THESE are the first images of the final £4.1million plans for Govanhill Baths.
After 15 years of battling to save the Edwardian building, a scheme is in place to transform the former swimming pool into a wellbeing centre.
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Our pictures show how the crumbling baths will be regenerated to form two swimming pools, a cafe, slipper baths and community space.
Fatima Uygun, Govanhill Baths Community Trust manager was one of the original Save Our Pool activists when the Calder Street baths was first shut.
She said: "Govanhill Baths was always more than a swimming pool and more than the sum of its parts.
"This was a building that the whole community used and shared. The Wellbeing centre will continue that tradition, providing many reasons for people to come here and get together.
"We are proud of being Scotland's most diverse community and this building will reflect that, as it always has done."
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It is hoped the centre will be ready to open in 2018 and there is £200,000 still to raise.
Other funds have been provided by Heritage Lottery Fund, Big Lottery, Historic and Environment Scotland and Glasgow City Council.
Hall Black Douglas Architects were appointed by the Govanhill Baths Community Trust for the next phase of the refurbishment.
If planning permission is granted, they plan to restore the building to be wind and water-tight and carry out stonework repairs.
A new level-access front entrance will be created through the creation of a full-height window, which designers say will make the centre appear welcoming to all Govanhill’s residents.
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There will also be a community cafe with access to the garden facing onto Calder Street.
The Learner and Ladies pools will be restored and have changing facilities, as well as a new Turkish suite with sauna and steam-room.
Fatima added: "One of the things people were keen to keep were the slipper baths, so some of them will be retained and people can come in and hire a room to have a good, hot bath."
The rest of the First Floor slipper bath are will become a gym with some historic cubicles kept for private bathing and changing.
The basement, site of the historic steamie, will be turned into rooms that can be rented out for community use.
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The Trust’s Community Wellbeing programme, which teaches healthy cooking and gardening skills, will be expanded and also use these spaces.
Plans for the Baths have had support from the Princes Regeneration Trust.
Projects Advisor Susan O'Connor said: "I feel so privileged to be working on Govanhill Baths.
"Buildings can only survive when there is a community of people who still want to use them and sometimes getting users to engage with the process can be hard.
"So to work on a building which the community actually fought and struggled to save with such dedication for so many years is really a once in a lifetime experience.
"I feel an even bigger duty than usual to make sure we get this one just right.
"The Board is made up of those volunteers and activists who fought to keep this beautiful piece of Edwardian Glasgow in use and obviously that raises unique challenges.
"A swimming pool is a difficult, technical thing to run - we had a two hour meeting last week that was just about pool filtration, for example - so the role of the professional advisors is to make sure the trustees have the chance to build up the technical knowledge that will keep the Baths open for generations to come.
"The end result will not just be a beautifully preserved old building but a truly unique facility run in an unusual way by the very people who saved it for their community.
"It will be a very special place and I feel very lucky to be a part of it."
Plans are being unveiled at a special event in the Baths today from 3pm til 8pm today with local bands playing and food served.
Govanhill Baths was shut in 2001 by Glasgow City Council, despite fierce opposition from the local community and a protest that saw the building occupied by campaigners.
After forming in 2003, the Govanhill Community Baths Trust (GCBT) has been working to reopen the venue as a wellbeing centre.
Katie Gallogly-Swan, Learning Outreach Officer of Govanhill Baths Community Trust, said: "The design reveal today is crucial for Govanhill Baths.
"As a community asset, the community must be at the beginning and the end of the decision-making process.
"These images are just one part of the incredible journey this building and Govanhill have been on for more than 15 years in the struggle to reopen the facility.
"Now we need to see the support of local people, wider Glasgow, and all of those who care about community empowerment in Scotland, to see this victory through to its rightful conclusion: Govanhill Baths in the hands of the people. "
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