Aquarama is a refurbishment of a former municipal swimming pool, located between a seafront promenade and the city beach. The project was developed as a public-private partnership, and now comprises a full-size competition pool, a handball arena, spa, gyms, commercial areas and a large hotel – a total of 40 000 square metres.
The Aquarama park is an activity park, with wide lawns, volley ball courts, skate park and playground. The challenge was to avoid losing the public nature of this park: how to allow people to use freely the whole area right up to the windows into the pool. The landscaping is intended to erase the separation between user groups, cultivating a sense of -community.
The project also includes upgrading the surrounding streets to universal access, retaining as much as possible the existing trees.
- Asplan Viak AS
- Aquarama Kristiansand AS (Kruse Smith AS/BRG AS og Kristiansand kommune)
- 42000 Sq.m.
- 25000000 NOK ex. VAT
- 2013
- Cecilie Bjerke Skjømming, arkitekt MNAL
- Byggprosjektering: Skjalg Fredheim, sivilingeniør
- Badprosjektering: Eivind Marcussen, sivilingeniør
- Espen Evensen Reinfjord, Tine Eilen Gunnes og Sigrid Lofthus Drange, alle landskapsark. MNLA
- Via Nova v/ Kjell Kartevoll og Trygve Håland (infrastruktur)
- ca. 42 000 kvm
- Park 8700 kvm, fortau/gateanlegg 3800 kvm
- ca. 25 mill. NOK
- ca. 1 mrd. NOK
- Espen Evensen Reinfjord og Anders Martinsen
The transition between public and private areas is solved at detail level. Sections showing different situations where the external park spaces meet the internal swimming pool areas.
Photo: Asplan Viak
The surrounding streets have been upgraded as part of the project.
Photo: Espen Evensen Reinfjord og Anders Martinsen