This is mental! playing a computer game with the real world.

This amazing aquatic complex in Le Harve is part of a major regeneration project for one of the oldest docks in France. Designed by the 2008 Prtizker-prize winning architect Jean Nouvel the building takes inspiration from roman bath houses, with acoustics a major consideration, with artificial ceilings put in just to reduce echoes, a common problem with aquatic centre design. There are a number of different zone that are subtly coloured, giving a different but coherent feel between the spaces. The best part for us is the wayfinding and typography, using the grout of the small tiles as a grid for the type. For more pictures see Clément Guillaume’s photostream