Green Square pool: Sydney architect wins design competition

Green Square: The city's newest and largest pool complex. Photo: Supplied

An emerging Sydney architect has won a large international competition with his design for the city's newest and largest pool in the Green Square development.

Judges selected a design by local Andrew Burges from a global field of nearly 150 designs for the City of Sydney project which has a budget expected to reach $50 million.

The Gunyama Park and Aquatic Centre will cover 16,500 square metres with 2630 square metres of swimming space - 40 per cent more than the Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre, currently the city's largest pool.

Chairman of the jury, Melbourne architect Carey Lyon, praised the artful combination of a landscaped park with an aquatic centre so close to the city centre.

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"It cleverly integrated the idea of a park with a building that was the strong view of the judges," Mr Lyon said.

Mr Burges' entry teamed up leading Australian landscape architects TCL.

Judges were also impressed by the inclusion of a 50-metre lap pool inside a larger pool for recreational swimmers, in a design they said reminded them of Sydney's famous ocean swimming spots such as the Bronte baths.

All five finalists chosen in June were from Sydney, but the judges said there was no chance this was home-town favouritism.

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