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People are freaking out over this 360-degree infinity pool
Plans for a 360-degree infinity pool have been met with a whole lot of scepticism on social media.
The image, shared by CNN, features the design concept for “Infinity London”, which will be the “world’s first” 360 degree infinity pool.
Designed by Compass Pools, the 600,000 pool will be built above a 55-storey building. Made from cast acrylic and featuring transparent sides and floors, the pool on the rooftop will provide visitors below with a view of swimmers.
Yet, despite the impressive imagery, Twitter users have all sorts of objections to the concept.
London to get 'world's first' infinity pool with 360-degree views https://t.co/ZAlgf8BTED pic.twitter.com/F6De8pX1HH
— CNN International (@cnni) June 6, 2019
For some, it’s a question of basic logistics: namely, how do people get in and out of the pool?
Plus, what happens when people start splashing about?
No one can get in, no one can get out. The people pictured will die in this pool. https://t.co/J8blQSFnXh
— Kyle Raymo (@runthistrain) June 7, 2019
i don't know why this enrages me but it does. how do you get in? how do you get out? if the water level gets too high does it just roll down the building like a giant goddamn ice cream cone? there's no shade and no slide. this is flexing for the sake of flexing. worst pool ever https://t.co/gW47pRWVVS
— Megan MacKay (@mmmegan) June 7, 2019
Imagine all the kids who’d entertain themselves the whole time by trying to splash people down on the sidewalks
— Amber Laughner (@amberglaughner) June 6, 2019
I don't see safety rails -- they might get bigger splashes than they were expecting if some ass tries to sit on the edge.
— Reclining Buddha Cat With A Mona Lisa Smile (@CatBuddha) June 7, 2019
Others saw the prospective building as a middle finger up to the affordable housing crisis in London, where property prices are notoriously expensive.
We don't want an infinity pool, we want affordable housing
Sincerely,
Londoners https://t.co/7YDBfRP0Vq— Ken Cheng (@kenchengcomedy) June 6, 2019
Can’t see the council building many affordable homes on top of this building. Don’t forget if the rich don’t come and spend their money then locals don’t get employed.
— mark foster (@88foster) June 7, 2019
Some took their economic objections one step further, referencing the problem of homelessness in London.
we have 170,000 homeless ppl in London and 1/24 ppl in a borough like Newham are homeless but sure, great https://t.co/Vps9e15m7l
— RICH HEIRESS THAT WONT STFU (@ImperialsSay) June 6, 2019
this will be how we have to get into that ‘360 infinity pool’ in London. bc fuck helping the homeless and the economy let’s have a pool instead!! 😒 https://t.co/EFFLMmgsPS
— maisy (@maisyeliza) June 7, 2019
There's a part of me going 'ooo cool! infinity pool!' and another part going 'so many homeless and vulnerable peolle in London, why not put that money to better use?' https://t.co/JLpJzN5aem
— eric the improper noun (@wolfdownwords) June 7, 2019
As for other users, the so-called “nightmare” image spurred on a more visceral reaction – cue vertigo and fear.
Submarine style hatch on the pool floor with airlock / rotating spiral staircase...it’s very James Bond!
The more worrying thing is it’s infinity edge on top of 55 storey building, vertigo sufferers avoid!!https://t.co/SjWgY818ad— Mark Edwards (@Welsh_PA) June 7, 2019
I fucking hate this thing. It will be in my nightmares. This pool will be full of poops and psychopaths that cannot feel fear. https://t.co/ArBmWIIQ1u
— Eliza Skinner (@elizaskinner) June 7, 2019
I cannot stand looking at it, but I keep looking at it. It makes me feel like my knees have disconnected.
— Eliza Skinner (@elizaskinner) June 7, 2019
Finally – several Twitter users raised – an open-top swimming pool in the notoriously rainy British climate? Really?
let’s build this expensive outdoor pool in the city with the worst weather
— JoHNNY PeMBERTON (@johnnypemberton) June 6, 2019
They have to buy a fake sunshine ☀ 🤔
— Dear darlin🍀 (@JennLondono) June 7, 2019
In London?! Where Summer hits a high of 21C and happens annually on a Thursday.
— RyRo (@RyRoThinks) June 6, 2019
Construction on the pool could begin in 2020, according to the Compass Pools website, if partners and contractors confirm their endorsement.
Saying that, it has been known for ambitious London building projects to be abandoned in the eleventh hour – as evidenced by the failed London Bridge, a scheme discontinued in 2017 following a review by Mayor Sadiq Khan.
In the mean time, if you’re still stuck on the getting in and out of the pool question, Alex Kemsley – swimming pool designer and technical director at Compass Pool – shared the solution in an interview on the company’s website.
“We faced some quite major technical challenges to this building, the biggest one being how to actually get into the pool.
“Normally a simple ladder would suffice, but we didn’t want stairs on the outside of the building or in the pool as it would spoil the view – and obviously you don’t want 600,000 litres of water draining through the building either.
“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!”
So that’s that, then. As for the rest? We have no answers.
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