Nowadays, cities are becoming more and more expensive in terms of land, public space is increasingly compressed, and people need more open space for activities, so many designers have turned their attention to rooftops. Among them, there are already many designs for rooftop swimming pools, but they basically just move the swimming pool to the roof. Apart from the location, there are no major changes.
British swimming pool developer Compass Pools plans to build the world's first 360° fully transparent, infinity rooftop swimming pool. This swimming pool is designed for Infinity London and will be a 55-storey hotel below the swimming pool.
The pool is made from cast acrylic, which allows it to transmit light at similar wavelengths to water, resulting in the ultimate in transparency, rather than the appearance of being enclosed by glass. The floor of the pool is also transparent, allowing visitors below to see the pool scenery and the sky above. In addition, the swimming pool will be equipped with colored lights, which will turn into sparkling gems at night, adding brilliance to the city.
In order to achieve the infinite effect, the entrance and exit of the swimming pool has become one of the most critical technical problems in this project. Under normal circumstances, access to the swimming pool is accomplished by a ladder, but building a staircase outside the building or inside the swimming pool is very "unsightly". In the end, Compass pools designed a very futuristic way. They imitated the door of a submarine and added a spiral staircase. When someone wants to enter the pool, the stairs will rise from the bottom of the pool, making visitors feel like they have a A feeling of being in a 007 movie scene.
In addition, the swimming pool also has a built-in anemometer , which monitors the wind speed at all times to ensure that water will not be blown to the streets below. The heating system has also been innovative. It can not only cooperate with the anemometer to ensure that the swimming pool water is at a suitable temperature, but can also absorb the hot air exhausted from the building to provide hot water for the swimming pool.
Although Infinity London is still a concept project at present, construction is expected to begin in 2020 at the earliest. However, once completed, the pool water volume is expected to reach 600,000 liters, and tourists will be able to float at an altitude of more than 200 meters, although this may be difficult for patients with acrophobia. It's nothing to be excited about, but it will still be a breakthrough in architecture and will add a new landmark to London.
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