BATHS
Sydney Water
Sydney, Australia
2023
Away from its coastline, Australia has surprisingly few swimming places – and opportunities to swim are particularly scarce in less affluent communities. Wanting to start a conversation with local councillors and developers about increasing access to water across the city’s territory, particularly in those neighbourhoods furthest distant from its beaches, Sydney Water commissioned a technical report illustrating a series of different swimming scenarios.
In each, the design rebalances Sydneysiders’ connections to water in a sustainable way, where possible using simple, recyclable or rentable components, and always taking full advantage of the natural assets available.