Swimming pool an ugly eyesore?

[John S]

Obviously not in my opinion. what do the rest of you think of the design of the pool building?

[Rabmacd]

John,
Don't know how to vote on this thing, but I'm with you. I think it looks great. Do you think that all the folk who will be swimming aboot inside it (hopefully!)are bothered about how it looks. Are you allowed a proxy vote? If so you have my permission to vote "False". Forget the proxy--just sussed how to vote. Did it the good old postal or should that be e-postal way.

[Frosty]

Im afraid that I cannae vote yet .
D Ps photos are good , but not enough to allow a decision on how ugly it is !
Although I'm not happy that the cladding seems to be dropping of the sides already , surely they cannot charge extra to fix it back on , or delay the opening as it seems to be the contractors fault .They should put it right and bring in the extra workforce required , to avoid delay.
Like the Queen Album cover Rabmacd . Are you a fan ?
Cheers
Frosty

[Rabmacd]

I sure am, Frosty.

[oorly gourlay]

If this is prize winning architecture then I would hate to think what the other contenders produced. Almost every new build project in Argyll & Bute has to blend with the built environment yet an exception seems to have been made for this carbuncle. It would have been cheaper grabbing the EEC and Sportscotland's money, putting a roof over the loch and installing a heating element but that would only have been going through the motions

oorly

[oorly gourlay]

I must admit that I hated the concept and design of this building from day one, a 21st century building in a 19th century town but for the sake of local need, I accepted what I saw, fool that I am.
As it stands, it is two storeys and I hope, with the amount of substructure, it stays that way, rather than one storey and basement.
At the time of posting, there have been 213 viewers yet only 18 persons have been bothered to register a vote.
Please vote, you will not be recorded on the site under your own name or nomme de plume. Come one you lot, show your teeth, the town and Argyll & Bute will have to subsidise this beast for years to come.

oorly

[GarySutherland]

The point about the town having to subsidise the pool is a good one. Already I see they're saying the council tax will have to go up to allow for running costs.

One of the towns councils back in England, near where I used to live, built a brilliant sports centre: pool, gyms, tracks and courts, ice rink, everything you could want. Unfortunately the town simply wasn't big enough to support it.

Having closed once it was sold-off by the council to a non-profit making organisation who themselves promptly went bust. It re-opened yet again with less facilities and now just about manages to break even.

I hope this isn't the case with the Aqualibrium but I do wonder if perhaps a more modest design might have a better chance of being self-supporting.

Cheers
Gary

[petewick]

Looks like the middle part of the superstructure of the starship Enterprise has crash landed!

Petewick

[4th gen Suthen']

I think it is an ugly monstrosity but the time for debate is past, it is there and we will have to put up with it......it reminds me of the much mocked Town Centre in Cumbernauld!!.........but it's hoot we've got and we will need to learn to love it........maybe it will become a tourist attraction in its own right...folk will come,look,point and laugh.......

It will be a perfectly good swimming pool .......cant remember the previous one ever being all that busy though......

But surely they are not really going to take the books from our beautiful library and put them in there? are they?............aye, will be the answer to that........

[hoots the scoop]

Three hundred and sixty seven views and only twenty five have voted. Ten think it is an ugly eyesore and fifteen say it isn't

It can't be denied that once it is up and running hopefully everyone will reap the benefits but that is not the question that John has asked.

It would have been interesting to have the opinions of those who voted that it is not an ugly eyesore to have put down their thoughts as to what they find attractive about it's design and location. None of us can change what is now there but it does no harm to give our opinions even after the event.

I am delighted that we are to have a pool but unlike Robert I care about the looks and impact of any structure that is erected in our town and it should not be forgotton that some of us have to look at it for the rest of our days right outside our window, not just when we are on our way to work or taking the weans to the pool.

hoots

[hoots the scoop]

Three hundred and sixty seven views and only twenty five have voted. Ten think it is an ugly eyesore and fifteen say it isn't

It can't be denied that once it is up and running hopefully everyone will reap the benefits but that is not the question that John has asked.

It would have been interesting to have the opinions of those who voted that it is not an ugly eyesore to have put down their thoughts as to what they find attractive about it's design and location. None of us can change what is now there but it does no harm to give our opinions even after the event.

I am delighted that we are to have a pool but unlike Robert I care about the looks and impact of any structure that is erected in our town and it should not be forgotton that some of us have to look at it for the rest of our days right outside our window, not just when we are on our way to work or taking the weans to the pool.

hoots

I thought the idea of Hoots the Scoop was to post news etc and not personal views?

As Hoots the Scoop is generic I have access to this account and share the views of the above poster - just for information

[hoots the scoop]

I thought the same when I read that.

I agree with the first Hoots the Scoop's opinion.

Confused? You will be

[Bobbie En Tejas]

As Hoots the Scoop is generic I have access to this account and share the views of the above poster - just for information

Errrr.. so exactly how many of you are there, hoots? Do the voices talk to each other and is one of them named Sybil?

[John S]

It would have been interesting to have the opinions of those who voted that it is not an ugly eyesore to have put down their thoughts as to what they find attractive about it's design and location.
hoots

For the sake of clarity I'm going to call you guys Hoots 1,2&3

Hoots one - you started it so maybe you should elaborate on just exactly why you think its ugly before asking those who are not as critical to justify themselves.

Hoots 2

I thought the idea of Hoots the Scoop was to post news etc and not personal views?

Hear Hear - there are enough loose talkers in this forum who use non deplumes; but at least with them you tend to be dealing with the same character - the hoots collective is fine for news but it gets a bit psychotic when you guys start arguing among yourselves

Hoots 3

Agree with the first Hoots the Scoop's opinion

Why? And who was the first Hoots the Scoop? Is he the one on the Aqualibrium thread? Or is he Hoots 1? Or are they the same?

in the meantime - Tune in next week for another episode of Soap

John S (Semple)

[hoots the scoop]

Hoots 3

Agree with the first Hoots the Scoop's opinion

Why? And who was the first Hoots the Scoop? Is he the one on the Aqualibrium thread? Or is he Hoots 1? Or are they the same?

in the meantime - Tune in next week for another episode of Soap

John S (Semple)

Hello 'Hoots 3' here!

I apologise John, I confused myself with all this first-Hoot-second-Hoot stuff. I actually meant that I agree with Hoots 2 when he says that Hoots the Scoop shouldn't be used to post opinions.

Sorry again