I have questions... how do you get in? How do you get out? What happens when it rains and London gets flooded by a mega infinity pool? https://t.co/QlGVNo2jQU
— Tamica (@TamicaGreenaway) June 7, 2019
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How would you get in and out of this sky-high London infinity pool?
- To gain access, swimmers will have to use a spiral staircase ‘based on the door of a submarine’ that rises from the pool’s floor
Compass Pools’ design for an infinity pool on top of a London skyscraper. Photo: Compass Pools
Infinity pools are a staple of beachside resorts and high-end hotels – but you probably haven’t seen one quite like this. Compass Pools is planning to build an infinity pool at the top of a 55-storey London skyscraper, providing 360-degree views of the skyline.
There is just one problem: people are confused about how you are supposed to enter and exit the pool.
Compass Pools’ website says that swimmers would use a spiral staircase “based on the door of a submarine” that rises from the pool’s floor. Alex Kemsley, a pool designer and technical director for Compass Pools, said the staircase would work like “a tube in a tube”.
“The first tube is to ‘cut a path’ through the water and create an airlock,” Kemsley said. “The second to deliver the staircase up to water level.” The company opted not to add stairs to the outside of the building or the pool because it would spoil the view.
Kemsley added that the staircase would be controlled by a programmable logic controller to ensure that all locks and valves operate at the correct time.
That didn’t stop onlookers from speculating how swimmers would get in and out of the pool.
Many people compared the pool’s design to a real-life experiment in the popular life-simulator video game The Sims gone awry.
Would you dare to swim in world's 1st infinity pool with 360-degree views?
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Where are the stairs?— Beth Sheehan (@PawsandtheLaw) June 7, 2019
I think someone have been playing to much the sims by removing the ladder. https://t.co/gWTXKftjMu
— Sam (@samet63) June 7, 2019
For everyone who enjoyed killing Sims in 2001 https://t.co/RKXNu03RDJ
— Edd Moore (@Edd13Moore) June 7, 2019
I see this as proof that we all live in an advanced version of The Sims. There's no way in or out of that pool. Those people are going to die.
Come on, you all know you did this too!
https://t.co/XFuTmFF1R6— Justine (@TwinJusie) June 7, 2019
This is what you get when the generation that was raised playing, "The Sims" reaches the age of designing buildings.
You know who you are, you sick ladder-yanking bastards... https://t.co/A6J95w7SUV— Larry Mathys (@LarryMathys) June 7, 2019
Construction on the tower could start in 2020, Compass Pools said, and the top floors are designed to include a five-star hotel, a spa, apartments, and luxury retail outposts.
Other than its mysterious entry-and-exit mechanism, the pool would feature a clear floor so that swimmers can see the guests below and vice versa, as well as an anemometer to measure the wind speed, ensuring water does not spill out to the street below.
This article originally appeared on Business Insider.