Kapiti Aquatic Centre
Pools of light through ETFE
The Kapiti Aquatic Centre Trust had a vision to build a series of indoor/outdoor pools. The brief was to create the feeling of being outdoors but with a more balanced indoor environment. The proposal was to use a full 100% ETFE roof to provide a view of the sky and make use of the thermal gain in the winter period.
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Services
Designing for Daylight
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Sectors
Daylighting
Lifestyle
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Client
Kapiti Coast District Council
Reflecting on Design
The concern of using such a large area of ETFE was to do with glare as opposed the quantity of light. The result was a proposal to alter internal surface reflectance’s and ensure a rotation of staff positions such that the swimmers could be clearly seen below the surface.
