Everything is better with a Pool, especially this one.
August 2nd, 2010 by Nirav Devnani
Sandboxer Archie Lee Coates IV is involved with an amazing project, and we want to get the word out! + Pool is an initiative by a group of architects and designers to build a floating pool in the rivers of New York City.
A swimming pool like no other, it is for everyone to use. The design has been inspired by a city intersection, to exemplify the dense, busy character of New York City as well as provide a welcome island retreat from the hustle and bustle.
Moreover, it is four pools in one: child’s pool, sports pool, lap pool and lounge pool. Each pool can be used independently to cater to all types of swimmers, combined to form an Olympic-length lap pool, or opened completely into a 9,000 square foot pool for play.
Still, the most remarkable aspect has to be the pool’s water cleansing mechanism. Like a giant strainer dropped into the river, + Pool will filter bacteria, pollutants and odors through layers of water-cleansing materials integrated directly into the pool walls, leaving only safe and swimmable water that meets all EPA quality standards.
Now that the conceptual design has been completed, + Pool is looking to create a team of interested organizations and professionals to continue the development of the project through a build-able proposal.
If you think that you can facilitate the next step of this project to raise public and private interest through connections with the municipality, engineers, planners and other specialists, or if you are one, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Archie.
+ Pool has the potential to become an iconic piece of infrastructure, and an exciting precedent for environmental urbanism in the 21st century.
