INDIGENOUS WETLAND
BEACH AND COASTAL POOL ANALYSIS
The site, immersed within the wetland landscapes of the Botany swamp.
Very few indoor pools have been able to offer the PLEASURES OF SWIMMING that can match the primacy and hedonistic experience of swimming in Sydney’s beach and harbour pools. Inspired by our collage of Sydney beach pools, our proposal establishes a playful interaction of natural and constructed landscapes that GRAFTS THE BEACH into the urban pool experience.
Coogee Tamarama TOPOGRAPHIC INSERTION A new geography constructed from the topographic insertion of key water and recreational programs into the site.
EMBEDDED RECREATIONAL LANDSCAPE The newly constructed topography of headlands and valleys embeds a contemporary recreational landscape and pools within the indigenous banksia scrub and wetland landscape.
Clovelly INDUSTRIAL SCALE URBAN TRELLIS A remnant large span roof is elevated over the new landscape, providing an industrial scale urban trellis shading the forecourt and pool landscapes, and containing the large span dry programs of the gymnasium and fitness rooms.
LANDSCAPE GROUND PLANE Bronte
EAST SYDNEY BEACH POOLS COLLAGE
VIEW OVER 50M POOL AND BEACH ENTRY FROM TOP OF BLEACHERS
With the wet program located in the introduced headlands and the dry program located in the industrial roofscape, a landscaped groundplane is free to extend across the full footprint of the site.
FREE POOL AREA - BRONTE COASTAL POOL An area for laps is subtly demarcated within a free form oval shaped pool, creating a free pool area that expands the social possibilities and uses of the pool beyond lap swimming
BLEACHER POOL EDGE, BOARDWALK POOL ENTRY, ELEVATED WALKWAY, OUTDOOR DECK – BONDI ICEBERGS On the edge of the pool a landscape of bleachers creates a hedonistic social space for relaxing, reading and sun baking with friends. Two pools are separated by a boardwalk that provides a stair entry into the main pool. The social space of the pool is intensified by a public walkway and elevated deck overlooking the pool.
FREE EDGE, MALABAR POOL
BEACH ENTRY, SOUTH CURL CURL
A more conventional rectangular form is held on three sides of the pool, with the fourth a free form edge adjusted to the topographic edge and rock formations of the pool’s site.
A conventional rectangular lap pool is entered through a substantial beach entry demarcated from the main pool by a low wall, creating a separate but connected gentle beach entry into the main body of water.