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RESIDENTIAL. THE ROCKS

Harrington Street.

A collection of sculptural rooftop pools and spas above The Rocks, free-formed in white concrete and lined in sea-green mosaic, looking straight onto the Harbour Bridge.

Location
The Rocks, Sydney
Type
Residential rooftop pools and spas

On the rooftops of a residential development in The Rocks, we built a family of pools and spas rather than a single shell. Each terrace carries its own form: a raised pool with curved cast steps, a circular sunken spa, twin ovals set into the deck, and an elevated lap pool running above the laneways. Every one of them looks out at the Harbour Bridge, and several catch the Opera House too.

The surrounds were formed as soft, organic curves and finished in pale render, so each pool reads as a single sculpted object sitting on the roof. Interiors are sea-green glass mosaic that shifts with the sky, with flush hatches concealing the covers and timber bench seating built into the wide coping. Pouring free-form concrete shells this exact, several storeys up in the middle of the oldest streets in Sydney, is the kind of work five decades of commercial building prepares you for.

Rooftop pool looking over The Rocks to the Harbour Bridge and Opera House, Harrington Street Circular sunken spa in green mosaic with the Harbour Bridge beyond, Harrington Street, The Rocks Sculptural free-form rooftop pool from above, Harrington Street, The Rocks Raised spa with built-in timber bench and Sydney tower views, Harrington Street Sculpted white spa and cast concrete steps under the roof canopy, Harrington Street Elevated lap pool in green mosaic running above the rooftops of The Rocks Sea-green glass mosaic detail with flush cover recess, Harrington Street rooftop pool

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Frequently asked

The Rocks rooftop pool questions.

How do you build concrete pools on rooftops in The Rocks?
Pouring free-form concrete shells several storeys up, in the oldest streets in Sydney, means tight access, structural coordination with the building, and careful waterproofing. It is the kind of work five decades of commercial building prepares you for.
Can each terrace have a different pool shape?
Yes. At Harrington Street we built a family of pools and spas rather than one shell, so each terrace carries its own form, from a circular sunken spa to twin ovals and an elevated lap pool. Concrete is what makes that range of shapes possible.
What interior finish suits a rooftop pool with Harbour Bridge views?
Here we used sea-green glass mosaic that shifts with the sky, with flush hatches concealing the covers and timber bench seating built into the wide coping. Glass mosaic wears well and reads as a single sculpted object against the skyline.

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