Byera Hadley research reports
Nicole Larkin / 2019
The Wild Edge
Urban Planning
Australia
A survey of ocean pools in NSW, which is home to the highest concentration of ocean and harbour-side pools in the world with over 120 in active use today.
Ocean pools are documented through 3D mapping and scale drawings which analyse and identify their natural and built attributes. The report also contains case studies from Portugal, Spain, Chile and Western Australia.
This study aims to equip the community with a design framework to sensitively adapt or build new ocean pools. This framework is founded on established cultural and environmental values in Australia. It challenges existing concepts of what an ocean pool is and proposes how to better integrate them with our modern built environment in NSW.
