THE SWIMMING POOL

I designed this swimming pool for a client in Anguilla. The existing house had a slight Asian flair and the client wanted to add a studio apartment and pool. The concept was to link the studio to the house so that they looked like they had been designed together.

The pool was created in the shape of an arrowhead and acts as a bridge between the house and studio apartment. It is very geometrical in shape. The play on  triangle and square gives clear direction and an anchoring of the pool.

The hot tub anchors the pool but it also sits above it, giving a terraced feeling to the flat pool deck. The use of stone fountainheads gives the impression that the water flows over the side into the pool like a true waterfall.

The use of chiseled and carved travertine marble is the single most important material on the project. Each element-the  floor, column or bench,  creates texture and contrast.

The columns are designed to be very simple and are made of travertine marble. The trellis is of  greenheart hardwood from South America.  In order to get the curves in the greenheart wood the artisan had to cut nine thin strips and mold them when heated.