Plans for a breath-taking, suspended swimming pool named ‘Sky Pool’ have been unveiled for Embassy Gardens – the residential heart of London’s newest neighbourhood, Nine Elms on the South Bank. Ballymore are responsible for the development of Embassy Gardens with their development partners Eco World. Connecting two buildings at the Embassy Gardens development in London, the proposed ‘Sky Pool’ has been designed by Arup Associates in consultation with structural engineering firm Eckersley O’Callaghan and aquarium designers Reynolds.

一个名为“天空池”(SkyPool)的令人叹为观止的暂停游泳池的计划，已经为伦敦最新住宅区-南岸的九棵榆树(NineElms)的住宅中心-大使馆花园揭晓。巴利莫负责大使馆花园的发展与他们的发展伙伴生态世界。将伦敦大使馆花园开发项目的两座建筑物连接起来，拟议的“天空池”由Arup Associates与结构工程公司Eckersley O‘Callaghan和水族馆设计师Reynolds进行协商后设计。

Description by Eckersley O’Callaghan: The stunning outdoor pool will link two residential buildings at the 10th storey – a world first – and allow residents to swim from one building to the next. We are the structural engineers for the project, working with architects Arup Associates and US polymer technologists Reynolds. Some significant engineering challenges have been addressed in developing the structural solution for this spectacular new pool.

埃克斯利·奥卡拉汉的描述：这座令人叹为观止的室外游泳池将连接第10层的两栋住宅楼-这是世界第一层-并允许居民从一栋楼游到另一栋楼。我们是该项目的结构工程师，与建筑师ArupAssociates和美国聚合物技术人员Reynolds合作。在为这个壮观的新池开发结构解决方案时，已经解决了一些重大的工程挑战。

The bridge has a clear span of 14m. The side walls form deep beams capable of spanning this distance whilst carrying the weight of the water, as well as dealing with the water pressure on the sides and wind loads. Meanwhile the two buildings are subject to normal movements which are inherent in any building of this scale, due to wind sway, foundation settlement etc. The new structure must deal with these and so it cannot be rigidly connected at both ends, it must be allowed to slide at the same time as maintaining watertightness. A bonded acrylic structure will be used, resulting in less intrusive joints and connections and greater transparency. The refractive index of acrylic, being closer to that of water, will also produce much less distortion when viewing from in the water or from outside.

这座桥有14米的清晰跨度。侧壁形成的深梁能够跨越这段距离，同时承载着水的重量，以及处理两侧的水压和风荷载。同时，由于风振、地基沉降等原因，这两座建筑物在任何规模的建筑物中都会受到固有的正常运动，新结构必须处理这些问题，因此不能在两端严格连接，必须在保持水密性的同时允许滑行。将使用粘结丙烯酸结构，从而减少了侵入性连接和连接，并提高了透明度。丙烯酸酯的折射率更接近于水的折射率，当从水中或从外部观察时也会产生更少的畸变。