Industry Awards of Piscina Barcelona 2025 Presented
Photo: Courtesy of Fira Barcelona
(eap) At the ongoing Piscina Barcelona – the international trade fair for pool and wellness facilities held at Fira de Barcelona from 17 to 20 November 2025 – the winners of the trade shows Awards 2025 have been announced. The awards recognize achievements in five categories: “Piscina Barcelona Awards”, “Innovative Product Awards”, “Wellness Experience Awards”, “Outdoor Design Awards” and the “International Competition for Architecture and Landscape Students”.
Photo: Courtesy of Fira Barcelona
In total, 13 prizes were awarded to companies and students, complemented by two honorary distinctions: one was presented to the pool technology and equipment company Hayward on its 100th anniversary, and another was awarded posthumously to Joan Planes, founder of the Spanish company Fluidra, for his contribution to the development of the industry and the fair.
In the category Piscina Barcelona Awards – Public Pools, the award went to Camping Sangulí in Salou, Spain. The pool facilities there designed by Piscinas Condal convinced the jury with their strong integration into the natural surroundings and a diverse range of water attractions for different user groups.
The Innovative Product Awards, which are exclusively presented to exhibitors, went to Aiper for the “EcoSurfer Senti” solar skimmer as well as to Oxidine Water Technology SL for the ultrafiltration system “Keramikos Grey 2 Green”, which is said to recover up to 99.9 percent of the water used.
Photo: Courtesy of Fira Barcelona
The Wellness Experience Awards honoured the Sport Hotel Hermitage & Spa (Andorra), the thermal resort Iberik Gran Balneario de Guitiriz (Galicia), the ZEM Wellness Clinic (Altea) and, as the best wellness destination, the city of Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife). The Outdoor Design Award was presented to the project “Can Farrés. Landscape and Memory” by Studio Scob.
The Competition for Architecture and Landscape Students recognized three designs that reinterpret water as a central element of urban planning and propose an aquatic center suitable for public bathing at Barcelona’s Park Güell. The first prize went to “Bio-immersive viewpoint 72” by Max Hildebrand, a student at the Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona, who proposed a water center integrated into the park and conceived as a place for health and social interaction. The second prize went to “Horizonte Trencadís” by Lara Jiménez González, a student at the Technical School of Architecture of Vallès, who designed a sustainable water sports center that combines architecture, biodiversity and modernist tradition. The third prize was awarded to “Aquora” by Borja Gosálbez Mulet, a student in the master’s program in Landscape and Urban Planning at the Universitat Politècnica de València, who proposed a tranquil bathing space inspired by Gaudí’s organic forms. ■
