The Water Factory
Winner
Excellent Architecture
Architecture - Public
Details
The Water Factory in Szczecin, Poland, reimagines an aquatic complex by combining recreation, education, and urban placemaking. The eighteen-component campus centres on water—its science, history, and restorative power. The centre is divided into two parts. The Educatorium connects people through science, exploring biology, chemistry, physics, geography, mathematics, and history, with a central water molecule model highlighting H₂O, while the second part of the complex offers pools, saunas, a climbing wall, and more, creating a multifunctional destination where learning, entertainment, and community life flow together seamlessly.
The Jury‘s Statement
A distinctive spatial concept that unites learning, leisure, and urban community in a compelling architectural gesture: »The Water Factory« brings together the element of water with education and recreation in a striking way. With its clear and aesthetic design, it creates an open place of encounter that sets new benchmarks in both function and identity. The execution impresses with its confident, sustainable quality at the highest level.
