Pool Party

2017, Long Island City, NY

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For: MOMA PS1 (Unbuilt competition proposal)

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Pool Party is a summertime relaxation structure for the public. It is an urban living room under an archipelago of fiberglass pools. Sitting at 60' x 60' and peaking at 30' in height, it is a visible signal of leisure from the street. Pool Party is a canopy system that shields visitors from the hot summer sun, while introducing other cooling factors such as evaporative cooling, as well as shading devices that stencil the sun. It is a safe haven for hardworking people looking to take a weekend off, partake in some casual day-drinking, half-listen to an outdoor concert, and forget their worldly sadness.

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Pool Party is an economic diagram. It is a proposal that deploys a "catch-and-release" material strategy. Instead of exhausting more energy on the construction of cartoonish bubbles, we selected from a catalog of existing industry-standard pools with qualities of curves we would have wanted to produce anyway. By preparing for a transport cycle, we would reuse undervalued pools and hoist them above the PS1 courtyard in an epic rescue mission for a collection of misfit heroes. The pools will then be either returned to the pool companies, or slungshot towards their next destination for someone else's use.

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Design + Visual Team: Jimenez Lai, Joanna Grant, Sohun Kang, Pearl Ho, Eric Lawler, Mark Kamish

Model Team: Kevin Pazik, Jacob Comerci, Emily Mohr, Tyler Kvochick, Michaela Friedberg, Kate Bilyk

Video Consultant: Nic Maier

Structural Engineer: NOUS Engineering

Environmental Consultant: Forrest Meggers, Dorit Aviv

Renderings: Luxigon

Graphic Design: Pentagram

Special Thanks: Trudy Watt, Laurel Christensen, Injee Unshin, San Juan Pools

Most importantly, Pool Party is a love-letter to the culture of life in and around pools. The blue-glowing pool is more than just athletic equipment - it is a romantic space where people fall in love, get in trouble, and come of age. It is a place where we remember to forget, and at least for one or two weekends there should not be a worry in the world.

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