Sky Pool - So much wrong...

This concept reeks of the dumb.

 

I'm glad people push the envelope. How boring things would be if we only ever did what has been done before

 

Here's a few freaky buildings - 50 Most Amazing Buildings of the World | Archinomy

 

My head's spinning just thinking about the pool.

Maximum bending moment i s experienced at the midpoint so the joins would be at the point of zero bm (about 1/6 of the span from each side IIRC).

 

The sides are going to have a fair bit of flex too, especially when the water starts moving around.
I'm curious to know how the sides will join the base.

If it were one massive 300mm thick extruded acrylic U-Shaped channel/beam with something like 400mm radius rounded corners at the base, it would probably never fail, but how would one manufacture such a beast?

 

Depends on how the pool is supported at each end, would hope it isn't fully fixed (sliding allowance) at both ends and allowance is made for movement, as you wouldn't want loads from one building being passed through to the other via the pool structure.

If the 375 tonnes figure is right, then that's about 30kpa of pressure on the bottom of the pool. To put that in perspective, a typical building floor is usually designed under regular use for 1.5-2.5kpa.

 

seems legit..

Chemically tempered glass has the same yield stress of steel.. problem is it's modulus of elasticity is terrible.. the deflection will be what they're designing for, to support 1.5m of water without freaking out the swimmers with a massive deflection in it. Although I suppose they could pre camber it.

 

It would be interesting if there was a chilly spell and it froze!!

 

Then a helicopter could land on it.

 

Pre-stressed glass slab.

 

I admire the engineering and creativity and intelligence that goes behind something like this, the human mind is the most amazing thing.

 

I'd enjoy swimming the the rain up there.

 

Ice skating - with a huge risk of falling off the edge if you lose balance - only for those who love high adrenaline adventures.

 

25m long, 5m wide, 3m deep. Does that work out?

 

Yeah, but does a 3m deep pool spanning 5m, 10 storeys up make any sense?
It's not a diving pool.

 

Their volume is out by a factor of 2.. It should be 187.5m3 which is 25m x 5m wide x 1.5m deep.. this corresponds to the proportions in the artist’s impression.

I did some calc’s and found that using chemically tempered glass the thicknesses required are pretty reasonable.. 100mm thick base, 50mm wall (with stiffening top rail) should do it easily for strength and deflection. Haven’t checked the capacity of the silicone connection yet.. but seems legit for using glass.

 

Cheers. Find that side of engineering pretty fascinating (in a thank god I don't have to do it way).

Really don't understand the negativity around this. It's like everyone just wants beige solutions in every possible area.

 

I dont understand your objection to it

 

I hope you have seen the interlace in Singapore.Now, a sky pool between each of the blocks would be fun

 

I agree.. it's pretty exciting.

The observation deck at Eureka is pretty lame. They could have built it to span without the steelwork below. But I guess if they did, nobody would want to walk on it