Focus Week 1 - Swiss Cottage

Designed by Gustafson Porter, this space joins together with the neighborhood, libary, Eton market. The park has a distinctive water feature intended for play. The water feature have jets that are set to a thirty degree angle along a 15 metre streams of water. There is a thin sheet of water that emerges from grillea embedded into the paving at the head of the fountain, this allows a shallow pool to form on one end of the granite plane. The basin of the water is made from a barehold sunk deep into the chalk subsoil.

"A strongly moulded land form, together with lush planting, provide a striking context for the water element."


Gustafson Porter, embraces the presence and absense of water for the advantage of equal ease.


Swiss Cottage brings life into the local area, it provides a social space to be indulged by many locals. The water within the site refreshes the area and provide stability to the landscape.











Facilities
•heated swimming pools, 25 metre and 20 metre training pool
•fitness centre with 170 stations of equipment
•group exercise studios
•sports hall with four courts suitable for basketball, volleyball, netball, badminton and trampolining
•indoor climbing wall
•squash courts
•rascals adventure playzone
•creche play and learn
•cafe
•health and beauty treatment rooms
•sauna and steam rooms for men and women
•outdoor seven a side astroturf
•meeting room