Some projects begin with a simple need. For this client, daily swimming wasn’t a luxury — it was an essential therapeutic practice that supports her overall wellbeing. The brief was clear: create the largest possible lap pool, fully enclosed, and seamlessly connected to the existing home. The challenge lay in the site itself — compact, layered, and already working hard.
The south-west corner offered the most promise. Tucked away from the street and neighbouring homes, it allowed us to create a generous pool volume without compromising privacy or overshadowing the garden. To achieve the width required for uninterrupted swimming, we aligned the structure along the boundary beside the laneway — a strategic move that unlocked the spatial efficiency the project needed.
Light and connection were the next priorities. A continuous glazed skylight runs the full length of the pool, opening the swimmer to the skyscape above. As you move through the water, clouds drift, light shifts, and the outside world becomes a quiet companion. Glazed openings at both the front and rear create visual links to the surrounding landscape and provide dual access points, reinforcing the sense of flow.
The intention was always to create the feeling of swimming outdoors while remaining protected from the elements. The result is a space that dissolves the boundary between inside and out — a calm, luminous environment where wellbeing is supported not just by movement, but by the gentle presence of landscape and light. It’s a place where the body can restore itself, and the mind can rest.
