Morris + Company Ltd

Alfriston Swimming Pool

Alfriston Swimming Pool
© Jack Hobhouse

ALFRISTON SWIMMING POOL

Morris+Company

ARCHITECTS
Morris+Company

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Elliott Wood Partnership

CLIENT
Alfriston School

MANUFACTURERS
Altro, Domus Tiles, Ecochoice, Sto, Buckingham Swimming Pools, Cowley Timberwork, Pjb Cladding, Pratley Carpentry, Ridlands

CONTRACT
D&B JCT

COST CONSULTANTS
Appleyard & Trew

CDM COORDINATOR
Appleyard & Trew

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER
Skelly & Couch

APPROVED BUILDING CONTROL INSPECTOR
Butler & Young

GROSS INTERNAL AREA
TBC

SQUARE METRE COST
TBC

PHOTOGRAPHS
Jack Hobhouse

ANNUAL CO2 EMISSIONS
56.7 Kg Co2/m²/year

CONTRACT VALUE
£1.8m

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
United Kingdom

CATAGORY
Swimming Pool

Text description provided by architect.

The scheme consolidates the existing and new sports facilities into a fully integrated sports department defined by one singular block containing gym, changing facilities, fitness suite, admin offices and swimming pool.

Alfriston Swimming Pool
© Jack Hobhouse
Alfriston Swimming Pool
© Jack Hobhouse

A new changing facility is connected onto the side of the existing gym with the pool extending into the landscape beyond.

The site levels have been altered to bring the primary entrance to the sports department central to the pool and gym with a secondary entrance to the rear of the gym permitting a public and private entrance to suit out of hours use.

Alfriston Swimming Pool
© Jack Hobhouse
Alfriston Swimming Pool
© Jack Hobhouse

The new arrangement caters for 24 pupils within the pool at any one time and a further 24 in the gym building.

Wide access ways and large storage areas are included to service varying disabilities and hoist equipment.

Alfriston Swimming Pool
© Jack Hobhouse
Alfriston Swimming Pool
© Jack Hobhouse

The overall permissable build footprint within the defined area was compressed by the greenbelt to the south skirting around the playing fields and the protected trees to the north.

The new pool building, sits discreetly at the rear of the site, facing directly onto the greenbelt land.

Intended to be a contemporary expression of the local pitched roof vernacular, but executed with subtlety, the design of the new pool enclosure envisages a raised timber structure, articulated by three repeated folded roof segments.

Alfriston Swimming Pool
© Jack Hobhouse
Alfriston Swimming Pool
© Jack Hobhouse
Alfriston Swimming Pool
© Jack Hobhouse

The roof creates a dramatic internal landscape iewed from within the pool and also serves as an acoustic baffle thus preventing a high reverberation of sound, which is a crucial aspect of the brief.

A 1m narrow glass strip arond the edge of the building, separates the pool roof from the rest of the base reinforcing the apparent floating form. Thus the privacy of pool users is protected and the panoramic view preserved.


Alfriston Swimming Pool
© Jack Hobhouse
Alfriston Swimming Pool
© Jack Hobhouse
Alfriston Swimming Pool
© Jack Hobhouse
Alfriston Swimming Pool
Alfriston Swimming Pool
© Jack Hobhouse


Alfriston Swimming Pool
East Elevation
Alfriston Swimming Pool
South Elevation
Alfriston Swimming Pool
North Elevation


Alfriston Swimming Pool
Ground Floor Plan
Alfriston Swimming Pool
Roof Plan


Alfriston Swimming Pool
Long Section

Alfriston Swimming Pool
Short Section

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