I think things are beginning to become a little repetitive, fault of the council and the dismal effort put into the design and consultation process by them and the architects, HLM.

I put pen to paper, i want pools. I completely respect the quest to save the existing buildings but like most at yesterdays meeting, i wish to have swimming pools with no more housing thats it and quick. Good creative design is paramount to me it has the power to produce pride and communal respect, bad design has a direct negative impact on our social environment.

I hope this works, attached is a scanned sketch of a very sketchy layout, i did it in 5 mins and it shows i'll make it clearer when i get the time, i just want initial feedback.

Pools
keep the existing front section of the building, apply a grass roof and solar panels as Hornimans. The new pools enclosed in a Eden Project like simple, flexible and well lit structure, no need to switch the lights on. I think it's important to have a learner and a main pool. All the facilities such as changing storage and cafe (a small stall as outside the station but with seating, managed by Provender) on one open plan level. The upper floors of the existing building to serve admin, staff and training.

Louise House
Youth community engagement project, not completely sure what i mean, i would need to speak to some experts in the field of to form a solid idea of how a building can be used to get young people to learn about the value of life and living.

The Park
Keep the existing park as is, with the new pools as i suggested, open so the park can be overlooked and locked at night as a crime deterrent. Propose allowing the park to spread along the front of all buildings, including the library, to form a connected solution, shift the narrow footpath from roadside into this are along the front of the buildings with a buffer between the road and footpath.

Services
Such as serving the pools, deliveries and maintaining the park. Some locations to park vans and disability bays at the back. Coaches along the side of the library somehow, this may not be popular though.

Now, any architects that can work out the cost of a building for the pools like this? i could do the rest. This whole development can be done in two stages, the first being the pools and the park (from existing to the front of the library), then Louise House at a later stage.