Residential Indoor Pool: A Glimpse of Water from the Living Room

The indoor swimming pool in a private residence is not treated as a separate facility but as part of the living space: the pool and the living room are separated only by a frameless glass partition, or even just a change in elevation, allowing the water surface to be seen from the sofa. Therefore, the pool's finish must be as refined as the living room's—the pool bottom uses a single dark stone material, with no visible drainage grates or handrails, and all equipment is hidden. When the water surface is calm, it reflects the living room lights and ceiling, becoming another ceiling within the interior. The scale is not large; the focus is on the presence of water rather than how far one can swim. Evening shot from sofa height in the living room, with furniture, glass, water surface, and reflections all in the same depth of field. Avoid: visible handrails, lifebuoys, and exposed equipment, blue tiles on the pool bottom, completely separating the pool with a solid wall, disturbed water surface.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

私人住宅裡的室內泳池不做成獨立的設施,而是被當成起居空間的一部分:池與客廳之間只隔一道無框的玻璃,或甚至只是一個高差,坐在沙發上就看得見水面。因此池的完成度必須和客廳一樣——池底用單一的深色石材、看不到排水格柵與扶手、設備全部藏起來。水面平靜時把客廳的燈與天花照回來,成為室內的另一個天花。尺度不大,重點是水的存在感而不是能游多遠。傍晚時從客廳的沙發高度拍攝,家具、玻璃、水面與倒影在同一個景深裡。避免:出現扶手、救生圈與外露設備、池底貼藍色磁磚、用實牆把池完全隔開、水面被打亂。