The Lido: Water Experience

Laila Gonzalez Romero Kingston University BA (Hons) Interior Design

The Lido:

Water Experience

Contents

Location: Margate Margate Central & Cliftonville West Cliftonville West - Rearch The Lido: Location Sketches Materials Relevant Elements Precedents & Inspirations Concept Users & Diagram Design Development Proposal: 3d views, Orthographic Drawings, Materials

Kent

Thanet

England

Margate

Margate Central & Cliftonville

Cliftonville

was

designated

as a holiday area in planning policy in the 1970s and 1980s.

However, as a result of the decline in the domestic holiday trade to Margate, virtually all of these hotels and many smaller properties have been lost to residential uses, many becoming flats or Houses of Multiple Occupation.

The area is densely populated with a high proportion of flatted accommodation,

Margate 1970s

Margate Central Cliftonville West

Cliftonville West

Social & Economic Problems

Cliftonville deprived

West is the most

local

authority

area

in Kent.It has the highest level of unemployment amongst the

19.7%

25%

Unemployment

Most Deprived Area

Thanet Districts with 19.7%.Significant mental health problems.

Cliftonville West The Lido

The Lido Historical Context

Old Floor Plan. The Lido. Cliftonville. Thanet Gazette.

Bathers at the Lido Pool. 1950

Poster, Summer Attractions, 1974

Cliftonville Court Hotel. 1940

The Lido: Present Context

Site: Location

Site: Montage

Sketches

Materials

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2

1 Colour Tiling 2 Concrete Wall 3 Stairs: Concrete 4 Floor: Asphalt & Sand

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4

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3

Existing Floor Plan

Relevant Elements

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2

3

4

1 Lido Post 2 Tiling Element - Preserve 3 Stairs 4 Old Lift - Not in use

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3

4

1

Existing Floor Plan

Precedents & Inspirations

Stepwells, India

The Roman Bath, Bath UK

Pool by the Sea. Croatia

Therme Vals Spa, Switzerland

Therme Vals Spa, Switzerland

Technology,food conservation.

Digital Walls. Serpentine

Concept

The a

concept

outdoors

was

to

leisure

design

Spa

for

the community of Cliftonville West. Giving a water experience

through

different

tem-

15° 20° 20°

30°

20°

peratures of water and healthy lifestyle with a smoothie bar.

35°

Montage Concept

Cliftonville Users

The Lido will increase Old People

Employment

Social Interaction

Wellfare

Dysfunctional Families

Support: Cliftonville Farmers Markets Young people

Smoothie Bar

Leisure

Diagrams Activities

Changing Rooms

Shallow Pool Smoothie Bar

Main Pool Digital Walls Recipies Pick Up - Fruits Wash up - Fruits Smash - Fruits

Design Development

View 1 - Entrance, Changing Rooms

View 2. Shallow Pool and Smoothie Bar

Changing Room & Reception

Shallow Pool - 20째

Smoothie Bar

Main Pool 35째

Exploded Axonometric

Floor Plan

Section A A’

Materials

1 Concrete - Texture -colors - sea, earth, green.

2 Clear Glass Solid Surface Material (Corian) White Polish.

3 Glass painted back.

4 Clear Glass Solid 5 Brass - Handles Doors & Handrails.

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