the 'praia' workshop floats swimming pool along polluted capibaribe river in recife

the ‘praia’ workshop floats swimming pool along polluted capibaribe river in recife
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all images courtesy of bureau A

helping to raise awareness about water sanitation in the capibaribe river, the ‘praia’ workshop was created as a place for people to swim, hang-out and party along the river. running through the city of recife, the dirty contents eventually merge with the sea, and for many years the eu quero nadar no capibaribe association has been working hard to highlight issues about this pollution. the ‘capibaribe flutuante’ was one of the events that are organized, which brings citizens to the deserted riverside banks. over the course of two weeks the team constructed a playful ‘praia’, and it was organized in collaboration between swiss studio bureau A and julien ineichen, manon fantini, formi, louis mejean, alexandre campello, o norte, vaastu, juliana rabello, coletivo r-t, jérémy schuh and more.

the ‘capibaribe flutuante’ – floating swimming pool travels down the river

the project included a long swimming pool along the edge of the polluted water and a small floating one that traveled down the river. the entire project was conceived and built in just 10 days by participants, and was made using recycled materials.

the project aims to help raise awareness about pollution in the capibaribe river

the floating structure was built as part of the ‘praia capibaribe workshop’

the entire project was conceived and built in just 10 days by participants

the ‘capibaribe praia’ became a place for people to gather at the riverside

a swimming pool was built along the edge of the polluted water

aerial view of the site

the ‘praia’ was created as place for people to swim, hang-out, drink and party

view of the riverside swimming pool

the event was used to help raise awareness of water pollution

people at the event

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