Aquapark Relax SPA is located near the city center on the site of a vacant plot of land between the Municipal Sports Hall and the Relax Trnava restaurants on Rybníkova Street. The design of the building has been developed over a long period of time, for the investor’s opinion and economic reasons. With the passage of years, three initial concepts of the solution were developed. After the approval of the financing of the construction, work began on the last binding project documentation. The construction was finally implemented in 2015-2016 and contributed to making the area of the entrance areas to the city-wide sports complex Slávia more attractive.
Proposed solution
The building has an irregular floor plan, which is adapted to the shape of the building plot on which it was built. The building is half with a basement. The majority of the building is designed as a two-storey building in the above-ground part, only a relatively small part of the building is designed with three above-ground floors. The pool hall of the proposed building predominantly runs over two floors in the part with a mezzanine ceiling.
The aquapark is perceptible and accessible on foot directly from the central city zone, which is also an urban conservation area. With its urban concept, the building architecturally optimally completed the surrounding environment.
The main entrance to the building is situated in an attractive part – in the view as if from the central city zone. From the storey part of the multipurpose hall, there is a view of the panorama of the historic center with Trnava churches, and from the relaxation areas of the pool hall and restaurant, there is a view of the silhouette of the Little Carpathians.
The architectural design of the building is enhanced by the materials used and their color tuning. Most of the solid materials are made of horizontally divided aluminum cladding of a ventilated perimeter cladding of gray-green color, combined with black granite cladding and a large-area aluminum perimeter cladding.
The concept of the construction was based on the use of wooden glued structures. The admission of wooden beams in the interiors brought a special design effect and in this type of equipment a pleasant and unrepeatable environment was created. It also brought the intimacy of the microsectors and the more intimate character of the entire facility.
The interior is dominated by a vertical load-bearing reinforced concrete structure with illuminated columns, on which lies a horizontal structure of wooden beams, ceilings and walls. Some walls are lined with quarry limestone or plastered with noble smooth plasters. The floors are artificial stone and the pools are stainless. The proximity of the city center influenced the overall intention and character of the facility, which looks more intimate – like a modern city spa. According to the reactions of visitors, this was successful.
Construction
The land is in an area where the conditions for foundation are difficult. It is open on one side to the city center and on the other to the open countryside with outdoor pools and other sports facilities.
The building is roofed with wooden load-bearing structures in the part of the swimming pools, rest room and multi-purpose hall. The roof cladding is supported by wooden cross-laminated CLT hr. 100 mm. The material of the boards is GL24h. The underside of the boards is above the pools in visual quality and above the multi-purpose hall in industrial quality. CLT boards hr. 100 mm also form the supporting structure of the side perimeter cladding, including the load-bearing part of the attic. The joints of the boards with the frames are HBS wood screws.
The main load-bearing structure consists of half-frames in the part above the pools. 200 mm, span approx. 12.0 m, to which girders with a span of 10.45 m are connected. Both columns and crossbeams are of variable cross-section. The distance between the transverse ties is 2.775 m. Above the multi-purpose hall are half-frames of hr. 200 mm, spans approx. 15.0 m placed at a distance of 2.180 m from each other.
The joints of the frames and crossbars are made with SHERPA connecting plates, including hinges on the reinforced concrete wall. The foot of the half-frames in the pool part was to be equipped with a box-shaped prosthesis made of stainless steel sheet. The designer insisted on using stainless steel sheet, but the investor decided to change it and the contractor used galvanized sheet metal. The material of the frames is GL32h.
Transverse stability is ensured by the frame effect in interaction with the longitudinal reinforced concrete wall woven into the substructure. Longitudinal stability is ensured by CLT roof cladding and perimeter cladding plates. In the side wall of the multi-purpose hall, there is a leeward in the shape of Andrew’s cross made of DETAN rods with a circular JAKOB plate. The fire resistance of unprotected wooden structures is 30 min.
Authors:
architects Dušan Dóka, Christo Dóka
cooperation Matej Martinkovič
Project contractor:
TA PROJEKT, s.r.o. Sladovnícka 27, 917 01 Trnava
Team of collaborators:
Chief architect of the project: Ing.arch Dušan Dóka
Chief engineer of the project: Ing. Jozef Masaryk
Building structures: Ing. Stanislav Soják
Statics – foundation: Ing. Ctibor Kostúr
Statics – bet. and steel. construction: Ing. Marian Petráš
Statics – wood. Construction: Ing. František Lužica
Supplier of wooden load-bearing structures: Kontrakting stavebné montáže, s.r.o. (KSM)
Supplier of the roof cladding: Kontrakting stavebné montáže, s.r.o.
Production and assembly documentation
– Construction: Ing. Jozef Perďoch KSM, Ing. Pavol Vojtuš KSM
– Statics: Ing. Vladimír Butek KSM
– cooperation: Ing. Michal Grec, PhD.
Construction managers: Ing. Tomáš Horník KSM, Michal Holeš KSM
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