These tubs are supported on bridge bearings that allow the structure to move in all direction as the two buildings move. It was built within steel tubs on each of the two buildings, which also incorporate steps, cleaning equipment, a roller cover, water treatment and lighting. Reynolds Polymer Technology fabricated the structureĪs the pool spans between two blocks, it was designed to respond to the movement of the buildings while supporting the weight of water and being impacted by wind due to its height. This helps the structure appear more invisible. The bottom slab is 360 millimetres thick, while the walls are 180 millimetres thick.Īccording to the design team, the material has the additional benefit of having a refractive index very similar to water so there is only a little distortion of light through the material. The structure was made and installed by fabricators Reynolds Polymer Technology from large panels of acrylic. "If acrylic could hold back sharks, could it be applied to a swimming pool structure ten storeys up?" The acrylic base of the pool is 360 millimetres thick "Large, thick transparent slabs of acrylic were already being used in giant aquaria around the world," said Currey. To create the effect of complete transparency, the design team settled on creating the Sky Pool from acrylic panels, which are more often used to create large tanks at aquariums. The pool was constructed from transparent acrylic panels "Transparency was a brilliant aspiration but also a real headache," explained Currey. The team's preliminary designs combined glass and steel, but this resulted in structures that had too many solid elements. "The lack of visible structure gives the Sky Pool a magical quality – a sense of drama for swimmer and spectator alike." The see-through pool is 35 metres above the ground "We wanted it to appear as transparent and effortless as possible," he continued. "The intention was to keep the design simple," said Currey. Working with structural engineers Eckersley O'Callaghan, HAL wanted to create a structure that was fully transparent. HAL wanted the pool to be fully transparent The bridge spans 15 metres between the 10th floors of two residential blocks that were recently completed alongside the Kieran Timberlake-designed US Embassy in Battersea.ĭesigned by HAL, the blocks form part of developer EcoWorld Ballymore's 15-acre Embassy Gardens estate, which was master-planned by UK architecture studio Farrells and wraps around the embassy building. Hal designed Sky Pool as a swimmable bridge "It's the transparency, the lightness of touch and the fact that it’s straddling two buildings that makes it unique – and it captures the imagination, the fact that swimmers can see the ground and people below can see the sky," he told Dezeen. "We wanted to produce a swimmable bridge – a lightweight structure spanning between two buildings with swimmers able to take advantage of fantastic views over London," explained HAL founder Hal Currey. Single glasses are common, but also arrays of openings to form even larger windows.The elevated pool connects two residential buildings
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Horizontal windows can be installed in any kind of pool, no matter if tiled, liner or other. Internally Hydrosight refers to them as horizontal windows, in opposition to vertical windows, that go into the pool wall. Glass bottoms for pools are actually just a variety of Hydrosight's underwater window product range. Together with Hydrosight this unique attraction will become a success. Still, it remains teamwork between architect, general contractor and pool builder. It is essential to be able to build on a partner like Hydrosight for such an operation. And there is a company that makes them: Hydrosight is the market and technology leader when it comes to installing transparent bottoms for basins. Swimmers being observed like moving through the air - hence the term Sky Pool. Large glass bottoms open the view into the water from underneath. Those pictures on Instagram or Pinterest seem surreal! Pools up in the sky like being weightless.
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