With the long-term future of Vancouver\u2019s iconic Kits Pool in doubt, a local architectural rendering studio has shared some of its own ideas.<\/p>\n
In what is not an official proposal, the firm \u2014 Eight Station \u2014 says it has reimagined the pool to reflect a \u201cmore accessible and functional urban oasis.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur approach recognizes that Kitsilano Pool is a vital piece of Vancouver\u2019s social and cultural fabric,\u201d said company founder Ana Romaniv.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to create a vision that honours the pool\u2019s legacy while addressing the real challenges that have impacted its operations and accessibility.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eight Station says the designs focus on four areas: expanding community gathering space, optimizing spatial planning, enhancing the pedestrian experience, and thoughtful landscape integration.<\/p>\n
The designs include several paths, a potential amphitheatre, better crowd flow, and the reduction of barriers so users can see more of the waterfront. The pool itself remains in roughly the same location.<\/p>\n
The city and park board are in the process of planning a replacement outdoor pool as the current one \u2014 built in 1931 and rebuilt in 1979 \u2014 is leaking water and nearing the end of its lifespan, requiring annual maintenance and ongoing repairs. The pool\u2019s opening was delayed this summer after newly identified pool infrastructure issues were addressed.<\/p>\n
In 2024, the pool was only open for one month after undergoing $4 million in repairs. At that time, Mayor Ken Sim said the repairs were intended to extend the pool\u2019s life by another two years while plans for a new facility got underway.<\/p>\n
Sim added the closing of the pool was a \u201cdisappointment shared by the entire city.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 With files from Jan Schuermann and Charles Brockman.<\/p>\n
Editor\u2019s note: a previous version of this story had referred to Eight Studio as an \u201carchitect studio.\u201d This has been amended to \u201carchitectural rendering studio.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the long-term future of Vancouver\u2019s iconic Kits Pool in doubt, a local architectural rendering studio has shared…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75],"class_list":["post-69458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}