From Atlanta 1996 to Beijing 2008, from London 2012 to Rio 2016, Paris 2024 marks the sixth Olympic Games that sees Piscine Castiglione at the heart of equipment supply. Under its Myrtha Pools brand, synonymous with excellence, futuristic technology, and eco-sustainability for professional competition pools, water parks, and hotels & resorts, the company has installed 24 modular stainless steel structures for the Parisian world event, including 3 temporary and 21 permanent pools. “It all started in 2017,” says Roberto Colletto, CEO of Piscine Castiglione, “in the aftermath of France being awarded the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. We immediately thought this was an opportunity to bring together our technology, our experience, and the unique opportunity presented by the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
Myrtha Pools is responsible for the design, installation, maintenance, dismantling, reconfiguration, and subsequent reinstallation at the so-called Legacy community sites. Approximately 80% of the materials used in the Olympic Games pools will be reused in the post-Olympic phase, including structural elements, accessories, and water treatment consisting of filtration and chlorine disinfection. The most important facilities are the Olympic Aquatic Center pool – the only permanent sports facility being built for the Paris 2024 Games, along with the Le Bourget Climbing Wall – and the two temporary pools at the Paris La Défense Arena.
The former will be used for diving, water polo, and artistic swimming competitions and has been designed by Piscine Castiglione’s team of engineers to guarantee maximum modularity for all Olympic disciplines and future uses. Made of stainless steel, 70 m long and 25 m wide, it is the largest of its kind in France and Europe. In addition, thanks to two movable bridges, it can be configured into 5 pools of 25 m each, a single pool of 50 m, and 3 smaller pools of 25 m or a single pool of 33 m suitable for water polo. It also has a 25 x 12.5 m section with a movable floor to change its depth for the various disciplines, saving water, reducing heating, and facilitating its management.
At Paris La Défense Arena there are two temporary 50-meter pools: one for Olympic and Paralympic swimming competitions, and water polo finals that will be permanently reinstalled in the aquatic center of the city of Sevran, and another for athlete warm-up. At the end of the events, it will be dismantled and reconfigured into two smaller pools for learning activities. The two pools are made with the exclusive Myrtha technology, a “white” lamination for swimmer safety that requires less lighting and therefore less energy consumption.
