When you have a beautiful nation filled with certain untidy spots, efforts must be made to work harder in finding a feasible solution where people can still enjoy their land even when nature stresses to oppose. In simple words, – when the Spree Bridge Badeschiff in Berlin, Germany got too polluted the inhabitants of the city got the option to swim in fresh water, but figuratively. Hence came this cool concept of a winter bathing ship. It was conceptualized and designed by an architect team from AMP Arquitectos who proposed a bridge to the Spree by floating a pool on it. A 30 year old barge was modified in a nearby dockyard. It was reduced to its shell and filled with preheated and chlorinated water to form a 32m long pool complemented with a wooden bridge and a sun terrace.

During the winter, a three-part membrane structure divides the three squares (bathing ship) and its jetty into three separate areas: a lounge, sauna and the pool ship itself. These areas are connected via additional boxes containing technical and service functions. Such an amazing idea – survival of the fittest, remember.
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Topics: Building Tags: on May 20, 2009

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