Leca Swimming Pool Complex

Zachary Mathews

Architect: Alvaro Siza

Location: Leca de Palmeria, Portugal (faces west towards Atlantic)

Year Completed: 1966

• The swimming pools are in conjunction with the Boa Nova Tea House
• Siza  still practices and won the Pritzker Prize in 1992

• Consists of changing rooms, observation deck, and two main pools (adult and children)
• Building sunken into site behind road (disconnect between nature and infrastructure)
• Building reserves large natural rock formations
• Concrete walls as experience of sensory details (through blocking or opening up too)