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Clifton Lido in Bristol was left lying empty and decaying for Architects worked with English Heritage to make sure the lido had
almost twenty years and was in a serious state of decay firm footings in the past by being sympathetic to its original design
aim to strip away all the “This has been a
pretentiousness of the challenging and fascinating ENERGY IDEAS FROM THE CLIFTON LIDO
modern spa culture and offer project; a real labour of love. • TheLidohasalargesolarhotwaterheatingsystemwithatarget
a genuine and value for This was a rare opportunity to of obtaining 75% of heated water requirement using solar
money package to suit the turn a historic, listed building vacuumtubecollectors
needs of city dwellers.” in the centre of a city into • Water from the roofs will be collected in a separate tank and
Arne Ringner of the Glass something unique and afterithasbeentreateditwillbere-usedinthepool
Boat Company said: “This was relevant to people today,” • The pre-swim shower units are being supplied with warm and
a rare opportunity to turn a said Arne. filtered overflow water from the pool thus saving vast
historic, listed building in the Architects have worked volumes of water
centre of a city into with English Heritage to • Allbuildingsareinsulatedanddoubleglazed
something unique and ensure that this landmark • Therestaurantterracewillbeglazedandratherthanrunningair-
relevant to people today. restoration project has firm conditioning units the lido will extract the heat and re-use it to
“We have a vision of the footings in the past, present heatthepool
Lido being very accessible as a and future by being • Theventilationairfromtherestaurant,kitchen,heatingplantand
social hub for local people and sympathetic to the original changing rooms will be passed through a handling unit with a
as a destination for people design. As a nod to the past, heatpumpaimedatrecovering80%ofallextractheatforre-use
from further afield who are curtained changing cubicles
curious to see how a 19th will line the poolside but
century Lido can be adapted swimmers will be fully
to modern life.” immersed in the future in an
Now there’s not only an infinity edge pool and hot tub
infinity pool heated by state of comfortably heated to 35
the art green technology to degrees with innovative green
enjoy, there’s a spa that will technology that has already
offer massages and other attracted praise from the Low
restorative remedies. Carbon Trust.
Built circa 1850 when Reclaimed material has also
Clifton was still largely been used where possible and
grazing land, the lido is now this includes an oak staircase
surrounded by Edwardian from the now demolished
terraces in a hidden corner of Bristol and West tower in the
the ‘village’. The Lido closed city centre.
circa 1990 and was The staircase leads to a 90
controversially sold off by seat restaurant with a wall of
The lido has sold a third of the available subscriptions to the pool to
Bristol City Council to windows looking over the
give unlimited access to committed regular swimmers
housing developers. The pool. A Valorium wood-fired
following 13 years saw the oven has been imported from
local community campaign Florence to give a blast of
against the development and authenticity to the menu.
“WE AIM TO STRIP AWAYALL
the battle for the baths was Downstairs, the poolside café
won in 1998 when the Grade will serve an express version
THE PRETENTIOUSNESS OF
II* listing was awarded, of the main menu and will
elevating the lido’s status to serve pool users and the
THE MODERN SPA CULTURE
the top 6% of listed buildings general public.
in the country. The pool will be open all
AND OFFER A GENUINE
It was at this stage the Glass year round and will close daily
Boat Company got involved at 10pm so it will always be at
AND VALUE FOR MONEY
and Full Planning Permission the hub of the facility and
for the restoration of the pool create a unique focus for
PACKAGE TO SUIT THE
and associated buildings was visitors to the café and
granted in 2006. restaurant. spn
NEEDS OF CITY DWELLERS”
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