+pool seeks to filter new york city’s rivers, tile by tile

‘+pool’ seeks to filter new york city’s rivers, tile by tileall images courtesy of family and playlab

born out of the desire to swim in the city’s rivers, three new yorkers – archie, jeff, and don – have worked with international engineering and design firms such as ARUP to create ‘+pool’, the world’s first recreational floating aquatic filtering facility. the layered structure is designed to purify river water, over a half million gallons daily. composed of four sections forming the ‘+’, the program is designed to accommodate everyone — children and adults, athletes and bathers alike. the project is finished ’tile by tile’, where each block is inscribed with a name or personal message of a sponsor or group of sponsors who donate over 25 USD. as a thank-you, each benefactor will receive a ticket to swim in the pool during its pre-opening. upon completion, this will be the largest publicly funded civic project ever.

click here to reserve your place in the pool on kickstarter.

view of the ‘+pool’ from the brooklyn waterfront

 the world’s first floating water-filtering aquatic facility will be the largest publicly funded civic project ever

sectional montage of ‘+pool’ filter afloat in the east river

views from the lap pool quadrant of ‘+pool’ are framed by the manhattan bridge

each tile represents a donor and supporter of the project that allows new yorkers to swim in their city’s rivers

a test pool was created to prove the filtration system

four pool programs are united to form  ‘+pool’

by the people, for the people, ‘+pool’ has something for everyone