+ Pool by F A M I L Y Architects

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这是一个位于纽约河流中的浮动泳池的概念项目，旨在为纽约市民提供一个天然环境中清洁安全的公众游泳之地。这个公共泳池虽然小但是非常生态，堪称世纪环保先锋。

这个泳池为纽约市的每一个人准备，可以位于各个河道处。其实这种类似的浮动泳池曾经在上几个世纪，大量移民涌入，卫生和洗浴设备跟不上时，作为浴池出现过。后来设施改善， 浮动泳池便消失了。但是在今天，这样的泳池不光可以帮助纽约恢复水文化也能彰显出自然资源的价值和意义。

泳池呈十字形，由四个部分组成：儿童游泳池，体育中心，游泳池和休闲中心。每个池可以单独使用，满足各类人群需求。还可组成一个奥林匹克标准泳池的长度，也可吃成一个9000平方英尺的大池子。

这个泳池最重要的设计特点就是通过池壁过滤河水—–宛如投在河中的大过滤器。过滤材料可以去掉细菌，污染物，气味，只进入符合联邦要求的游泳水。

这个泳池会成为大家的公共好去处。 给公园和市场带来更多的繁荣，并成为邻里的象征。

有专业团队来设计这个泳池，材料也正在进行测验，以期为市民提供最好最洁净的水。这个经历还要至少一年，但是泳池需要大家的帮助进行建立。如果你在纽约，或者你爱纽约，或者你爱这个池子，或者不管什么原因，只要你乐意，你可以为这个泳池捐助1美元到10000美元的资金。更多请访问：pluspool.org/kickstarter 或者写信给info@pluspool.org更多信息参见下方英文。

EVERYTHING IS BETTER WITH A POOL
+ Pool is the collaborative initiative of design studios Family and PlayLab to build a floating pool for everyone in the rivers of New York City. The project was launched with the ambition to improve the use of the city’s natural resources by providing a clean and safe way for the public to swim in New York’s waters. As both a public amenity and an ecological prototype, + Pool is a small but exciting precedent for environmental urbanism in the 21st Century.

NYC + POOL
+ Pool is for you, for your friend, for your mom, for your dad, for your girlfriend, for your boyfriend, for your kids, for your boss, for your bartender, for your tamale guy, for that dude over there, for New York City, for everyone. An offshore reflection of the city intersection, + Pool both exemplifies the dense, busy character of New York City and offers an island retreat from it.

HISTORY + POOL
Floating pools have paralleled the development of New York City dating back to the early 19th Century. When the city’s elite used lower Manhattan as a resort in the 1800s floating spas were located just off the Battery. After the Civil War the huge influx of immigrants required bathhouses in the Hudson and East Rivers as many were without proper bathing facilities in their homes. In the early 1900s improved plumbing infrastructure and increasing water quality concerns closed the last of the river-borne pools, relocating aquatic leisure activities to more sanitized and inland sites.

In 1972, the Clean Water Act set forth the goal of making every body of water in the country safe for recreation, and in 2007 the Floating Pool Lady – a reclaimed barge now located in the Bronx – brought back the first semblance of New York’s floating pool culture in almost a Century. Today, as the appreciation for our city’s natural resources becomes increasingly crucial, a permanent floating pool in the river will help restore the water culture so integral to New York City.

EVERYONE + POOL
+ Pool should be enjoyed by everyone, at all times, which is why it’s designed as four pools in one: Children’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.

WATER + POOL
The most important aspect of + Pool’s design is that it filters river water through the pool’s walls – like a giant strainer dropped into the river.

The concentric layers of filtration materials that make up the sides of the pool are designed to remove bacteria, contaminants and odors, leaving only safe and swimmable water that meets city, state and federal standards of quality.

PARK + POOL
Its universally recognizable shape and unusual offshore siting immediately position + Pool as a iconic piece of public infrastructure.

Whether as a compliment to a thriving park or catalyst for a growing one, the pool can serve as a destination for weekend visitors, an island haven for busy locals, and a symbol for the surrounding neighborhood.

TEAM + POOL
After the launch of + Pool in the summer of 2010, Family and PlayLab began meeting with waterfront organizations, engineers, urban planners, environmental experts, public and private developers and community organizations to build a team to push the project forward. Likeminded institutions like The Metropolitan Waterfront Association, NYC Swim and the Department of Parks and Recreation have all been integral in shaping both the design and process of the pool itself.

The + Pool team has been working with renowned engineering firm Arup New York to study the filtration, structural, mechanical and energy systems of the pool as well as the water quality conditions and regulations necessary for the project. The team recently completed a preliminary engineering feasibility report in preparation for the material and methods testing phase.

NEXT + POOL
Following the completion of the preliminary engineering report done in collaboration with Arup, the + Pool team is now moving into the phase of material testing to assess and determine the best filtration membranes and methods to provide clean and safe riverwater for the public to swim in.

Family and PlayLab launched a Kickstarter online fundrasing campaign in June of 2011 with the ultimate goal of generating enough support to prototype the filtration system by building a full- scale working mockup of the one section of + Pool.

Research, design, testing and development will continue through the year in conjunction with permitting, approvals and building partnerships with community, municipal, commercial and environmental organizations.

The young designers from the studios of Family and PlayLab have launched a 30-day Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the continued development of + Pool, a floating riverwater pool initiative for New York City. The online fundraising campaign follows the completion of a preliminary engineering feasibility report conducted in collaboration with engineers from Arup New York. The report assesses the water quality, filtration, structural, mechanical and energy systems of + Pool and the project is now set to begin the next phase of material testing and design.

The + Pool team is now looking to raise an initial $25,000 to begin physically testing the filtration membranes studied in the report with the ultimate goal of building a full-scale, working prototype of a section of the pool. Donation levels for the Kickstarter campaign range from $1 to $10,000 with the hope that everyone interested in cleaner public waterways can get involved. Donors can choose from a variety of incentives and gear up for a day at the pool. For more information about the project and the campaign please visit pluspool.org/kickstarter or write to info@pluspool.org.

PROGRAM: Floating Swimming Pool
LOCATION: New York, NY
YEAR: 2010
SIZE: 9,283 sf / 334,440 ga
CAPACITY: 426 (288 Adult / 138 Children)
DESIGN: Family: Dong-Ping Wong
PlayLab: Archie Lee Coates Jeffrey Franklin
ENGINEERING: Arup: Craig Covil, Principle
Nancy Choi, Senior Environmental Engineer
Kristina Moores, Senior Mechanical Engineer
Francesca Birks, Arup Foresight

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