The National Aquatic Centre based at AUT Millennium in Auckland, aims to provide both high performance and community based sports, health and wellbeing. The centre enhances the existing facilities by providing much needed ‘flat’ indoor training/ competition and learn to swim facilities.
FINA specifications for competition swimming pools were a primary consideration. The facility contains the main competition/ training pool 50×25x2.2m deep and learn to swim pool 25x10mx1.0-1.2m sloping floor which allows for both high performance and community use of the facility. The Main pool has a movable bulkhead to allow the pool to be shortened for 25m swimming events and reconfigured for water polo layouts.
High grade water filtration is incorporated to ensure water clarity- a primary focus of the pool administration. Pool water is recycled a through media filter to remove particles down to 1 micron for optimal water clarity, then further treated with a low dose chlorine treatment system to ensure water is disinfected before returning to the pool. External air is heated by passing through a heat exchanger to capture energy from the expelled pool hall exhaust air. Noise attenuation is incorporated throughout the poolhall to reduce noise reverberation, a common problem with hard surfaces and noisy activities.
17 Antares Place, Rosedale, Auckland 0632
AUT Millennium Ownership Trust
2015
The building has been designed and constructed to provide the best pool environment in an economical manner from both a construction and operating standpoint. The pool is constructed with a concrete floor and precast concrete walls which a tiled, main steel structure with Hyspan timber girts and Kingspan insulated cladding & roof panels, double glazed window & door joinery and Feature ETFE western wall. The building has been constructed with high thermal rated claddings, utilising natural light through high level windows and the ETFE west wall, and efficient air and water systems designed to capture and reuse heat energy within the building.
The building has been designed to be flexible and expandable, with the removal of the north and east precast concrete cladding panels allowing for over 3000 spectator seats to be accommodated should an international event be held at the facility. This ability to expand on a temporary basis means AUT Millennium is not burdened with a larger than needed spectator facility during normal operation.
