Palace of Water Sports
Дворец водных видов спорта | |
Kazan Aquatics Palace | |
 View from Sibgat Khakim street, 2013 | |
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| Full name | Palace of Water Sports Kazan |
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| Location | Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia |
| Coordinates | 55°48′59″N 49°09′35″E / 55.8164°N 49.1597°E |
| Owner | Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation |
| Operator | State Academy of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Volga Region |
| Capacity | 4,185 |
| Construction | |
| Built | 2009–2012 |
| Opened | 12 April 2013 |
| Architect | Sergei Tchoban and Sergei Kuznetsov (SPEECH studio) with architects from Ove Arup |
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| Tenants | |
| 2013 Summer Universiade 2015 World Aquatics Championships. | |
| Website | |
| akvapalace | |
The Palace of Water Sports (Russian: Дворец водных видов спорта; Tatar: Су спорт төрләре сара) is an indoor aquatics centre in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia which was built for the 2013 Summer Universiade. Located on the banks of the Kazanka River, the competitions in synchronized swimming, diving, swimming and water polo took place here. It later hosted the diving events for the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.
The temporary open arena for water polo with 3,500 was built nearby, using its service and support systems.
Construction
The Aquatic Sports Palace was built between September 2009 and October 2012. With an investment of $115 million (€90 million approximately),[1] the design and construction was awarded by tender to a consortium of British and Russian firms specializing in architecture and engineering: SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov, an architectural and design studio based in Moscow with experience in Russia and Germany, Ove Arup, a British company designers of the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing and PSO Kazan ООО, a Russian design and construction company established in the Republic of Tatarstan.[2]
Technical features
The capacity of the venue is for 3,715 spectators, including press booths and seats in the VIP area with special folding stands for athletes, which can increase capacity to 4,185 people.[3] It is equipped with trampolines and a platform.
The building consists of three pools:
- Diving – 33.3×25 m pool (allowable operating depth is 5.5 m)
- Synchronized swimming – 50×25 m (maximum operating depth is 3.0 m)
- Training pool – 50×25 m (practicing pool depth is 2.2 m)
References
- ^ "World Aquatics venue to open Friday". 9 April 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-10-07. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Дворец Водных Видов Спорта Казань - официальный сайт". akvapalace.ru. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
External links
- Official website
- Kazan Aquatics Centre on Ove Arup website.
- Aquatics Palace on the site of the Volga Region's State Academy of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism.
- Palace of Water Sports for the Universiade 2013 by SPEECH architectural firm.
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