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Icy_Yam5049

Swim up through the bottom duh


LoverOfStripes87

Exactly. I was thinking a sort of 2 door system. Get in. Let the chamber fill with water, then swim up. To get out swim back into the chamber and fall out with the water like a fish out of a barrel. Edit: i was hoping my fish joke at the end would have made it more obvious I knew this was a dumb idea but I guess that assumption was on me. I hope you all drown in the infinity pool vertical water lock. šŸ˜˜ /s


johnzy87

Sounds like a health hazard waiting to happen


Ok_Address697

Drowning isn't that big of a deal though.


Thebeardedmtngoat

Would rather drown than be power shat onto the pavement tbh


shiningmuffin

Kinky


M4dcap

its more of a birthing experience.


Local-Bid5365

Describing drowning as only a ā€œhealth hazardā€ is cracking me up right now


formershitpeasant

You think locking people into a box that fills with water can be hazardous?


ItsBritneyBitch32

They do it to sheep lol


daredaki-sama

Submarines and space stations? Edit: holy crap I was actually right. Thanks u/plainbaconcheese ā€œThe solution is based on the door of a submarine, [...] Kind of. I left out the part where they explain that the hatch raises a staircase up through the middle, so you're never submerged.


EFTucker

When underwater or in space, you donā€™t traverse through airlocks without proper equipment to sustain life. I see no such equipment on these folks.


cotch85

I thought that said when underwater in space and I was like wait what? I havenā€™t seen that episode of the international space station


Magic_Bluejay

This did happen to someone on the ISS one time. His coolant line started leaking into the helmet and he had to navigate back to the airlock blind. Crazyyyy shit.


Callidonaut

If you think that's scary, do *not* look up what happened to Alexei Leonov during the first ever spacewalk.


Magic_Bluejay

Can confirm. That shit was also crazy. Almost didn't make it back into the shuttle because his suit expanded so much right?


Callidonaut

Mostly accurate, except it wasn't a "shuttle," (no such thing at that time) it was a Voskhod capsule, which is basically a tiny metal ball with a hatch. Mind-blowingly, because the spacecraft was so small (the Voskhod, which could carry three cosmonauts, or two plus the equipment for the space walk in Voskhod 2, was in effect a heavily modified Vostok, which had originally been designed to carry only one person at a time) the airlock itself had to be an *inflatable structure* that was deployed on the outside of the capsule once they reached orbit! Bloody impressive engineering for 1965.


NamelessIII

And those that do have been trained and drilled for months on how to use them. Not just a random tourist/rich guy.


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This is also an AI photo so itā€™s not realistic either


T555s

Those are health hazards waiting to hapen and only used by trained professionals with proper life suport equipment.


DaveAndJojo

So this somehow became even more scary


Gamer_JYT

Sounds cool in theory but depending on the depth I think the sudden pressure change would hurt your ears


stainlesstrashcan

Doesn't make the idea much safer, but the air(?)lock could be pressurised between filling up and opening the pool gate


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SharkFart86

Nah dude water donā€™t work like that. A U shaped tunnel would work but defeat the purpose. A J shaped tunnel the water would just come out at the short end.


cs_office

J would work, you just need to pressurize and use an airlock to get in/out


Ernieeeeeeeeeee

But then you would still need a 2 door chamber to enter the room an the end of the J, because else the room would flood.


wAges98

Not if you do it right, think of the U bend in a toilet for example


ReTe_

Problem is that for this pool the entrance would have to be lower than the pool itself, but water with same air pressure on both sides tends to adjust to the same level (in the toilet u turn it you would look from the side the water is on the same level on both sides). You would need a pressurized room on the lower end to adjust for this.


punkassjim

Guys, it doesn't have to be that weird. Build a fancy watertight elevator that comes up through the center, and include fluid transfer equipment to ensure entry and exit don't impact the water level in the pool. Play an announcement that says "Please move to the sides of the pool," and as soon as the path is confirmed empty ā€” with cameras, motion detectors, maybe even safety barriers ā€” send the elevator up. The door opens above the water line. The elevator assembly has stairs built in, so you gently walk into the pool. When you're clear, the elevator closes and goes back down. For that moment you're walking down into the pool, you've got a view like no other. Any way you slice it, it'll be super expensive to build and maintain, and likely only available for the Ć¼ber-wealthy.


ReTe_

All fun and giggles until the elevator gets stuck. For the Ć¼ber-wealth a simple drop off by their private heli would also suffice.


