{"id":361,"date":"2025-10-02T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scientificmediagroup.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:09:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:09:24","slug":"henning-larsen-designs-timber-centralbadet-swimming-pool-for-gothenburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scientificmediagroup.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/henning-larsen-designs-timber-centralbadet-swimming-pool-for-gothenburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Henning Larsen designs timber Centralbadet swimming pool for Gothenburg"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Architecture studio Henning Larsen<\/a> has won a competition to design a swimming pool<\/a> to replace Gothenburg’s historic Valhallabadet<\/a> with a timber-framed building that will also house other sports facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Henning Larsen<\/a> will deliver the project with Swedish studio Winell & Jern Architects<\/a>, engineering firm Ramboll<\/a> and John Dohlsten, a sports science lecturer at the University of Gothenburg.<\/p>\n

The 51,850-square-metre building will have a gridded timber facade and large windows, as well as a walkable green roof. Inside will be Olympic-standard swimming pools, alongside family and learning pools, sports halls, a gym, and outdoor facilities.<\/p>\n

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The swimming pool will have a timber facade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Centralbadet will also feature cafes and saunas, with outdoor gyms, running tracks and terraces located on the roof.<\/p>\n

The building will have a concrete base wrapped in recycled bricks to provide stability for the pool basins, but the design then transitions to timber \u2013 including long-span glued-laminated (glulam) beams specifically designed for humid environments \u2013 on the upper part of the building.<\/p>\n

Henning Larsen said the timber elements will be designed for disassembly and reuse so that the swimming pool can be “resilient and long-lasting”.<\/p>\n

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Wood will also be featured inside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Inside Centralbadet, timber will also be used for interior partitions and ceiling elements where possible.<\/p>\n

“Centralbadet is about more than pools and courts, it’s about everyday experiences that bring people together,” said Henning Larsen design director Martin Stenberg Ringn\u00e9r.<\/p>\n