The 600,000 litre pool will sit atop a 55-story building dubbed ‘Infinity London’ according to plans unveiled by Compass Pools. Plans for an audacious 360-degree infinity pool sitting atop a 55-storey skyscraper in London have been unveiled.
The pool will be made from cast acrylic and will feature transparent sides and floors, so visitors below will be able to see swimmers splashing around above them. There are no permanent stairs for the pool – instead a spiral staircase that rotates and rises through the water to provide access.
The designers envisage that the pool will sparkle like “jewel-topped torch” at night, with the building fitted with a collection of lights. Compass Pool’s swimming pool designer and technical director Alex Kemsley said: “We faced some quite major technical challenges to this building, the biggest one being how to actually get into the pool.
“The solution is based on the door of a submarine, coupled with a rotating spiral staircase which rises from the pool floor when someone wants to get in or out – the absolute cutting edge of swimming pool and building design and a little bit James Bond to boot. We faced some quite major technical challenges to this building, the biggest one being how to actually get into the pool. – Alex Kemsley
