Water Factory Szczecin

Everything is in flow

The Water Factory Szczecin combines sport, leisure, education and entertainment, as well as innovation, functionality and aesthetics – all in a most remarkable way.

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Fabryka Wody

The Water Factory brings a fantastic range of sports and leisure activities to the Polish city of Szczecin (formerly Stettin, population 400,000) – and is much more than just a swimming pool.

The attractions at the Water Factory Szczecin (Fabryka Wody) include 21 swimming pools, eleven water slides, a huge wellness area, a beach with volleyball court and an amphitheatre that can be transformed into an ice rink in winter. This is the sporting area.

On the other side, the western wing of the 17,000 m² area is dedicated to the Water Factory Education Centre. Here you will find a wealth of knowledge and entertainment on the subject of water and its importance with regard to our lives and our civilisation.

Water features and desert sauna

The water features and swimming pools at Water Factory Szczecin cover an area of more than 2,400 m², including a complete indoor pool complete with sports basin, relaxation area including infinity pool, saltwater pool, outdoor pool, paddling pool for children and a VIP area with cinema screen.

The wellness area comprises 18 themed saunas in their very own worlds. These include a desert sauna, a paradise island, a volcanic sauna, rose or beer baths, and a snow grotto.

Megalopoolis

A connecting promenade with cascading watercourses, open spaces, entrances and plenty of places to spend time wends its way between the two parts of the building.

The indoor and outdoor pools, saunas, outdoor areas, caves, slides and climbing wall are organised and structured by an architecture that makes water and the nearby Oder river its theme and uses state-of-the-art technology.

Layout by Andrzej Truszczyński and Pawel Kobierzewski (TKHolding), swimming pools by Myrtha Pools.

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Szczecin and water

Built on a five-hectare terrain, the three-storey complex was constructed on the site of the historic "Gontynka" bathing area. The central entrance hall is the focal point of the Water Factory Szczecin (Fabryka Wody). It connects the pool complex with the Education Centre and creates a multi-layered, dynamic and public space.

Symbolising the theme of water and the historical and economic importance of the Oder for the city of Szczecin, the design makes use of several flowing lines and a winding façade and takes advantage of the terrain's natural gradient.

Networks and peepholes

The Water Factory Education Centre consists of six thematic blocks: Space, Climate, Ocean, Humans, Water Civilisation and Water Technology, all of which make use of digital media and networks. Visitors can launch a ship here or make rainbows, water swirls, and clouds.

The laboratories and having the opportunity to go underneath the swimming pools and look through peepholes to gain insight into water technology and treatment, as well as energy generation and supply, are equally exciting.

Amenities and sunshine

The Water Factory Szczecin also boasts the latest equipment and building technology. This includes not only state-of-the-art and time-honoured swimming pool technology, but also water technology and the use of renewable energy. This makes it possible to sunbathe in both the indoor swimming pool and the wellness area – thanks to skylights made of ETFE film, which let UV radiation (natural sunlight) into the interior of the building.

Outstanding

The Water Factory Szczecin combines innovation, functionality and aesthetics in a remarkable way and has therefore quite rightly already received several awards.

Project data

Architect

TKHolding
ul. Niedurnego 99C
41-709 Ruda Śląska
Polska

Pools

Myrtha Pools
A&T Europe Spa
Via Solferino, 27
P.O. Box 7
46043 Castiglione delle Stiviere (MN)
Italia

Client

Fabryka Wody Sp. z o.o.

Address

Fabryka Wody
71-504 Szczecin
ul. Czesława 9
Polska

Opening

2023

Photos

Kinga Gołąbek

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Johannes Bühlbecker
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