Environmental-Friendly Swimming Pool In Madrid
By Nick March 11, 2008
In the town Soto del Real there are a lot of trees and green areas that produce an annually biomass ( organic waste ) of 6,000 tons, 3,000 tons by clearing and conditioning forests and 3,000 tons from pruning of the parks and gardens. Because they needed to get rid of this biomass in an environmental-friendly way, the new Municipal Pool Cover Soto del Real has been built in Madrid and uses the residues as an energy source, reducing the CO2 emissions by 110 tons.
The pool’s roof has been designed so that the sun’s rays only enter the pool during winter, during the summer being protected. It’s north and south facades are supported on reinforced concrete pillars and nine laminated wooden beams.
This pool doesn’t only use the waste for the boiler placed in the basement, but also collects the rainwater in a tank to water the gardens. This is literally a whole ecosystem that both uses and creates natural resources, dramatically reducing the CO2 emissions. The pool only emits gases from the boiler that heats water and uses water for the pool and locker rooms.
Also the pool has a futuristic design, being by the Lorenzo Alonso Architects and it is built on an area of 8,000 square meters. It has been built by Ortiz company with the funding from the Community of Madrid, costing 4.7 million euros and the building only took 11 months to be finished.
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Those first two pictures are architectural renderings, do you have real pictures of the place?
Maybe I’m way off here, but it is my understanding that all of the “organic waste” that they are taking out of the ecosystem is meant to be broken down naturally to keep the soil enriched with nutrients, thus continuing the life cycle in those forests. Doesn’t seem very environmentally friendly to be depleting the soil. Aesthetically appealing though, and the roof is a good concept.
tim, it’s not finished yet. The electric car park isn’t completed yet.
hey timbucktwo, technically aren’t ‘all’ of the pictures architectural renderings? I mean…
There’s a pool building, like this in Eugene, Or. USA. It’s gotta be 30 years old.