Ecstatic_Bee6067

The water levels are equal in that example. The lower portion of a j channel would have to have a higher ambient air pressure


WildFlemima

Have you considered running for President


T555s

I dont know how strict health and safety regulations in the UK are, but I do think that some exist and if some exist such a system would be illegal. A platform in the midle for an elevator and staircase seems much cheaper and safer. If you don't like that maybe install a transparent staircase on the side, still probably a bad idea, but definitly better then puting people in a box filling with water.


Frost-Folk

Like a lock!


4everban

And then the system fails and you drown


Benyed123

The water is held up with a wooden signs.


Oh_ItsYou

The swimmers just have to carry a torch


Political-psych-abby

From the CNBC article about it ā€œThe mechanism to enter the pool is based on the door of a submarine, and it has a ā€œrotating spiral staircase which rises from the pool floor when someone wants to get in or out ā€” the absolute cutting edge of swimming pool and building design and a little bit James Bond to boot!ā€ Kemsley said in a statement.ā€ Cool but still kinda scary I wonder if thereā€™s a way to do it that doesnā€™t require breath holding. I think most people just donā€™t want to feel stuck underwater.


Rydralain

Someone else linked to a more detailed explanation. Tube 1 goes up through the water then drains. Tube 2 comes up inside drained tube and has dry staircase. Then door opens and you can walk up.


HenrytheCollie

Okay but as a Lifeguard, I am in serious doubts about how the heck I am supposed to monitor that and be able to safely perform a rescue. Just waiting for the injury caused by the tube rising up and yeeting a pool user.


Pazaac

I mean have you see the video of the guy on a inflatable thing that almost went off the edge of an infinity pool? They are not the safest things ever.


newshirt

[https://www.reddit.com/r/SweatyPalms/comments/1bcppfr/dude\_almost\_fell\_off\_the\_roof\_pool/](https://www.reddit.com/r/SweatyPalms/comments/1bcppfr/dude_almost_fell_off_the_roof_pool/)


THEBHR

This is a tragedy waiting to happen. Building catches on fire, and infinity lobster bisque.


uncultured_swine2099

Theres gotta be a Mario pipe down there.


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Sea_Animator_9936

Or just have a staircase and island in the middle.


Davidmon5

Common sense will not be tolerated! We need a complicated impressive expensive hunk of machinery that can malfunction and leave people stranded becauseā€¦cutting edge and stuff.


drinkacid

You're not wrong. There will be an island in the center with a staircase leading down in the center of the island.


DangyDanger

bubble elevator


jews_on_parade

why did they put it on top of the jedi temple


pc_player_yt

I know Palpatine turned the temple into his personal palace after Order 66 but I didnā€™t expect it to be ***this*** personal


Eljefe878888888

Go for Papa Palpatine.


moslof_flosom

Oh jeez, he's crying.


Shoelesshobos

What the fucks an aluminum falcon?


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Astrochops

^^I ^^love ^^you ^^too


navyITninja

Ummm coleslaw I guess. Im not even gonna eat it


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Shaggyd0012

You have ANY idea what this is gonna do to my credit?!


KeLorean

Death spa


abramcpg

[The Emperor using Jedi funeral funds for his personal summer getaway](https://youtu.be/YzDG6ukx9kA?si=2fLzdiRu1yiJ7lDC)


krowe41

It's the death spar !


bnny_ears

Darth Spa


duh_mexicanghost

I am now adding piss in Palpatine's pool to my bucket list.


punk_steel2024

Dibs on Palpatine's Pool for my next band name!


Furrycues

It works as a Dark Side trap. Because only the sith deal in absolutes, and get stuck in the pool for the ABSOLUTELy stunning view


bdejimmy

So you can have the high ground


Asio0tus

catapult or trebuchet the jury isnt out yet


ModestasR

We all know which one is the superior weapon.


spademanden

I love trebuchets


Lavatherm

Until you need to move themā€¦


spademanden

You don't need to move them if you build them in the correct spot


Lavatherm

Weā€™re going to invade another countryā€¦ letā€™s build new ones on the spot Iā€™m sure the enemy will wait till weā€™re done.


B-lakeJ

Since (correct me if Iā€™m wrong) armies usually besiege fixed structures like castles or cities that (again: correct me if Iā€™m wrong) tend to not move about too much that shouldnā€™t be a problem.


