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Reframing the Welsh Lido
Leilou Walmsley’s proposal reconnects outdoor swimming with community life through a stream-fed lido north of Radyr weir.
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The project
Reframing the Welsh Lido explores outdoor swimming as civic infrastructure. Leilou Walmsley draws on the communal role of lidos in South Wales to propose a new setting for shared leisure in a post-industrial landscape.
Small stone pools cascade along the southern bank of a stream north of Radyr weir. The buildings frame the landscape around them, with the axonometric, elevations and pool view showing the relationship between water, architecture and trees.
Credits
- Submitted by
- Leilou Walmsley
- Designer study history
- Cardiff University
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