Aquatics Centers / Swimming Arenas

Dan Caumo · August 16th, 2009, 05:30 AM

I was looking for a thread about this, but I didn't find. There are about football stadiums, baseball stadiums, tennis stadiums, race courses, athletics stadiums, etc. Then I created this one. I would like to know more about aquatics centers.

Recently, I knew of this two great places:

Olympia-Schwimmstadion Berlin
Berlin Olympic Swimming Stadium
18.500 seats (1936)
7.600 seats (nowadays)

Events:
1936 Olympic Games
1978 FINA World Championships

Schwimmstadion to the north of the Olympiastadion

Satellite view (Google Earth)

1936 (Olympic Games)

2008 (beautiful but still need some care)

Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto
Roma Olympic Swimming Stadium

Events:
1960 Olympic Games
1983 European Aquatics Championships
1994 FINA World Championships
2009 FINA World Championships

The complex to the southeast of the Stadio Olimpico and to the east of Roma Tennis Center at Foro Italico

Satellite view (Google Earth)

It's a aquatic center with:

Olympic Indoor Swimming Stadium (50m)

Indoor Swimming Pool (25m)

Outdoor Swimming Stadium - Swimming Pool (50m)

Outdoor Swimming Stadium - Diving Pool

And:
Outdoor Swimming Pool (33m)
Outdoor Swimming Pool (25m)

RobH · August 16th, 2009, 12:24 PM

London 2012 Aquatics Centre (u/c)

During the Games (17,500 seats plus temporary 5,000 seat water polo pool):
image hosted on flickr

After the Games (2,500 seats):
image hosted on flickr

Construction:
image hosted on flickr

image hosted on flickr

ReiAyanami · August 16th, 2009, 12:32 PM

Excellent idea!!

npmrsi · August 16th, 2009, 12:37 PM

Olympiaschwimmhalle München / Munich

during olympics

image hosted on flickr

after olympics

image hosted on flickr

left: Olympiaschimmhalle; right: Olympiahalle

ReiAyanami · August 16th, 2009, 01:42 PM

Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre:

Main outdoor pool, capacity 11,500:

Secondary outdoor pool, capacity 5,300:

Training pool

Indoor pool, capacity 6,200:

Quintana · August 16th, 2009, 10:24 PM

Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (cap. 3000):
image hosted on flickr

Jim856796 · August 17th, 2009, 02:01 AM

Berlin's swimming arena looks like it is falling into disrepair and so is Moscow's Aquatics centre. They may need urgent upgrades soon.

westsidebomber · August 17th, 2009, 03:18 AM

Keating Natatorium, home of the St. Xavier High School Bombers
Cincinnati, Ohio
capacity 1,000

Small, but not bad for a high school facility!

Dan Caumo · August 17th, 2009, 04:00 AM

The London Aquatics Centre has a audacious design, I liked it so much. I just don't like the ceiling inside. Looks like it will fall. The convex design seems too heavy. Nevertheless it's a amazing aquatics centre.

jean1991 · August 17th, 2009, 04:34 AM

Natatorium San Juan, Puerto Rico

isaidso · August 17th, 2009, 05:24 AM

Montreal Olympic Pool

image hosted on flickr

http://www.fotochris.com/images/Cana...-3-Piscine.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2653/...15e0b2.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3226/...19b1c1218b.jpg
https://worldgeopost07.wikispaces.co...00c1a23434.jpg
http://www.freewebs.com/annabeckham/...ic-Stadium.jpg

HoldenV8 · August 19th, 2009, 12:38 AM

Adelaide Aquatic Centre, Adelaide, South Australia.

I remember going here on a school excursion back in the early 1980's and it didn't have a roof back then. The roof was added in the late 80's.

Unfortunately, the Adelaide City Council, who run the facility, don't do the greatest job in maintaining it. As such, Adelaide hasn't hosted a major national or international event in either swimming or diving since about 1989 or 1990 becuase its deemed not up to current standards.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/utasswi...60217/sizes/o/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/utasswi...n/photostream/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Aquatic_Centre - AAC @ Wikipedia

DimitriB · August 22nd, 2009, 09:13 PM

I will try to make some good pictures from olympic aquatic centers/swimming arenas in Belgium. I'm a lifeguard at the olympic pool in Antwerp and I play water polo.
I post them true the year.

adeperdana05 · August 23rd, 2009, 06:00 AM

Beijing National Aquatics Center the Best EVER

rmutt · August 23rd, 2009, 06:42 AM

National Aquatics Center aka The Water Cube - Beijing 2008 Olympic Venue for Aquatics (Swimming, Diving, & Synchronized Swimming):

Jamuary · August 23rd, 2009, 07:18 PM

Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto's indoor swimming pools look realy awful

especially the second one

nazrey · August 23rd, 2009, 10:39 PM

NATIONAL AQUATIC CENTRE
National Sports Complex, Bukit Jalil, KUALA LUMPUR

The fully-covered center has permanent seating for 4,000 spectators and temporary seats for 2,000 more. The Olympic-size swimming pool at the National Aquatic Centre complied with international specifications and can hold world class events.

