Piscine Tournesol Aldebert BellierBeauvais (France)

The historical, collective inspiration for the project to renovate and extend the Aldebert Bellier swimming pool was the Tournesol prefabricated swimming pools designed by the architect Bertrand Shoeller and used in France in the 1960s as part of General De Gaulle’s “1000 Piscines” plan. The pattern and the mosaic shape of the small tiles used for the renovation of the areas surrounding the swimming pool provide a pleasing complement to the original retractable metal roof, making the Tournesol model a hybrid design wavering between architecture and macrodesign.