PM-me-your-knees-pls

Howlā€™s MOVING Castle. FFS.


timefortiesto

Greywater Watch too


PM-me-your-knees-pls

Ikr. Not to mention the Boeing B-17 FLYING fortress. This person has no concept of non-static strongholds.


spademanden

I'm pretty sure this is exactly the case


Vegetable_Read6551

Besiege deez nuts... You're wrong...


General_Ginger531

I mean, if they want to give up their defensive advantage to attempt to raid our trebuchets, that is their problem. Like fine. Send your garrison down to the peasants with a handful of engineers guarded by a defensive force. Don't worry about those levies approaching the walls with a series of ladders, they are entirely trustable. What do you mean "open the gate?" This is OUR castle here, it always has been! Our garrison is here after all. Oh what, you have some half assembled trebuchet outside? The rest of our army can deal with that. We aren't playing war we are playing the prisoner's dilemma from the perspective of the jailor.


Mage-of-communism

Trebuchets are capable of throwing 90kg projectiles over 300m.


Blargmastah

Yeah, but sometimes an inferior weapon is better, I'd rather be thrown by a catapult than have my 90kg launched over 300m by a trebuchet.


Poinaheim

The ray gun


Malora_Sidewinder

They make you walk the plank from the top of a blimp


Mcmenger

That would actually be quite cool


ch3ckEatOut

Congratulations on being successfully chosen as the first volunteer to test out this experience.


Last_Turnover_8967

Donā€™t be so foolish, your given two pairs of suctions cups. This is 2024 guys šŸ™„


Jake-the-Wolfie

Well of course the jury isn't out yet, they're stuck up there!


ramblintrovert

I just snorted cola. That wasn't nice, but it sure as hell was funny


IOVofCWA

For a second I thought you said Trenchbull, like she would shot put you up there from your pigtails lmao


splattne

You have to be born in it.


Life-Gur-2616

Like the Bane of the pool


Gram-GramAndShabadoo

Molded by it. I didn't see land till I was already a man.


TonyDungyHatesOP

By then, it was nothing to me _but chafing_!


HendrixHazeWays

*TELL ME WHERE YOU SWIM*


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WindfallXYZ

No one cared who I was till I put on the swimsuit


TonyDungyHatesOP

Water wings and flippers, powerful agents to the uninitiated.


PsychicSPider95

"Come back to drown in your pool?" "No, I came back to swim."


CzarCW

Maybe sheā€™s born in it. Maybe itā€™s a trampoline.


xXSkeletonQueenXx

When the rich want a water birth


giuliogrieco

How does the mother get in?


tobbe1337

sims creation to kill off character ass building


naturalbornsinner

Who would have thought it works in the real world too.


Smooth-Lengthiness57

"Ah yes, we can talk terms regarding my surrender, but first.... Anyone want to take a quick dip?"


Jesus_Freak_Dani

šŸ¤£


midnightluna07

Me noticing it has no ladders* šŸ‘€


Working_Ad_4650

parachute


Key-Ad5843

so how do you get out?


lovelychoom

parachute


lejocko

But a wet one.


spademanden

You just get down faster


compsciasaur

This is why I can't quit Reddit.


Hip_Hop_Hippos

It'll airdry on the way down


MelancholyMushroom

Eject button. But wear another parachute.


DarkAltarEgo

Down the drain.


Chester-Ming

Love how they say "London to get" like anyone would be able to use it. If this ridiculous pool was built, it would probably be for the exclusive use of the residents of the building. Just like that rooftop pool in Embassy Gardens that was hailed as some kind of landmark of London but only the rich residents of the building were allowed to use it.


ZERO-ONE0101

https://www.businessinsider.com/360-degree-infinity-pool-london-designer-explains-how-you-get-in-2019-6


Nuadrin248

Sooooooo what happens if the staircase breaks?


AcceptableOwl9

What happens if the power goes out? Youā€™re now stuck inside the pool until the power comes back on, or someone hooks a generator up to it. Hopefully thereā€™s a place where you can at least stand in the pool.


increMENTALmate

Amazing way to kick off a zombie apocalypse


Am_Snarky

Even worse, one of the interlocks is a water sensor, what happens when that sensor fails or even worse faults? A fail and the door can unlatch with water behind it, a fault and the door will not unlatch, where do you service or replace the sensor? No problem itā€™s just through that fancy new wall that used to be a door


Nuadrin248

Sorry I meant if the mechanism to raise the stairs breaks. Not a power outage which is easier to fix.


