Les Bains des Docks – Le Havre

After being dazzled by pictures posted in every architecture blog–and being inspired to create a font–we planned our last trip in France especially to visit this amazing public aquatic center in Le Havre.

Unfortunately it was not possible to take pictures of the wonderful interior, but we spent a whole afternoon enjoying the balnéo space, the internal and external pools, and the hidden toboggan.

The basic exterior, hiding completely the complexity of the interior, is clad with panels recalling a mosaic pattern, with scattered openings of different sizes.

The openings, apart from providing spectacular natural light inside the complex, offer abstract glances of the interior from the outside.