Embassy Gardens Sky Pool
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That said, I can't see how you would accomplish that and make waterproof seals between the sections, so whatever solves the bridge problem does not solve the floating pool problem.
If you're in this pool in an earthquake, aren't you fully fucked, regardless of whether the glass breaks? Getting sloshed right out of the pool, baby with the bathwater-style, seems like a distinct possibility.
Um, yes. The Golden Gate Bridge had a big stiffening retrofit in the early 1950s, with huge rectangular frames added underneath.
As for putting in bearings, the SF Bay Bridge west span was given bearings after the 1989 quake. (The east span was totally replaced.) The roadway was jacked up at each tower, and big stainless steel plates inserted so the roadway could slide relative to the tower if necessary. Plus, 17 million pounds of structural steel and half a million high-strength bolts were added, so the roadway is strong enough to slide under extreme stress without coming apart.
And that's steel, which has reasonable elasticity. Glass, not so good at that. Is it really glass, or polycarbonate? Polycarbonate has some stretch; you can bend it in a sheet metal brake and it won't crack.
> The structure, said to be the “largest single piece of load bearing acrylic in the world,” has been in the works for several years and was built in a Colorado factory.
Anyone have a shot of the actual decking on this pool? They must have hidden expansion plates in the design to allow the bearings to work without eating human legs.
I also wonder if there's some fail-safe aspect to it. For example, if it flexes too much, maybe the side glass will shatter first, and water spills out, but the bottom glass will withstand greater stresses, giving swimmers enough warning to hustle to the ends and climb out before the whole thing comes crashing down.
The buildings are relatively low and wide so I don’t think they’ll flex much in the wind but the soil can definitely shift under them and eventually they might drift apart too far for the tolerance of the pool’s suspension.
If a the glass shatters it doesn’t going to matter where the hole is if you are in the water you’ll most likely going to get sucked through before you know what happened.
I would also be worried much more about the glass shattering due to stresses from thermal expansion or even vibration over time than the buildings flexing.
I’ve seen large panels shatter across quite a few installations in London because the frame was a tad out of spec and the temps dropped below zero.