Ambitious church-to-pool conversion gets visitors swimming in Holy Water

Holy Water: MVRDV Transforms Church into Public Pool in Heerlen

In a creative adaptive reuse project, MVRDV and Zecc Architecten have won the competition to transform the St.… The post Holy Water: MVRDV and Zecc Architecten Reimagine a Church as a Public Pool in Heerlen appeared first on urdesignmag.

A church in the Netherlands that is over a hundred years old will change its function. The renowned architectural office MVRDV, together with the Dutch studio Zecc Architecten, presented a concept that involves creating a swimming pool inside the monument.

Ambitious church-to-pool conversion gets visitors swimming in Holy Water

Influential Dutch studio MVRDV has been chosen to radically renovate a disused church. The former place of worship is being transformed into a public swimming pool, complete with a movable floor that lets visitors "walk on water."Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, Renovation, Church, MVRDV, Pool