It has competition pools for swimming, diving and synchronized swimming, all built within the regulations of the world swimming body, the International Swimming Federation (FINA).

image hosted on flickr

Ukraine · August 24th, 2009, 12:07 AM

The London aquatic center has probably been inspired by the montreal one judging by it's design.....

New York City 20?? · August 24th, 2009, 02:16 AM

All I see is a vaguely similar roof shape. I don't think that's enough to say that London was inspired by Montreal's.

One of my favorite Aquatics centers - the temporary Atlanta 1996 Olympic Swimming and Diving venue at GA Tech. Had the open-air setting that gave you sunset finals ala Athens 2004, and was covered to protect from sun and rain ala most Aquatics centers. New York and Chicago have copied the concept in their Olympic bids for 2012 and 2016, respectively.

en1044 · August 24th, 2009, 03:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by New York City 20??

All I see is a vaguely similar roof shape. I don't think that's enough to say that London was inspired by Montreal's.

One of my favorite Aquatics centers - the temporary Atlanta 1996 Olympic Swimming and Diving venue at GA Tech. Had the open-air setting that gave you sunset finals ala Athens 2004, and was covered to protect from sun and rain ala most Aquatics centers. New York and Chicago have copied the concept in their Olympic bids for 2012 and 2016, respectively.

It wasnt temporary, its still there. It was just HEAVILY renovated after the games.

August 16th, 2009, 05:30 AM	#1
Dan Caumo Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 352 Likes (Received): 17	Aquatics Centers / Swimming Arenas I was looking for a thread about this, but I didn't find. There are about football stadiums, baseball stadiums, tennis stadiums, race courses, athletics stadiums, etc. Then I created this one. I would like to know more about aquatics centers. Recently, I knew of this two great places: Olympia-Schwimmstadion Berlin Berlin Olympic Swimming Stadium 18.500 seats (1936) 7.600 seats (nowadays) Events: 1936 Olympic Games 1978 FINA World Championships Schwimmstadion to the north of the Olympiastadion Satellite view (Google Earth) 1936 (Olympic Games) 2008 (beautiful but still need some care) Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto Roma Olympic Swimming Stadium Events: 1960 Olympic Games 1983 European Aquatics Championships 1994 FINA World Championships 2009 FINA World Championships The complex to the southeast of the Stadio Olimpico and to the east of Roma Tennis Center at Foro Italico Satellite view (Google Earth) It's a aquatic center with: Olympic Indoor Swimming Stadium (50m) Indoor Swimming Pool (25m) Outdoor Swimming Stadium - Swimming Pool (50m) Outdoor Swimming Stadium - Diving Pool And: Outdoor Swimming Pool (33m) Outdoor Swimming Pool (25m)

August 16th, 2009, 12:24 PM	#2
RobH SPURRED Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London / Kent Posts: 8,447 Likes (Received): 205	London 2012 Aquatics Centre (u/c) London 2012 Aquatics Centre (u/c) During the Games (17,500 seats plus temporary 5,000 seat water polo pool): image hosted on flickr After the Games (2,500 seats): image hosted on flickr Construction: image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr Last edited by RobH; August 16th, 2009 at 02:25 PM.

August 16th, 2009, 12:37 PM	#4
npmrsi Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Neumünster, S-H, Germany Posts: 104 Likes (Received): 0	Olympiaschwimmhalle München / Munich during olympics image hosted on flickr after olympics image hosted on flickr left: Olympiaschimmhalle; right: Olympiahalle Last edited by npmrsi; August 16th, 2009 at 02:10 PM.

August 16th, 2009, 01:42 PM	#5
ReiAyanami BANNED Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2,394 Likes (Received): 2	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre: Main outdoor pool, capacity 11,500: Secondary outdoor pool, capacity 5,300: Training pool Indoor pool, capacity 6,200: Last edited by ReiAyanami; August 20th, 2009 at 11:09 AM.

August 17th, 2009, 02:01 AM	#7
Jim856796 The Q&A Guy Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Citizen of the World Posts: 6,774 Likes (Received): 12	Berlin's swimming arena looks like it is falling into disrepair and so is Moscow's Aquatics centre. They may need urgent upgrades soon. __________________ I honestly think all development projects must be dashing, sustainable, and futureproof. You support the good projects... and oppose the bad.

August 16th, 2009, 12:32 PM	#3
ReiAyanami BANNED Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2,394 Likes (Received): 2	Excellent idea!!

