Transparent swimming pool at Heart of United Kingdom

Surfaces Reporter is fascinated to present the designs of a transparent swimming pool suspended 35 meters high, which have been unveiled for the second phase of the Embassy Gardens Project, a high-end residential development in the heart of LONDON, UK. Designed by British engineering firm Arup Associates, the acrylic pool, is structure-free and created to feel like an aquarium, offering the illusion and sensation of swimming through the air.

Dubbed the ‘Sky Pool’, the development will connect two buildings designed by London-based practice HAL and will be part of a complex of 2,000 homes developed by Ireland’s Ballymore Group.

Chairman and CEO of the Ballymore Group Sean Mulryan, said that the Sky Pool’s transparent structure is the result of significant advancements in technologies over the last decade. “The experience of the pool will be truly unique, it will feel like floating through the air in central London,” he says.

Offering undisrupted views of the Houses of Parliament and the landmark London Eye, the sky pool itself was designed by, and is slated for completion in 2017. Spanning 25 meters in length, residents will be able to gain access from both buildings.

Arup Associates Practice Leader, Jo Wright, said on their website that Ballymore has presented them with a unique opportunity to push the boundaries of architecture. “As architects we aim to challenge conventions and set new standards that shape the way we live,” she says.