Pool in Arendal Guest Harbor, Photo: Aquarious AS
About
AQUARIOUS designs and manufactures swimming pools to private and public clients. Our pools can be made in any size or shape, and are made in robust, environmental-friendly and durable materials requiring a minimum of maintenance. We use composites as our primary construction material, characterized by a very small carbon footprint compared to similar solutions in concrete and/or steel. Our products are hence corrosion-free.
The AQUARIOUS team was instrumental in the development and fabrication of the first floating pool in Norway, which was installed in the City of Arendal in 2016. The prototype pool in composite materials is the first of its kind in the World. Together with our key partners, AQUARIOUS has now developed the next generation of composite pools, with significant improvements compared to the prototype, giving our clients increased quality and flexibility.
AQUARIOUS can offer pool solutions on a turn-key basis, where our standard pools are designed to comply with international standards such as FINA. We can also build pools taylor-made to your specific needs. Feel free to contact us if you see an opportunity for our pool solutions in your area.
Solutions
Floating pools
We supply floating swimming pools in composite materials, typically 25 x 12.5 m (L x W). Our floating pools are robust, low-weight, movable and maintenance-free with a low carbon footprint. Our floating pools will be delivered on a plug-and-play basis, with simple interfaces.
Onshore pools
We supply indoor or outdoor land-based pools in composite materials in any size, from simple training pools to full-size competition pools. Our onshore pools are supplied in modules that are assembled locally. Our onshore pools are robust, with a reduced carbon footprint compared with alternative construction materials.
Outdoor swimming
Outdoor swimming in warm water is cool, fun and comfortable, and we offer pools that can be placed either onshore or floating in the sea. Our floating pool solutions can hence be installed in city centres, without any high cost for the land or for property development, and can be a great step towards generating more activity in the city and at the same time increase public health and swimming ability.
Based on our flexible technology platform for pools and floating buildings, it is basically just imagination that limits what such a floating facility can contain. With a module-based approach, each facility can be made unique, and become a tailormade attraction for citizens and visitors. We know that increased swimming ability is a life-saver, and we see it as an imortant task for us to make low-cost and popular swimming pools more available to kids in cities all over the World. Our pools are lightweight, and can be shipped to any port.
Our floating pool
Our "Swim-pit" pool
Team
Claes W. Olsen
CEO
Claes is the founder and CEO in AQUARIOUS. He is a naval architect/marine engineer, with a MSc. degree from NTH in 1990. He has worked +25 years in the offshore energy industry, mainly with project management, product- and business development on a global basis. Claes was project manager for the first floating pool built in Norway, and has since 2016 been active in development of composite pools and other solutions.
Torstein Syvertsen
Project manager
Torstein is managing bids and projects in AQUARIOUS. He has degrees both as a structural engineer as well as an economist. He has been working with project management tasks for private and public property developments for more than 15 years.
Sam C. Syvertsen
Finance and admin
Sam is our finance and administration resource. He has a masters degree in finance and extensive experience from companies in energy-, manufacturing- and finance-sector. He has managed finance-, accounting-, sales- and manufacturing-functions.
Karl Marius Norschau
Senior designer
Karl Marius was responsible for design and solutions for the first floating pool in Norway. He has a degree as an industrial designer, and has worked more than 15 years with design and construction of numerous crafts built in composites, including free-fall lifeboats and autonomous vessels, and is very familiar with stringent requirements related to quality, finish and robustness.
Partners
CSUB is a composites manufacturing company which since 2003 has been involved in development, engineering and construction of composite solutions to the oil & gas industry (subsea), aquaculture industry (tanks and process plants), renewable industry as well as onshore construction industry (bridges, floating pool and buildings). CSUB fabricated the first floating pool in Norway, and is the majority shareholder in AQUARIOUS.
Enwa Badeanlegg is a leading provider of engineering and manufacturing of water treatment plants, swimming facility solutions, access control solutions, service and swimming related equipment. Enwa Badeanlegg has more than 30 year experience and competence, with more than 500 completed deliveries.
FiReCo has more than 30 years of experience from design and engineering of large composite constructions, where the company now has earned a position as the leading company in Europe. Their reference list includes military vessels up to 60m length, numerous high-speed vessels for passenger transportation, subsea constructions, fish farms onshore and offshore, and infrastructure elements such as bridges.