The ultimate contemporary urban pool

An urban pool

City pool, country pool … it's clear which camp this pool falls in! This Piscinelle pool in central Nantesbetween the Nord Beauséjour, Hauts Pavés - Saint-Félix and Rocher d'Enfer districts is the new centre of gravity for this ultra-modern house.

The project involved a full renovation of an old building aimed at preserving old features while adding an extension to the house and a swimming pool to give everything a new lease of life.

This type of installation in urban centres is increasingly popular, with more and more projects carried out on sites that appear unsuited to a swimming pool with surprisingly stylish results and innovative management of space.

La piscine est traitée comme une pièce à part entière de la maison. Elle apporte un sentiment de vacances et de détente jusqu'à l’intérieure...

Here, just kilometres from the Belle Étoile roundabout in Nantes, the pool takes centre-stage in a garden that is used as an additional room of the house.

This also embodies a significant trend in which people treat their swimming pool as a piece of household equipment like a frying pan or a sofa in a living room. In this new order, gardens are used as houses' fifth rooms and pools, once the preserve of country houses, are increasingly springing up in urban locations!

A stylish, fully-equipped pool

In parallel with this urban trend, pool design is becoming an increasingly important factor for new pool buyers. Obviously, swimming in the pool and using it as a space to enjoy good company are still key criteria. However, as in many other areas, design has become an essential component in projects.

In this project, the slate-grey liner, stainless steel filtration panel and Piscinelle water curtain are perfectly coordinated with the zinc sheets used to clad the house extension.

Customer feedback
We saw the swimming pool as a key element in the house refurbishment. We really wanted to make it a designer feature visible from every room in the house, infusing the space with its spirit.

Similarly, the ipe used for the decks goes grey developing silvery shades, also complementing the metal fittings.

The pool is surrounded by designer features reflecting the latest trends including Fermob® outdoor furniture. The artificial grass also accentuates the modern feel of this project.

Piscine et reflets... une composition graphique tout à fait surprenante et d'une esthétique rare.

An urban pool is also a fully-equipped pool. This Piscinelle pool offers unrivalled simplicity and convenience with its heating, lighting, automated water treatment, endless pool unit, water curtain and filtration panel.

 

Boasting simplicity right from the installation stage, this designer pool won the French Federation of Swimming Pool Professionals Gold Trophy for the "swimming pool installed by a private individual" category.


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The pool is the centrepiece of this garden, giving the house a new outdoor room.

At one end of the pool, a tree pruned to resemble a large bonsai adds a touch of majesty and tranquillity.

This pool was installed from a kit by its owner and won the Gold Trophy for self-build pools.

The pool is semi-inground on one side to manage the naturally sloping ground and remain level with the annex to the house.

The pool was tailor-made to ensure it fits in harmoniously with the garden's dimensions.

The pool is reflected in the patio doors of the annex to the house - a stunningly modern image.

The pool has a straight 3-step Escabanc with a tanning ledge enabling bathers to relax in the sun, and also get in and out of the pool.

The Fermob garden furniture complements the pool's colour scheme, with grey for the liner and turquoise for the water.

The pool and its slate-grey liner are the perfect match for the zinc cladding on the modern house extension.

The Piscinelle pool is equipped with a stainless steel filtration panel, which avoids having to drill holes in the liner, providing total peace of mind that it will not leak.

The house extension is ultra-modern with its large patio doors and zinc cladding reminiscent of rooftops in Paris.

The house extension is ultra-modern with its large patio doors and zinc cladding reminiscent of rooftops in Paris.

The Fermob garden furniture complements the pool's colour scheme, with grey for the liner and turquoise for the water.

The colours, materials and geometry of a cleanly designed urban pool.

Stylish Fermob garden furniture set against a dry stone wall just metres from the pool.

The Piscinelle stainless steel water curtain gives the build a designer, minimalist feel.

The pool is semi-inground on one side to manage the sloping ground. It has been clad with dry stones to match the boundary wall and a few ipe steps have been added to access the living room in the house.

Pool and reflections … an eye-catching, extraordinarily beautiful graphic composition.

At one end of the pool, a tree pruned like a bonsai adds a Zen-like aura to the composition of outdoor space.

The Piscinelle stainless steel water curtain adds a designer feel to the pool.

The lapping of water from the fountain provides a peaceful soundtrack for future naps…

Stainless steel, water, wood … all quality materials used in this build with its timeless design.

This urban pool is installed in a property in Nantes city centre.

This resolutely urban pool is in perfect harmony with the house and its zinc contemporary extension.

The pool is the centrepiece of this city-centre house refurbishment.

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Last updated on 17/01/2022

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