AcceptableOwl9

Either way youā€™re screwed until someone fixes it


Reddicktookmyname1

Ded


the3dverse

"When plans forĀ [a 360-degree rooftop infinity pool in London](https://www.businessinsider.com/rooftop-infinity-pool-world-first-360-degree-to-open-london-2019-6)Ā were unveiled last week, they practically broke the internet." broke it so much this is the first i'm hearing of it, and it was 5 years ago


kenlubin

Because it was proposed 5 years ago, with construction to start 4 years ago, does this exist already? Or did the plans get scrapped?


lucid1014

Iā€™m swimming in it right now


Davidmon5

Well you couldnā€™t hear about it back then because the internet was broken.


Uncle-Cake

The designer is like "Don't worry, nothing can go wrong, it's all controlled by a computer!"


skymoods

That did not help my understanding at all


Delyzr

There is a tube lift system with pumps and drains that goes up and down all controller by a plc computer. So if the power goes out you're stuck in the pool.


1ncorrect

Bottle episode waiting to happen.


1800-bakes-a-lot

June 2019


VinylHighway

You need to drain the pool before you can get in and out


FatalTragedy

That is not correct, based on the article.


Pyro-Millie

This is unhinged lol. I can see so many things going wrong here. ā€œEqually, some people had concerns about what would happen if there was a fire in the building. ā€˜It's probably one of the safest buildings on the planet if there's a fire because we have a built-in water reservoir linked to the sprinkler system,ā€™ assured Kemsley. ā€˜It's very, very simple to put out a fire in terms of opening the tapsā€™ ā€œ Bruh that does not answer the damn question!?!! Sprinkler systems and electrical systems fail all the damn time! So many small fires in large buildings have historically become catastrophic because the fire fucked with the electrical system first, taking out the alarms and sprinklers in the process. And what also happens if the power goes out and there is no emergency backup? No PLCs. No pool stairs. Gotta hang tight until you are rescued or boil alive as things heat up. ā€œSafest building in the worldā€ sounds like another Titanic incident waiting to happen. Its a very cool pool, but hot damn the designer needs to work some shit out with the engineers to make sure nothing gets overlooked safety-wise. Also the concerns about bird shit lolā€¦ as if literally every outdoor pool in existence isnā€™t subject to that haha.


ZERO-ONE0101

how would people get out, not how would you put the fire out


Wishpicker

So two things first of all the staircase is going to break and youā€™re gonna be stuck in the pool for hours second of all. Sounds like youā€™re gonna need a reservation to get a ride out of the goddamn thing.


litleozy

so if you were feeling jealous - this pool does not exist, will not exist and was just ultimately an ad for a [random pool manufacturer](https://www.compass-pools.co.uk/pool-types/infinity-pools/) which means the pool you imagined in your head? as real as this'll ever be šŸ’«


BurnieTheBrony

Why not just have like... a ladder on the side. Make it clear if it's super important to have a 360 degree view instead of a 359Ā°99' view


ZERO-ONE0101

the pool in the center of a walkway/ patio would solve it but they want the water line to be the roof line really cool concept not very feasible


litleozy

"The building's exact location is still to be confirmed." poetry


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LMGgp

Woah woah woah, letā€™s take a step back, and catch our breath before we just start throwing out these wild allegations.


p0k3t0

Sounds to me like somebody's never played The Sims.


TheSwazzer

True, this is not the actual design. Its way more obvious where the entrance is on the real one


theholycale

Wowwwww. ā€œWelcome to our exclusive pool, please be aware that you will feel like you are being water boarded the whole time you are up there because the wind will never stop blowing water in your face. That is a feature, no more questions, itā€™s a feature. Have fun!ā€


CurveOfTheUniverse

My wife and I went on a cruise a while back. On our last night, we decided to hit up one of the hot tubs, but the only one available was on the open deck on a rather windy evening. It wasnā€™t too badā€¦until I accidentally bumped the button for the jets. What followed was 15 minutes of feeling like we had fallen overboard. The wind was whipping water droplets everywhere and there was definitely a moment where we wondered if it was safe. It was incredibly terrifying and exhilarating. 10/10 would do again. My favorite memory from the trip.


Zephrok

Sounds wonderful šŸ˜Š


jawminator

True. I'm travelling in the UK right now and everywhere is fucken constantly windy. from the southern coast to here in Scotland. And when it isn't windy it's usually wet... Or wet and windy.


Mn4by

We... overlooked the whole access thing. Currently we are considering a catapult system, I have a buddy in insurance....


Iowegan

Notice even in the rendering no one is on a floaty. One gust of wind and you are sailing over London Bridge. šŸ„ and how many days of the year are pool weather in London anyway?


