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may be entered from the Park or from the terrace by the external stairways. The bar in the refreshment room will supply light refreshments and snacks which may be consumed in the room or out on the promenade deck which will overlook the pools. In the event of a swimming com- petition being held at the pool, the entire

refreshment room and pro menade deck will be at the disposal of stand ticketholders.

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regular system of fenestration, punctuated forced concrete. rendered on both f at intervals by entrance doorways. The The floor of the main pool will be long but higher mass of the stand which structed by reinforced concrete lab will rise from this low block will have its carried en piles. The walls will be coun- various planes emphasized by minor colour terforted except over the shallowe ATMAN changes while the vertical fins of the rein- where they will be of simple cantilever forced concrete structural frames will be form. strongly emphasized by colour contrast,

For the children's pool and paddling The regular rhythm and complex angular pool, where the great reductions in depth changes of the stand building will be con allow simplification of structural problems, trasted with the simple rectangular lines the floors will be reinforced concrete 'abs of the refreshment block. The focal point and

the walls of reinforced CONCIER** of the group will be the main entrance one

cantilever constructions. Piling for the over which a large abstract mural will be

pools will not be necessary. The main will act as a visual stop to the masses of with white glazed tiles to walls and floors executed in mosaic tiles. This mural panel pool and children's pool will be finished the stand and refreshment block and will and will have an edging of white mosaic be the main colour attraction in the com- tiles. The paddling pool will be floored position.

Pools There will be three pools en- closed within the boundary walls, large pool for adults, a smaller children's pool and a paddling pool. The main pool will be constructed to meet Olympic" re quirements and will therefore be suitable for large-scale competitions. The dimen- sions of this pool will be length 50

with multi-coloured mosaic ties and will metres, breadth 20 metres, depth varying The selection of the structural system have a decorative mosaic tile edging. from 5 metres at the deep end to 1.on to be adopted was governed mainly by

The filter plant to be installed will be metres at the shallow end. The pool will the site conditions. Being situated on also be suitable for international water recently reclaimed land, the buildings and capable of operating for both salt and fresh water. For general swimming the polo games. There will be Olympic stan main pool will have to be erected on an dard diving platforms at heights of o reinforced concrete piled foundation. The pools will be filled with salt water but for metres, 7 metres and 5 metres. In addi- structure generally has been designed on be used in the main pool.

competitive swimming fresh water would tion there will be two 3-metre and two an 18 ft. square grid. The single-storey 1-metre springboards. The children's pool building containing changing rooms etc.. will be 55 ft. square with water depth and the two-storey section housing refresh varying from 4 ft. 6 ins. to 2 ft. 6 ins, ment room etc., will be constructed in a The paddling pool will be 21 ft. square simple reinforced concrete beam and and will be 1 ft. 3 ins. at the deepest part column system with g' brick infill walls To ensure the safety of children, the area cement rendered externally and plastered containing the children's pool and the internally. The stand will be formed by paddling pool will be sectioned off from a series of reinforced concrete frames car the adult pool by a barrier rail.

rying both the tiers of the seating accom- modation and the reinforced concrete can- The various elements of the building

tilever roof slab. The will be frankly expressed in the general stand will be a reinforced concrete in-situ rear wall of the massing. The changing rooms with their

work cement rendered on both faces. ancillary accommodation will be expressed as a long low rectangular block with a All perimeter walling will be of rein- planning and construction.

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Sea water will be piped to a settlement bed situated in the Park. From there the water will be fed to the filter plant room for purification and aeration before being pumped out to the pools. The water sup- ply to the main pool and children's pool will be constantly recirculating. For the paddling pool water will be pumped in from the filters but will not recirculate. When necessary the water will be drained off to a sewer, and the pool refilled.

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