Semi-Outdoor Pool: Retractable Roof and Rainy Days

Semi-outdoor swimming pool: retractable roof and a rainy day
The swimming pool is covered by a set of movable roofs: on sunny days, the entire roof slides open, turning the pool into an open-air one; on rainy days or in winter, it closes, becoming a semi-outdoor space with a roof but still open on all four sides. The structure is lightweight steel with translucent panels, allowing light to filter through even when closed, preventing it from becoming a dim indoor space. There are no walls on the sides, only deep overhanging eaves and planting to block the wind. The flooring extends continuously from the interior to the poolside, with no change in material, so that the boundary between open and closed is defined by the roof above, not the ground. On rainy days, water cascades down from the edges of the eaves, forming a water curtain by the pool. On a rainy day, shoot upwards from the poolside, capturing the roof structure, translucent panels, and falling rainwater in the same frame. Avoid: adding glass enclosures to create an indoor space, using opaque roofing, heavy and bulky structures, or mechanisms that are not clearly retractable.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

泳池上方是一組可以移動的屋頂:晴天時整片推開,池變成露天的;下雨或冬天時合起來,變成一個有屋頂但四面仍然開放的半戶外空間。結構是輕巧的鋼構與半透明的板材,合起來時光線仍然透進來,不會變成昏暗的室內。四周不做牆,只用深挑的簷與植栽擋風。地坪從室內一路延伸到池畔,材質不變,讓開合的界線不是靠地面而是靠上方。雨天時水從屋簷邊緣成串落下,在池畔形成一道水簾。雨天從池畔往上拍攝,屋頂的結構、透光的板材與落下的雨水同框。避免:四周加裝玻璃圍成室內、屋頂做成不透光、結構粗重、看不出可開合的機制。