September 2009 : New Swimming Pool Lates

Worthing's £17M pool could look like the designs below according to the winner of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) design competition, Wilkinson Eyre.

Award winning London based architect firm - Wilkinson Eyre - beat off 109 expressions of interest received after the RIBA ran an international competition to design 'a new swimming complex for Worthing which would be a first class leisure facility for the town and be a landmark building demonstrating civic pride and status' to replace Worthing's ageing 1960's Aquarena.

Six teams were shortlisted to prepare concept designs - in response to a design brief - which were whittled down to two; Wilkinson Eyre of London and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios based in Bath. The four other teams competing for this commission were: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, London; Thomas Heatherwick, London with Saville Jones, Worthing; Pringle Richards Sharratt, London; and Ian Simpson Architects, London.

Plans for the new pool complex feature an 8 lane 25 metre pool, a combined learner/diving pool, indoor leisure pools, with rapids and flumes, and an outdoor water, a health and fitness centre, café, crèche and flexible space for other activities although the precise details of the final specification will be developed as part of the design and costing process.

If you would like to view the designs and model you can view them in the Town Hall foyer where they will be available for viewing until the end of September.

Design Concepts

 

Front view of pool (2)
View from Brighton Road

View from Sea
Elevated view from promenade

Inside View
Inside View of Pool

Seafront View (2)
View from Seafront Promenade and Chalets

Aerial View
Aerial View of Building Footprint

View along the coast
Elevated view looking East