Schnecke: Changing Cubicle for Outdoor Pools
Project
The changing and shower cubicle from A+ Urban Design is made of two stacked precast concrete units with a characteristic snail-shaped privacy wall on stainless steel feet. It comes either with a built-in shower or just with recesses for a floor drain and water pipes, and needs no foundation.
The Schnecke (German for "snail") is a low-maintenance changing cubicle for outdoor pools. It consists of a seamless concrete base slab and a snail-shaped upper part on stainless steel feet. Bathers do not have to touch the cubicle when entering or leaving, which mattered especially during the pandemic.
The privacy wall starts 30 cm above the floor. From outside you can see whether the cubicle is occupied, and misuse is harder. The cubicle has no moving parts and needs hardly any maintenance. It consists of just two parts without screw fixings, is easy to set up and can be moved later.
Sources (in German): kommunaldirekt.de ("Umkleidekabine für Freibäder"), kommunalclick24.de ("Ein Schneckenhaus als Duschkabine", "Duschkabine: Wir sind so frei"), flaechenmanager.com ("Berührungsfreie Umkleidekabine für Freibäder", 2021).
Project data
- Type
- Changing cubicle
- Material
- Concrete C35/45
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