Ten-story transparent swimming pool opens in London

To take a break from this week’s unusually warm temperatures (in the UK at least), some Londoners have cooled off in a new swimming pool located at more than ten floors, connecting two luxury residential buildings.

Made of transparent polymer, the pool is 25 meters long It opened last month after being designed and built in Grand Junction, Colorado. The 61 ton structure he was sent to London for a trip that lasted three weeks. It was the culmination of four years of construction, including six months of design planning.

“It was an idea that really stood out and we found it very special,” said Sean Mulryan, CEO of Ballymore Group, the company that helped develop the Embassy Gardens residential complex, which houses the swimming pool. “Only technological advances allow us to do this. Swimming in it will give you the impression of floating in the air ”.

Embassy Gardens, an EcoWorld Ballymore development, is located in an area of ​​southwest London undergoing renovation. From the so-called Sky Pool, swimmers have a view of the nearby US Embassy, ​​the River Thames and the London skyline. If you look down you will see the street 35 meters away.

The use of the swimming pool, which its promoters described as first pool floating of the worldIt is exclusive to residents and their guests, but not to all residents. Many new developments in London are required to allocate a percentage of their units to low-income residents. At Embassy Gardens, these tenants occupy 260 of a total of 1,500 apartments with a value starting at 635,000 pounds (approximately $ 900,000). Less fortunate tenants do not have access to the pool or other services because they do not pay a fee, according to the company that manages their accommodation.

(c) The New York Times

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