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Elise Morton

Dutch architecture studios design a church-turned-pool, where you can walk on water

“Imagine swimming the backstroke with a view of a church vault and stained-glass windows,” says MVRDV founding partner Winy Maas. Well, soon you’ll be able to.

Dutch architecture studios MVRDV and Zecc Architecten have just unveiled their heavenly plans for Holy Water, a public swimming pool inside the former St Francis of Assisi Church in the city of Heerlen.

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