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Pirate Theme
Scenery in a pirate style: rocks, wrecks and coves.
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Hotel The Reef / 2010 / Project Detail
Hotel The Reef
Designing and building a pirate landscape in and around the hotel's swimming pool.
Overview
Designing and building a pirate landscape in and around the hotel's swimming pool.
- Place
- Frederikshavn, Denmark
- Company
- Independent
- Role
- Rockwork
- Year
- 2010
Project Brief
Pool Theming, Frederikshavn, Denmark.
- PirateLandscape
- 2010Built
The Challenge
Make it read as real
A pool theming has to read as natural rock, reef or carved stone up close, and still meet the structure, safety and schedule demands of a live build.
The Solution
Shaped and finished by hand
Scope on this project: pirate theme, pool and design & build. Delivered as Rockwork with an independent team.
The Outcome
A finished pool theming at Hotel The Reef, Frederikshavn, Denmark.
Key Features
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Pool
Theming built in and around a swimming pool.
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Design & Build
Taking the work from concept design through to construction.
Visual Gallery
06 photos
More from the build
Process
Typical build sequence for themed rockwork
Design
Forms, levels and colour references agreed from the concept or 3D design before work starts.
Armature
Steel bent and fixed to carry the final shape, with mesh tied over it as the base for the surface.
Shotcrete
Sprayed concrete built up over the mesh in layers to form the rock shell.
Carving
Texture, strata and cracks cut by hand while the surface is still workable.
Paint
Base coats, washes and dry brushing, worked until the surface reads as real.
Methods
Materials & Methods
Every build stands on its methods. These are the disciplines this project called on, from structure to final finish.
Core Layer
Foundation / Primary discipline
Pirate Theme
Scenery in a pirate style: rocks, wrecks and coves.
Role on siteRockwork
Scope
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Disciplines on this build
Year
2010
Project year
Team
IND
Independent build
- L02Capability
Pool
Theming built in and around a swimming pool.
ScopeIncluded - L03Finish
Design & Build
Taking the work from concept design through to construction.
ScopeIncluded