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Realizing your dream pool takes imagination – and a lot
of planning. Any design- whether a sleek, urban lap pool or
an organic, free form creation – must be carefully integrated
into the site. After all, once a pool is built, it is difficult
to turn this large, unyielding vessel back into a lawn or garden.
Determining the design of the pools should be part of an overall
strategy for the property. The pool’s relationship to
the house and the landscape will affect its placement and shape.
Finding the right spot for your pool involves a number of factors.
Topography, for instance, exerts a strong influence on a pool’s
size, shape, and location. A level lot can embrace almost any
shape or style, but hilly terrain demands that construction
take the slope of the land into consideration; the latter scenario
can also complicate access between the pool and the house, usually
requiring the addition of terraces and steps to link the two.
While this may make the process of creating your pool environment
more involved, it can also result in a breathtaking design.
While certain sites may be challenging, they also offer the
opportunity to treat the pool as a special destination.
Once the placement of the pools has been determined, it’s
time to choose the actual form. Shape and size establish not
only the parameters of the pool within the landscape, but the
character of the entire pool environment as well.
As for determining the exact form of the pool, forget about
rigid rules. “Discard all preconceived
notions in design and focus on your lifestyle and the site.” |
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Tasman Bay Pools - PO Box
50 Upper Moutere - (03) 543 26 45 | |
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