Prague Swimming Pool

Location: Holešovice, Prague, Czech Republic
Year Completed: 2020
Area: 6,800 m²
Client: Prague 7 District Authority
Status: Built
Category: Sport / Public Leisure

Set within a former industrial quarter undergoing gradual regeneration, the Holešovice Public Pool reinterprets the tradition of the Central European bathing hall. The building’s exterior presents a restrained brick facade consistent with the surrounding warehouse fabric, while the interior opens dramatically into a column-free hall bathed in diffuse northern light from clerestory windows positioned above the waterline.

Three pools of different temperatures cater to competitive swimmers, leisure bathers and young children, their arrangement generating a gentle circulation that encourages lingering rather than throughput. A geothermal heating system buried beneath the outdoor terrace maintains pool temperatures year-round at minimal operating cost, and excess heat recovered from the filtration plant warms the changing rooms and spectator gallery.