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Copenhagen Harbour Bath / PLOT A successful outdoor bath invites people away from the standard indoor swimming bath for the same reasons people choose to go to the beach, where exercise is predominately secondary to socializing, playing, and enjoying the sun, as the water is facilitated towards playful and interactive activities. The Copenhagen Harbour bath successfully differentiates itself from indoor baths by offering an urban harbour landscape with dry-docks, cranes, piers, boat ramps, buoys, playgrounds and pontoons. The water is facilitated towards playful and interactive activities.

Kalvebod Waves / JDS Architects + KLAR Also situated in Copenhagen, it sits as an urbanised version of the popular Islands Brygge which it is situated opposite to. The project brought life to the site which was once devoid of life and public activities. Its close connection to the central train station grants the public easy access to Copenhagen’s these two parks become exciting hubs.

In connection to Kalvebod Waves, is a proposal for an active water enclave which will accommodate several water activities. This will come with an influx of boats which commute from the water “hub” secure connection from the plaza to the rest of the city. A second square acts as an oasis on the water, which offers recreational space, and a beach, pulling the public away from the business of urban city life.

Kastrup Sea Bath / White arkitekter AB The Kastrup Sea Bath’s structure opens up towards the landslide connected to the beach, inviting the public to a sea bath that is free of admission at all times. Its curved form nests its interior which shelters it from the wind and excessive amounts of sun. Its untraditional approach to the functional bath creates a public facility which offers a playful version of exercise, while also giving space for peaceful swimming. As a bath which never closes, the implementation of dramatic lighting for later hours enhances night-time experience which emphasises the structure’s sculptural form, while creating a sense of functional security.

Kastrup Sea Bath / White arkitekter AB The Kastrup Sea Bath’s structure opens up towards the landslide connected to the beach, inviting the public to a sea bath that is free of admission at all times. Its curved form nests its interior which shelters it from the wind and excessive amounts of sun. Its untraditional approach to the functional bath creates a public facility which offers a playful version of exercise, while also giving space for peaceful swimming. As a bath which never closes, the implementation of dramatic lighting for later hours enhances night-time experience which emphasises the structure’s sculptural form, while creating a sense of functional security.

Maritime Youth House / PLOT. Copenhagen A third of the projects budget was allocated to remove the sites polluted topsoil. The architect’s solution to this was to cover the site with a wooden deck so that the soil would be left alone and the rest of the money could be invested on the building. The result sees an architectural landscape with social functions surrounded by water. What made the project so successful was the integration of the sailing club and the youth centre, in which the youth centre required outdoor play space, whereas the sailing club required most of the site to moor their boats. This was done by elevating the deck high enough to allow for boat storage underneath while providing a playful landscape on top for children to run and play above.

Docks Dombasles / Hamonic + Mason. Le Harve Arrayed in line with an existing brick warehouse built in the 19th century, the buildings are also designed in a similar shape showing sensitivity to its existing built surroundings. The architect’s intention for this mixed-use ofďŹ ce and housing building was for it to be a part of an initiative to preserve and reuse the industrial heritage of the southern quarters of Le Havre, France. The buildings create transition between a domestic scale and the greater harbour landscape becoming an integral part of the landscape itself.

Because the building has repeating modules, it allowed for the application of prefabricated construction for the concrete structure and for the metal façade.

Cité de l’Océan et du Surf / Steven Holl + Solange

Fabião. Biarritz, France

The Cité de l’Océan et du Surf has a cobbled plaza over the concave roof, which gently descends to meet the sloping ground which contains the museum within.

The building was designed with the aim to raise awareness of oceanic issues and scientific aspects of the surf and sea, in which the architectural wave like forms speak in direct relation to.

Thames Bath Concept / Studio Octopi. London The design proposal for the swimming pools was developed in response to the current plans for the city to upgrade London’s 150 year old sewage system. The swimming pools would offer enjoyable views of the city. The pair of pools are to be supported by concrete slabs which would then be raised to the height of the high water mark on a series of steel columns. Its placement in the heart of the city creates opportunity for physical activity and interaction between a diverse numbers of different communities together.

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The urban playground proposes to transform the trivial and mundane into a place of recreation that is not secondary, but equal to an economic development which will improve the attractiveness to the site. The function of commercial and of recreational spaces collaborate in harmony under careful architectural forms which are then to be strategically placed throughout the site. The focus on architecture that can be physically played will create the opportunity for a commercially substantial driver for the project to become an Auckland attraction which differentiates itself from projects of similar profile.

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In order for this proposal to be remotely viable is by ensuring that there is enough space on site to cater towards baths, a hotel, and several spaces for various arrays of commercial sectors. While no design direction has been taken yet, it is in my speculation that a hotel would be situated north just barely off the marina where there is a lot of open space, and that it is also built high to conserve land, which will allow for more open space, and space to build on within the perimeter of the marina.