+ POOL will filter bacteria and contaminants through the walls of the pool itself - like a giant strainer dropped into the rivers - leaving only clean, safe and swimmable river water. The Olympicsize pool will filter over 500,000 gallons of river water daily, making a measurable contribution towards cleaning the city’s waterways. EVERYBODY + POOL is raising $1 million to bring the design and engineering of + POOL closer to approvals and construction.
The campaign will make the central idea of cleaning the rivers tangible and exciting to the greater public by also funding a live test pool and pavilion next summer. The pavilion will be home to the in-situ testing of innovative filtration systems and will host a three-month forum including exhibitions, discussions and events that will make topics typically reserved for architects, engineers, scientists and policy makers open to everybody.
EVERYBODY + POOL has created an extensive project timeline that outlines all the steps, meetings, tests, presentations and developments that have happened so far, as well as what’s yet to come (see: pluspool.org/timeline). We worked with engineers at Arup to study the structural, mechanical and filtration systems and ecological consultants at One Nature to maximize the Pool’s benefit to the environment. We spent six weeks on a pier in the East River testing different filtration materials and learned about enterococci and fecal coliform from professors at Columbia University. We gained the support of city and state agencies, open-water swimmers, waterfront advocacy organizations and over 1,200 incredible supporters who pledged money through Kickstarter.
And now, we are taking the next big step with EVERYBODY + POOL. Over the next six months, events, discussions, videos and the timeline will invite everybody to be a part of making a new architectural, ecological, recreational and social icon for New York City. Donations to the campaign are tax-deductible thanks to the invaluable support and fiscal sponsorship of Storefront for Art and Architecture. We’re proud to reach more of everybody with the help of our media sponsor, Architizer.
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