JAAA Sea Bath

In 2005 when the first sea bath was constructed in the western harbour, The City of Malmö acquired a bathing area along the shore of Øresund. The sea bath called Badplatsen in Sweden is located in Scania Park which is a marina north of the B01 residential area. The Badplats quickly became popular and the Municipality of Malmö now wishes to expand the bathing facilities with a 50 meter long sea bath, children's pools and changing rooms.
The concept is to extend the existing bath construction towards the new buildings and facilities integrating the new with the existing creating wooden decks for sunbathing, swimming basins, a shop, a café, changing cabins, showers, life guard facilities & restrooms.
Similar materials of a simple wooden deck and an in- situ concrete deck are proposed. The pavilion is wood and translucent glass, which plays with thoughts of transparency and nudity. All facilities are placed under the same roof in the pavilion which lets in the daylight through sky lights. Three pine trees stretch through open sections of the roof. In between the building sections there will be niches where you can sit in the sun or shade and keep out of the wind on windy days. Above all you can sit here to enjoy the view of the sea.
The area will be planted with pine and oak to shelter the area and divide it from the built area to the east.