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Paris 2024 Olympic Aquatics Centre

published in sb magazine 3/2024

The Aquatics Centre is the only major facility built for the 2024 Paris Games, since 95 % of the dedicated venues already exist or will be temporary. For the Olympic Games, the Olympic pool will be hosting the diving, water polo and synchronized swimming competitions. For the Paralympic Games, the stadium will be the swim training facility. With 3,000 fixed seats and 2,500 temporary seats, level 4 competitions can be hosted.

In legacy mode, the Aquatics Centre will be a public facility with a 50-m pool, a diving pool, a 25-m learning pool, multipurpose pool, and aqua-kids area. The centre will offer bouldering, fitness area, three padel courses, 5x5 football, and a restaurant. VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/ formed a design team to master the ambitious and emblematic project.