The Legacy and Sustainability plan for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games — 34 LEGACY PLAN — 34 HELPING PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO SWIM IN THE SEINE-SAINT-DENIS AREA Collective mobilisation between Paris 2024 and the sporting movement led to the Seine- Saint-Denis 2024 swimming plan, which aims to work with local stakeholders to go further on the following topics: • lifeguard training; • promoting all practices for everybody, particularly people with disabilities; • optimising the use of existing swimming pools and installing new facilities to help Seine- Saint-Denis bring its proportion of year 7 schoolchildren who know how to swim up to around 63% by 2024. In addition to the Aquatics Centre, the construction of which was also long-awaited by the entire French swimming movement (who need an efficient training structure and facilities that can host major international competitions), the Games will enhance aquatic facilities in Seine-Saint-Denis. AN INITIATIVE ACCELERATED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES THE AQUATICS CENTRE: A FACILITY FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS IN SEINE-SAINT-DENIS The Aquatics Centre is the only sporting venue that will be built specifically for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Set up on the Plaine Saulnier site in Saint- Denis opposite the Stade de France in a project managed by the Greater Paris Metropolitan Area, the Aquatics Centre will host the Paris 2024 water polo (preliminary rounds), diving and artistic swimming events. After the Games, the Aquatics Centre will be transformed into an immense facility for a variety of sports, open to all – with a fitness area, a climbing wall, a skate park and individual and group sport courts. The pool will have a movable floor to provide different depths so the Aquatics Centre can adapt for various uses, such as swimming lessons or baby swimming sessions. The Aquatics Centre will be a low carbon facility, entirely designed using bio-sourced materials. Its wooden structure and framework will be built in harmony with the neighbourhood’s future green spaces. Its 5,000 m² roof will be covered with photovoltaic panels, making it one of the largest urban solar farms in France and ensuring energy self-sufficiency. With an interior made of recycled products, the centre will be entirely French-made – showcasing French expertise in environmental performance. © – VenhoevenCS - Ateliers 2/3/4/ - Proloog
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