Riffing on a feature that tracks back to early civilizations, over time places to swim or bathe have been used to attend religious services, offered a place to socialize, and of course, contained many a famous athlete, not to mention revolutionizing a sense of hygiene that has developed over centuries.
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Today, swimming pools are fast stead becoming an essential part of everyday life. From an anticipated amenity at the local gym to the highlighting characteristic of an architectural development, be it a hotel, residential complex, or home improvement.
Ensamble Studio layers cantilevered pools
The most dramatic gesture in the hemeroscopium house is the long, thin swimming pool, suspended in mid-air on its upper level, complementing the second one that lies just below it.
Kengo Kuma Associates’ aquatics center and Harbour bath
Kengo Kuma & Associates‘ designing for an aquatics center on Copenhagen’s Harbour, features a series of indoor swimming pools defined by the exaggerated scale of brick pyramids framing them.
Glass-bottomed sky pool bridges South London
Labeled as a ‘world’s first’, a 27 meter-long glass-bottomed swimming pool links plans for two apartment towers in South London. The legacy buildings at embassy gardens, which forms part of a riverside district in South London has been designed by Hal Architects and once completed, will bridge the gap between two ten storey structures.
Serrano + Baquero’s swimming pool
When a young couple requested a summer house with a generously proportioned swimming pool, Serrano + Baquero, decided to completely merge the two. One enters the proposed dwelling underneath the elevated swimming area before a journey of ascension through the interior begins with each subsequent space highlighting another area of the pool.
A2arquitectos provides a smiling oasis for Hotel Castell Dels Hams
This central water feature for a Mallorca hotel by A2arquitectos is distinguished by its bright yellow face. A vivid shade of yellow and a diameter of 12 meters make it unique in form and color compared to the crystal blue waters of rectangular pools often found at hotels.
Big’s latest bath, the largest of its kind
Bjarke Ingels Group’s latest harbor bath forms a floating artificial island off the coast of Denmark’s second-largest city. Believed to be the largest seawater structure of its kind, the Aarhus Harbour Bath complex features a 50-meter-long swimming pool, a children’s pool, a diving pool, and two saunas.
Uma’s public infinity pool proposal in Stockholm
Uma purposes a public infinity pool in Stockholm so tourists and can soak up the viewpoints whilst immersing themselves. Stretching from the central northern area of Slussen, all the way to the eastern point of the island, the infinity pool spans over one kilometer and is designed to feel as though it connects with the Baltic sea below.
The jellyfish house by Wiel Arets Architects
‘jellyfish house’ by Dutch practice, Wiel Arets Architects, features a swimming pool that is cantilevered almost 30 feet out towards the neighboring hills. Weighing over 66 tons, the projecting mass features a glass bottom showing swimmers to the outside deck under as well as a live screen evident inside the home cleaning natural light through the water.
The swimming pool, shipping container hybrid
The swimming pool is the smart shipping container pool for your back garden. The Canadian brand utilized the structural rigidity of a transformed shipping container to create the fully app-controlled and versatile pool. Water temperature can be composed from anywhere up to 30 degrees to -10 degrees Celsius.
Mikou Studio’s pool facility in France
Rounded off skylights illuminate this public swimming pool by Mikou Studio Design, while reflecting shapes help users to drive the space. Moving a perception of fluidity and openness, the spatial system gives preference to clarity and the depth of field – strengthened by the strong use of natural light.
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