Consulting Structural and Civil Engineers
Windsor Leisure Centre
Client: Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Architect: FaulknerBrowns*
Exactly 10 years after the opening of Phase 1, the Duke of Edinburgh opened the extended and refurbished centre, including a 50m fitness pool with floating floor and boom and a multipurpose sports hall, with more health and fitness accommodation.
The sports hall forms a second pavilion, similar in scale to the leisure pool pavilion, and uses simple paired steel trusses to span the 32m square hall.
Between the two pavilions an elegant arched structure out of circular tubes houses the training pool. To allow the delightful roof to be seen to full advantage, air circulation is relegated to concrete duct below ground level.
