LA PISCINE TOURNESOL

This swimming pool despite its high age deserves a real detour for two reasons: Built in 1974, its architecture is atypical and rarely seen until now. It was reported to be 180 in the years 70-80. Indeed, its structure takes the form of a flower that blooms in the summer to leave the semi-open swimming pool, with an arch that rotates at 120 degrees, opening on a solarium. Work by Bernard Schoeller, it is a real design and state-of-the-art for the time and above all, this model was invented to democratize swimming pools and swimming, following the failed OG of 1968 in discipline. The second reason is less radiant in artistic terms: It should be destroyed to allow a new aquatic project, with spa space, 25 m basin, far from the emblematic originality of today. So let's dive towards the heritage of the th century one last time…