The Ruth Everuss Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Swimming Pool, Sports Facility, Architecture, Images
The Ruth Everuss Aquatic Centre in Sydney
New South Wales Swimming Facility – design by NBRS Architecture
11 Oct 2017
Community Minded Aquatic Facility
Design: NBRS Architecture
Location: Lidcombe, Sydney, Australia
Revitalised Swimming Facility Named after former Olympian and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Ruth Everuss

NBRS comprehensively renewed the facility to create a state-of-the art centre that respects the historic, social and aesthetic significance of the original fabric. Integrated landscaped areas express strong geometries and provide family friendly recreation areas.

The aquatic centre?s predecessor, the Auburn Pool, which opened in 1959 had become severely degraded and required rejuvenation to satisfy industry standards and to meet the growing needs of the Cumberland region for the years to come.
The revitalised centre features outdoor 50m & 25m lap pools to provide for swimming carnivals, leisure swimming, springboard diving and waterpolo, an interactive water play area and an extensive surrounding concourse with spectator grandstand. The indoor facility includes a 25m lap pool, family leisure pool and program pool.

The building?s namesake, former Olympian and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Ruth Everuss, attended a Community Open Day at the centre and commented that its almost unrecognisable from when she first saw the pool as a teenager...