Aquatic Complex

Aim:
To create interest among people in water sport and to develop their talents. Also to
identify the talents in the pool of people.

• Objective:
• To get more people involved in water sports.
• To give an unique aesthetic appearance to the viewers through
various architectural elements.

Thrust Area:
• Minimal use of water.
• Special care and study on functional planning and structural
systems.
Site Plan
AQUATIC COMPLEX
Site is located in Mugalivakkam, Chennai.
The total area of the site is 42,104.
The FSI of the site is 1.5
The site is connected to a 10 meter road.
Comparison Chart of Various Aquatic complex:

Name Seats Plot area Build-up area

Velachery aquatic centre 4000

Thrissur aquatic complex 10000

Holland aquatic complex 86745

Johannesburg aquatic centre 15000

Olgiata Sporting Club 7500

London Aquatics Center 17500 15950

Case Study:
• Aqua Sports Complex (Andra Pradesh)
• Basanvanogudi Aquatic Center (Karnataka)
• Thissur Aquatic Complex (Kerala)
• Velachery Aquatic Complex (Tamil Nadu)
PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia
NET CASE STUDY
PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia
NET CASE STUDY
1. Lap Pool 2. Recreation Pool
a) Dimensions – 52 m long x 18.6 m wide [170.6 ft x
61.0 ft]
a) Dimensions – Varies
b) Surface Area – 967 m² [10,409 ft²]
b) Surface Area – 401 m² [4,316 ft²]
c) Depth – Movable floor at the shallow end to 4.5
c) Depth – Zero-depth entry to 1.5 m [4.9 ft] at the
m [14.8 ft] at the deep end main drains
deep end main drains
d) Number of Lanes – 8
d) Volume – ~265 m³ [70,000 gallons] (volume as
e) Lane Width – 2.25 m [7.38 ft] reported by operator)
f) Volume – 2,321 m³ [613,160 gallons] (Per email e) Perimeter – 105 m [344.5 ft]
from Northern Health)
g) Perimeter – 141 m [463 ft]
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NET CASE STUDY
3. Spa
Dimensions – Varies
Surface Area – 30 m² [323 ft²]
Depth – Sloped handicapped entry to 1 m [3.3 ft] deep
Volume – ~18.9 m³ [5,000 gallons] (volume as
reported by operator)
Perimeter – 37 m [121.4 ft]
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NET CASE STUDY
POOL HEATING
Observations and Owner Comments:
New high efficiency pool boilers were recently installed.
The boilers are in good condition with no reported issues.
As the boilers are performing as designed, no
recommendations are required at this time.
MECHANICAL ROOM
The existing mechanical room is located in a convenient
location conducive to each body of water.
The mechanical room is in good condition with adequate
space and clearance zones.
The pump pit is recessed to allow for flooded suction pumps
to be used in lieu of self-priming pumps.
PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia
NET CASE STUDY
FILTERS
The lap pool is filtered by means of four (4) FF Series horizontal
high rate sand filters manufactured by Kenloch Company.
The filters exterior coatings were observed to be fiberglass and
the face piping was schedule 80 PVC.
Each commercial filter tank has a filter area of 4.18 m² [45 ft²]. ƒ
At the flowmeter provided flow rate of 460 m³/hr [2,025 GPM],
the approximate filtration rate is 27.5 m³/hr/m² [11.25 GPM/ft²].
The filter butterfly valves allow manual operation of the filter
system.
The filters have manual air relief valves but no air relief valve
drainage.
An interior filter inspection was not conducted at the time of the
site inspection.
The filters are backwashed to a backwash sump located near the
stairs to the pump pit. There is no backwash flow meter so the
backwash flow rate could not be determined.
The sand was replaced and new laterals were installed in 2014.
Some of the filter footings are not securely anchored to the
mechanical room floor.
One (1) of the influent pressure gauges was observed to be
missing.
The recreation pool is filtered by means of two (2) FF Series
horizontal high rate sand filters manufactured by Kenloch
Company.
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NET CASE STUDY
Provide and install flow meters on all of the backwash lines for
backwashing and draining the pool procedures.

Refer to filter manufacturer for recommended backwash

flowrates.

Provide automatic air relief valves hard plumbed to the nearest

floor drain to limit water from pooling on the mechanical room
floor.

All filter tanks should be securely anchored to a housekeeping

pad or the pool mechanical room floor to limit vibrations and to
provide seismic movement.