Hillside Retreat

The owners did not want a standard fibreglass pool dropped into the yard. They wanted something that read as theirs, without moving to a fully custom concrete build.

The idea they brought was a shallow tiled deck joined to the pool, wide enough to lie in and shallow enough for children to play in safely.

It also had to sit in view of the main living areas, with the bushland outlook past the fence left as the backdrop rather than screened out.

Royale Blue Sequins gives the water a deep, saturated blue. It holds that colour into the evening once the lights come on, which is when this pool is seen most.

The tiled pod is the opposite: shallow, bright and glass tiled, so it reads as a separate room in the water rather than an extension of the shell.

Four up jets break the pod surface. They give the shallow end movement and sound, and they are the reason children stay at that end of the pool.

A mineral system, cyclonic pre-filtration and a hidden blanket run underneath, handling water treatment and the leaf load that comes with a bushland boundary.