Pools and aquatic facilities | IAKS Worldwide

Paris 2023 Aquatic Centre

Versatile and sustainable urban arena

The Aquatics Centre is the only major facility built for the 2024 Paris Games. In legacy mode, it will be a public facility with a 50-m pool, a diving pool, a 25-m learning pool, multipurpose pool, and aqua-kids area.

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Bäder.forum 2024 with international IAKS experts: 18-19 September in Vienna, Austria

With "Innovative pool concepts in Canada", the organisers cast a look across the Big Pond and take a look at the southern hemisphere with "Pool concepts in Australia". Also on the agenda: a focus on sustainability and energy efficiency - the swimming pool in passive house design

Three pools in Vienna: Excursion by IAKS AT on 17 September

The programme for the excursion on 17 September includes the Stadthallenbad, the Amalienbad and the Therme Wien. On site, the managers and/or architects will give you a look behind the scenes of the three renowned aquatic facilities.

Parramatta Aquatic Centre Sydney

Inclusive community hub enables swimming in a park setting

Parramatta Aquatic Centre (PAC) is located in Parramatta Park, which is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, and is situated in a distinct landscape concept which acknowledges the site’s historical vocation as a gathering place.

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Clear design language forms an inverted pyramid

The swimming pool is located surrounded by several factories as well as villages and a secondary school. The site was originally the stockpiling area of the coal washing plant. Initially, the swimming pool was designed for the workers of the factory and their families. Now it is open to surrounding communities and pupils from the nearby school.

Silvretta Therme

Silver cloud

This “full package” of architecture, technology and public value was also appreciated by the experts: on 24 October 2023, the Silvretta Therme was awarded the international “IOC IPC IAKS Architecture Prize” in the “Pools, SPAs, Wellness Facilities” category.

Myrtha Pools

Forward-thinking technology & characteristics

Thanks to the special movable bulkheads and a movable floor installed on five lanes, the OAC's main pool can be configured in multiple ways, even for aquafitness or aquabike courses requiring shallow depths. The other two pools are a learn to swim pool and a leisure pool featuring water jets, whirlpool seats and a lazy river.

Wibre Lampen

A new style in pool lighting: the WIBRE 252

Thanks to its versatility, it can be used in a wide range of applications: from lighting the entire pool to accentuating lighting effects. The POW LED technology offers different colour temperatures (3000K, 4500K, 6000K) as well as RGB-W and different beam angles.

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Efficient guest management

The new epCollect is a modern redemption device for RFID media such as wristbands or coins and enables an increase in efficiency and convenience in guest management. The collection of RFID media and the passing of the linked electronic entry and exit control are visualised in parallel on the device's graphic display.

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