August 16th, 2009, 10:24 PM	#6
Quintana Registered Abuser Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: 美好的码头 Posts: 3,925 Likes (Received): 75	Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (cap. 3000): image hosted on flickr

August 17th, 2009, 03:18 AM	#8
westsidebomber Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 165 Likes (Received): 1	Keating Natatorium, home of the St. Xavier High School Bombers Cincinnati, Ohio capacity 1,000 Small, but not bad for a high school facility!

August 17th, 2009, 04:00 AM	#9
Dan Caumo Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 352 Likes (Received): 17	The London Aquatics Centre has a audacious design, I liked it so much. I just don't like the ceiling inside. Looks like it will fall. The convex design seems too heavy. Nevertheless it's a amazing aquatics centre.

August 17th, 2009, 04:34 AM	#10
jean1991 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Santo Domingo D.N. Posts: 4,132 Likes (Received): 0	Natatorium San Juan, Puerto Rico __________________ Santo Domingo, D.N. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII República Dominicana

August 17th, 2009, 05:24 AM	#11
isaidso the new republic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The United Provinces of America Posts: 18,895 Likes (Received): 452	Montreal Olympic Pool image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr http://www.fotochris.com/images/Cana...-3-Piscine.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2653/...15e0b2.jpg?v=0 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3226/...19b1c1218b.jpg https://worldgeopost07.wikispaces.co...00c1a23434.jpg http://www.freewebs.com/annabeckham/...ic-Stadium.jpg __________________ World's 1st Baseball Game: June 4th, 1838, Beachville, Ontario, Canada North America's Oldest Pro Football Teams: Toronto Argonauts (1873) and Hamilton Tiger Cats (1869) I started my first photo thread documenting a recent trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Have a peek: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=724898 Last edited by isaidso; August 17th, 2009 at 05:31 AM.

August 19th, 2009, 12:38 AM	#12
HoldenV8 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Adelaide Posts: 182 Likes (Received): 0	Adelaide Aquatic Centre, Adelaide, South Australia. I remember going here on a school excursion back in the early 1980's and it didn't have a roof back then. The roof was added in the late 80's. Unfortunately, the Adelaide City Council, who run the facility, don't do the greatest job in maintaining it. As such, Adelaide hasn't hosted a major national or international event in either swimming or diving since about 1989 or 1990 becuase its deemed not up to current standards. http://www.flickr.com/photos/utasswi...60217/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/utasswi...n/photostream/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Aquatic_Centre - AAC @ Wikipedia

August 22nd, 2009, 09:13 PM	#13
DimitriB Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Antwerp Posts: 367 Likes (Received): 12	I will try to make some good pictures from olympic aquatic centers/swimming arenas in Belgium. I'm a lifeguard at the olympic pool in Antwerp and I play water polo. I post them true the year.

August 23rd, 2009, 06:00 AM	#14
adeperdana05 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 44 Likes (Received): 0	Beijing Beijing National Aquatics Center the Best EVER

August 23rd, 2009, 06:42 AM	#15
rmutt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 59 Likes (Received): 0	National Aquatics Center aka The Water Cube - Beijing 2008 Olympic Venue for Aquatics (Swimming, Diving, & Synchronized Swimming):

August 23rd, 2009, 07:18 PM	#16
Jamuary BANNED Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Quatropolis Posts: 959 Likes (Received): 0	Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto's indoor swimming pools look realy awful especially the second one

August 23rd, 2009, 10:39 PM	#17
nazrey Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 73,020 Likes (Received): 390	NATIONAL AQUATIC CENTRE National Sports Complex, Bukit Jalil, KUALA LUMPUR The fully-covered center has permanent seating for 4,000 spectators and temporary seats for 2,000 more. The Olympic-size swimming pool at the National Aquatic Centre complied with international specifications and can hold world class events. It has competition pools for swimming, diving and synchronized swimming, all built within the regulations of the world swimming body, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). image hosted on flickr __________________ Malaysia Photo Gallery - Click Here for Malaysia Galleries City & Town - \| Kuala Lumpur \| Penang \| Malacca \| Putrajaya \| Cyberjaya \| Langkawi Alor Setar, Ipoh, Johor Bahru, Kangar, Kota Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuantan, Kuala Terengganu, Kuching, Seremban, Shah Alam, etc!

August 24th, 2009, 12:07 AM	#18
Ukraine Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Calgary & Kiev Posts: 591 Likes (Received): 1	The London aquatic center has probably been inspired by the montreal one judging by it's design.....

August 24th, 2009, 02:16 AM	#19
New York City 20?? Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New York Posts: 117 Likes (Received): 0	All I see is a vaguely similar roof shape. I don't think that's enough to say that London was inspired by Montreal's. One of my favorite Aquatics centers - the temporary Atlanta 1996 Olympic Swimming and Diving venue at GA Tech. Had the open-air setting that gave you sunset finals ala Athens 2004, and was covered to protect from sun and rain ala most Aquatics centers. New York and Chicago have copied the concept in their Olympic bids for 2012 and 2016, respectively.

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