The construction of the boat started on 1 February 2012. Everything has to be completed at the start of August. The pool, with a total length of 120 meters (394 feet), can accommodate 600 people and consists of a swim basin, two event venues, several floors and a restaurant with a lounge terrace. ‘Badboot’ was designed by architect Pieter Peerlings and Silvia Mertens of Sculp(IT) Architecten. The Badboot can be moved to another site … so that every summer for the next ten years, the platform will be able to welcome bathers in Antwerp’s docks and the swimming pool will be an ice rink in winter. The Badboot is a full-fledged leisure platform for the city and not a push barge that happened to be converted to a swimming pool, like elsewhere in Europe. The platform is unique in the world as regards both size and facilities and its potential to use it in all seasons.
120 m: the entire length of the Badboot. With several levels and a capacity to accommodate 600 people, this gigantic project makes it one of the biggest outdoor swimming pools with leisure facilities in the world.
A total terrace area of 750 m2, ensures that swimmers can enjoy an après-swim drink with a magnificent view over the port.
The Badboot pool is 40 metres in length and therefore offers exceptional swimming facilities to visitors.
Badboot combines comfort with ecology and utilises the latest technologies: a Reed-bed water purification, a thermal insulation concept and LED lighting (almost all areas are illuminated by LED lights which use up to less than half the energy.)
The original wheelhouse or bridge is being converted into a cocktail bar.
