t his swimming hall was built on a site near the coast in the Nuussuaq quarter of Nuuk, with a view of Malenbugt Bay and the Malenefjeldet Mountains. The main entrance is in the northern corner of the building, on the lee side of the prevail- ing southwest winds. Windows facing the bay bring sunlight deep into the building and snow and the ice-covered bay reflect light in under the roof. Indirect lighting comes from a band of skylights. The building’s bearing and bracing wall is in-situ cast concrete.The roof consists of arched lami- nated wood beams, supported across the pool room by laminated wooden columns.The roof is based on a warm construction of corrugated steel panels with exterior mineral wool insula- tion and rolled roofing.The façades are sided with pine boards, stained a blue-black.The glass facades have low-energy thermal glazing with a standard mullion system of salt-water-resistant aluminum.The horizontal band on the wooden facades is also of untreated aluminum.The ceramic tiles on the floors and walls and fur - nishings in stainless steel and teak underscore a robustness that meets the extremely hard use conditions and the high hygienic require- ments. Malik Swimming Hall: Nuuk, Greenland KHRAS arkitektur
The swimming hall facades are sided with pine boards stained blue-black.
The roof’s wave-shaped beams and column trees are of laminated wood.
The outdoor temperature in the arctic area can fall to -25ºC. The double glass façade prevents condensation and reduces heat loss, in that dry heated air is injected from openings at the base of the wall cavity and rises to the top of the façade construction. In this cavity, which is lit from below by fluorescent lighting, a group of dancers performed at the opening in September 2003.
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