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Leça da Palmeira Swimming Pools

Leça da Palmeira Swimming Pools

Architect:: Álvaro Siza
Location:: Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
Year Built:: 1966

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Low sun across the pools, rock outcrops and long concrete walls beside the Atlantic. — 1 / 5The pools and the coast←→

A narrow approach between concrete walls leads towards the pavilion and sea. — 2 / 5Walled passage←→

Concrete steps climb between rough coastal rocks beneath a clear sky. — 3 / 5Steps through rock←→

A pale curved concrete pool rim meets dark, irregular rock. — 4 / 5The pool edge←→

Natural rock emerges through a smooth pale surface below a stone wall. — 5 / 5Stone and concrete←→

A continuous section from the low pavilion across the descending ground to the pool and coast. — 1 / 6Long section←→

A view from above showing the pavilion, a band of coastal rocks and the pool in one continuous model. — 2 / 6Oblique plan←→

The section model separated into three parts to show the pavilion, rocky ground and pool. — 3 / 6Pavilion, landscape and pool←→

Separated roof layers expose the framing, suspended partitions and concrete supports. — 4 / 6Exploded pavilion roof←→

A section detail of thin roof layers resting on timber framing and a concrete wall. — 5 / 6Roof and wall section←→

An interpretive model shows open skeletal rocks along the threshold to the pool. — 6 / 6Coastal rock study←→

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