A major new indoor water fun, sports and wellness centre will open to visitors at Courchevel in early December 2015.
Built at a cost of 63 Million Euros, financed entirely by the municipality, the complex named ‘Aquamotion’ was entrusted to German architecture firm, Auer-Weber, which is renowned for its work of integrating buildings into their environment.
It include indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a four metre deep diving area, a 10m high climbing wall and an indoor surf wave – the first indoor wave of its size in France along with spa facilities.
Architect Eric Frisch says that one of the main issues at stake was, “to build such a large facility on a highly sensitive Alpine site. We worked to make it disappear in to nature.”
The centre’s water fun area, which has been especially design to blend in to its surrounding environment, will also incorporate a three-lane water slide and a 110-metre long area of wild water rapids. There will also be a 170 m² outdoor lagoon heated to 34°C and a 190 m² indoor lagoon heated to 32°C.
The wellness area is equipped with a Jetstream pool, a salt-water pool and a bubble pool and a wide variety of treatments will be available.
Aquamotion is completely open on to its environment and enjoys natural light on all sides thanks to its vast bay windows. The roof, which follows the form of the land and looks like a vast green wave, is entirely covered with vegetation. A wood heating system was chosen for all the buildings and pools.
