization, alternating stretches of green and asphalt portions, enable easy oversight of the future structure, but also provide the new urban park with the necessary clarity and order within the already existing structure. It is expected that the organizational intensity of facilities within particular zones will diminish as we get further away from the centre. The swimming pool is a sports arena with spatially detached stands, giving equal importance to all sides. It treats all its surroundings in the same way, protecting and stressing the importance of the sports facility within it, as a separate world. The compact form of the circular element is clearly underlined by the simplicity of the inner organization as well. The ground-floor plan includes zones, stretching from north to south, in which there is a series of amenities, from the entrance area and the coat-room to the swimming pool hall and the outer pool with its sunbathing terrace. The open, continuous circular porch on the first floor is the boundary between the inside and the outside, and it clearly defines the ground-floor plan of the sports facility. The access stairs on all sides show the functional openness of the complex towards its environment, which will certainly enable comfortable use in the future.
Urbana matrica nove izgradnje bazenskog kompleksa predstavlja važno rješenje i odrednicu prema urbanim elementima i vrijednostima u gradu Puli. Kružna forma bazenskog kompleksa s pratećim sadržajima ostavlja polje oko sebe slobodnim za različite aktivnosti. Trake (zone organizacije), naizmjenično postavljene zelene i asfaltirane površine omogućuju jednostavnost sagledavanja budućeg sadržaja, ali i urbano pravilo novog parka, dajući mu nužnu jasnoću i red u zatečenoj strukturi. Za očekivati je da se intenzitet organizacije sadržaja u zonama smanjuje što se više udaljavamo od centra. Bazen, sportska arena, poput one prethodne slobodno je postavljena u prostor, dajući jednaku važnost svim stranama. Istovjetno se odnosi prema svemu okolnome, čuvajući i naglašavajući važnost borilišta unutar sebe, kao svoj vlastiti svijet. Kompaktnost forme u obliku kružnog elementa jasno je podcrtana i jednostavnošću unutrašnje organizacije. U tlocrtnim zonama od sjevera prema jugu nižu se sadržaji od ulaznog prostora, garderobe do bazenske dvorane i vanjskog bazena sa sunčalištem. Otvoreni, kontinuirani kružni trijem na prvom katu predstavlja granicu između unutra i vani, te jasno definira tlocrt borilišta. Pristupne stube na svim stranama pokazuju funkcionalnu otvorenost kompleksa prema okolini, što će sigurno u budućnosti omogućiti jednostavnost korištenja.
Client: City of Pula
Gross surface area: 18 000 m2
Site area: 80 000 m2