Design Workshop 2011: SPLASH HOUSE

Photo + Render: 2011 Design Workshop: The locker area on the men’s side.

Photo + Render: 2011 Design Workshop: This cantilever at the end of the men’s side will soon sport a curtain of water!

Photo + Render: 2011 Design Workshop: A wide 2-point perspective view of the southern Splash House pavilion.

Photo + Render: 2011 Design Workshop: This shows the women’s side. Note how the rhythm of the Recreation Centers rear facade is mimicked rhythm as the Splash House.

With summer winding down, here is a quick 4 minute recap of the the last 60 days construction. Enjoy!

More videos to follow soon. Keep checking back.

EXCITING MILE-STONES: (Left) The structure for the men’s changing area is in place. (Right) Rendered view of what the same spot will look like upon completion.

The Splash House Team is going great guns on their project up at Highbridge Park and are looking for extra hands willing to lend some committed energetic volunteer work!

We can use any currently enrolled SCE students, (not graduates, sorry, we still love you though), who are in town in August sometime from now till the start of school on the 29th.

Lend an afternoon, a day, a few days, a weekend, a couple of weeks whatever you can be relied on to commit to help out. Bring your suit for free swim breaks! We’d love to see you up at the park, and any help would be greatly appreciated. Even if it’s just for a few hours.

If you’d like to help out and have some fun in the process contact Alfred Zollinger, the Director Design Workshop, or speak with any member of the Design Workshop Team.

Render: 2011 Design Workshop: Players from Major League  Soccer will be volunteering at the Splash House Tuesday July 26th!

At 9:30 on Tuesday, July 26th players from Major League Soccer will be at the Splash House to help out with construction! Players will be at the Highbridge Park Pool to support the Washington Heights community by volunteering their time building and painting the new pool pavilions.

Also, if you are interested in helping out, we are welcoming adult volunteers to join us in a community service project to spruce up the pool area and work on key components of the Splash House. Please call (212) 360-3445 or email splashhouse@parks.nyc.gov for more info.

Then, later in the day, academy coaches from the Red Bulls and the Claudio Reyna Foundation conduct a clinic for approximately 100 local children. The classes start at noon, and will be held just a few steps away from the Splash House at Ball-field #1 in Highbridge Park at 172nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue.

The event is being held in collaboration with The Home Depot, a sponsor of Major League Soccer as well as a generous donor to the Splash House.

Photo: 2011 Design Workshop: The tower and Pool will featured on a walking tour this Sunday, the 10th, at 1pm.

As if the massive swimming pool isn’t enought to get you up to the park for the weekend, the Urban Park Rangers Association is offering another great free tour on the history of the Highbridge Park area this Sunday, July 10th;

Architecture and the history of the Hudson River are explained at Manhattan’s Little Red Lighthouse and Highbridge Park. Native American culture is celebrated in special programs and lectures and park history programs tell the story of your favorite parks from the past to their future. Ice-age glaciers, Native Americans, Dutch traders, British Redcoats, and the Underground Railroad have all left their mark on New York City. Their stories can be found in the names of our streets, our architecture, and our parks. Urban Park Rangers specialize in interpretation of historic turning points, both natural and man-made, in our city’s long history.

The tour starts at 1pm on Sunday July 10. Meet at the entrance to the park at 174th street and Amsterdam Avenue. Free to all!