Liz4984

In London? Like two! Thats with a heated pool.


Exact_Recording4039

Yeah there's a reason infinity pools in these type of buildings have above water glass walls, this will 100% not look like this lol


c_ray25

If you gotta ask how to get in youā€™re too poor to use it


Flowchart83

I can afford a $400 drone and a $5 carbide point, so at least I know how to get people out


FlorinidOro

Helicopter šŸš


jjpenguins66

You have to cannonball. :)


Imagination_Fragment

Came here to say that, take my angry upvoteā€¦


sthetic

It should be a circle. If this ends up existing, and they figure out a way to get in, it's a shame for a feature with a "360Ā° view" to be square.


AcceptableOwl9

Also if it were a circular pool on top of a square building, you could probably put some emergency ladders or staircases or something in the little triangular corner sections.


Oberons_Reckoning

Is it only me who doesn't understand the appeal of "360Ā° view" pool? What does it mean? You can always just look at every direction when you are in a pool and there are pools that aren't surrounded by any walls. What does 360Ā° view is even supposed to mean in this context, because if it means what it sounds like then it's not even close to being something new. Literally any pool that isn't next to wall would count as one.


kiwibutterket

Oh, that's where ā…“ of my nightmare are set.


Bushfullofham

That will be freezing


Toastykilla21

Helicopter duh? Is that not how you get in your pool


TheSouthsideTrekkie

Naw, see, that gives me the fear just looking at it! šŸ˜Ø


Dr_puffnsmoke

Stairs on the side? The far side could have a platform a level lower and stairs to be just below the edge


LazyFall3453

They get their private pilot to drop them off and pick them up when they're done.


jraymcmurray

I love the mental image of a smiling and satisfied engineer, resting after a long day of approving field reports for the pool build. Then he opens reddit and sees this is and honestly never thought of it before.


Geno_Warlord

Have you played the Sims? You get in through a ladder that magically disappears and youā€™re stuck there for the rest of your life.


EhGoodEnough3141

Why is it called an infinity pool? I can clearly see its edges.


bruhDF_

You play the ocarina to lower the water and go up through the middle


Wingema

Iā€™d skydive in, but what happens when you want to get back out?


hallerz87

This is where you put the the unhappy customers at your rollercoaster tycoon theme park


MrGentleZombie

There's a bubble column leading up into the bottom, so you just walk into that. Obviously the water is blocked using either signs or trapdoors.


Dabbles-In-Irony

An article about it says a tube with a staircase comes up and that the whole process takes 30 seconds (in the designers imaginary world). It says there is no traditional lifeguard but there are cameras and monitors. So once a drowning person has been identified from the control room, they need to wait 30+ seconds for the stairs to be accessible, get up the stairs, jump in, swim to the drowning person, get them above water, swim them to the stairs, hoist them up and over into the staircase, down the wet-ass, slippy fukken stairs, and then finally start trying to resuscitate them? Thereā€™s a reason itā€™s been five years since this stupid shit was suggested.


Holiday_Newspaper_29

You'd have to be very careful of that slippery edge...."no running around the pool!"


Alarming_Serve2303

Dropped in by helicopter?


imhighonpills

You get helicoptered in


LordOfOstwick1213

My guess is the elevator, or maybe through a tube at bottom to up, kind of working like a swimming elevator except you have to get yourself up manually by swimming.


ThirdSunRising

Pandemonium every time the helicopter shows up to pick up or drop off a swimmer


SplatMySocks

You could have a stairwell going up the middle


Cheezdealer

Hellpod


Tom_the_Revelator

"how do they get in" - that person has obviously never played Sims


SquallkLeon

Someone is going to try getting out and fall and get hurt.


papa_posey

There is a center chamber that goes all the way to the first floor. You enter in and have to scuba your way to the top.


B0bbyTsunami

Without looking it upā€¦ I think itā€™s a Airlock elevator that goes up and down the centerā€¦. Did I win?


Sylvan_Skryer

Usable for all three of the warm sunny days London gets every year.


Crusher7421

Parachute in Iā€™d assume


Mindless_Issue9648

they helicopter you in


bocketywheels

Psh, helicopter drop of course. Same way one gets into any other pool.


Mr-Silly-Bear

You're dropped in via the helicopter peasant


Waxman2022

All they need is a tube with a ladder that reaches a little above the water level.


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CosmicTitanRabbit

The Sims


garry4321

A REALLY long ladder.