20. Pocket Courtyard Urban Plunge Pool
Introduction
Even the smallest urban backyard or side courtyard can house a stunning swimming pool. A pocket courtyard plunge pool fits maximum luxury into a compact footprint, flanked by vertical green walls.
What This Idea Means
This concept celebrates micro-architecture, space efficiency, and urban sanctuary creation. It proves that lack of square footage is never a barrier to luxury pool ownership.
How to Make It
- Compact Sizing: Design a deep, compact plunge pool (approx. 10×15 feet) tailored precisely to your courtyard dimensions.
- Vertical Greenery: Build lush living green walls or trellised ivy screens along the towering courtyard brick walls.
- Integrated Seating: Pour a submerged wrap-around bench along the interior perimeter of the plunge pool for comfortable sitting.
- Minimalist Coping: Use sleek cantilevered concrete coping that extends right up to the courtyard boundary walls.
Tips and Variations
- Tip: Add a counter-current swim jet system to your small plunge pool so you can swim continuous stationary laps against a powerful water current.
- Variation: Cover the courtyard floor in smooth teak wood decking tiles that contrast against the surrounding brick courtyard walls.
Needs to Make That Thing
- Compact reinforced concrete plunge pool shell
- Counter-current swim jet propulsion system
- Vertical living wall planter modules and irrigation
- Teak wood deck tiles or smooth concrete paving
