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Currently, access to the CEPSUM pool is far from universal. Users follow different routes depending on their physical abilities, and the gendered changing rooms are neither intuitive nor welcoming. This proposal seeks to transform this fragmented experience into a shared, fluid, and inclusive journey.
The new access to the pool's changing area is integrated into the existing double-height corridor. It brings together stairs and an elevator in a single vertical hub, allowing everyone to enter through the same point. A sensory signage system combining color, lighting, as well as tactile markers on the floor and walls guides users toward the heart of the project, a universal, non-gendered changing room. This space is designed to be fluid and luminous, where dry and wet zones flow clearly into one another. Inspired by the transparency of water, the layout prioritizes open views and full-height windows, enhancing spatial clarity, safety, and comfort.
Within the changing room, facilities are varied to meet a wide range of needs. These include accessible stalls, family spaces, lowered counters for children, hygiene rooms, and a shared beauty counter. While adults get changed or prepare, younger users can play in integrated activity modules built into the furniture. The experience continues at the pool, where one of the basins is transformed into an accessible urban beach. A gentle ramp across the entire width allows for gradual entry into the water, where aquatic play features and submerged seating create an intergenerational space without hierarchy or barriers. To enhance sensory comfort, acoustic treatments reduce sound reverberation, while new wall openings let in natural light, softening the atmosphere and supporting orientation by strengthening the connection between indoors and outdoors.
Thus, transparency becomes a vehicle for inclusion. Like water, accessibility becomes invisible yet essential, enveloping each user in a shared, fluid, and equitable experience.
(From competitor's text)
The jury considered that the proposal transforms the pool into a recreative pool, which is not appropriate for a university sports center. The jury noted that the gradual slope of the "beach" improves accessibility, and the signage is well thought out.
(From jury report)
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