For the all-round modernization of a 1970s school swimming bath in Paris’ 19th Arrondissement architects Kyunglan Yoon and Philippe Seux supported by the fabricator ASKA Interior not only drew on ultramodern technology and improved access to the building. They also gave the design of the interior a real facelift; the duo opted to simplify the structure and reduce the architectural vocabulary. In order to create a single coherent space they used one and the same material for all the surfaces: “HI-MACS®” in Arctic White.

The swimming zone and the showers now form a homogeneous complex, gleaming and bright, but with different surface textures. For the acrylic stone can be used in many different ways and can be both glued or fixed in place. The product can be thermoformed and then gently sanded and polished. In this way, the walls are given a relief that resembles the texture of the sound-absorbent elements in the ceiling and forms a vibrant pattern. The smooth, nonporous surface of HI-MACS® acrylic stones is impervious to moisture and thus perfectly suited for use in the interior of a building such as a swimming baths.

For the shower area, “HI-MACS®” solid surfaces were again used. In this instance the floor was equipped with small relief dots to give it non-slip qualities. And last but by no means least, the acrylic stone has a further quality: You can print on it, so that infographics for school pupils were simply printed straight onto the walls.