It's an oldie but a goodie. Eileen Dailly Pool and Fitness Centre is being featured predominantly in a new book about aquatic architecture.
Hughes Condon Marler Architects launched their book Pools: Aquatic Architecture included Eileen Dailly because it was considered a breakthrough in design for the firm. The book catalogs the incremental evolution of pool design ethos.
"What sets us apart is our vision to make recreational facilities an integral part of the public fabric, like a community living room," Darryl Condon, managing principal at the architecture firm, said in a media release. "It's the 'unprogrammed' spaces in these facilities where real community building happens: the lobby, the corridors, the change rooms, the pool decks. Our work goes beyond designing a pool, it's about shaping communities."
The book feature nine aquatic facilities designed by Hughes Condon Marler Architects over the last 20 years.
It includes the evolution of the firm's design thinking through photographs, drawings, diagrams and construction details.
"Our goal with every single one of our buildings is to turn building programs with highly technical requirements into spaces that communities can embrace," Condon said in the release. "We look beyond the building's uses - swimming lessons, fitness classes - and design the informal social spaces in between, which is where people meet, talk and exchange thoughts."
The firm is based in Vancouver and Victoria. It has designed a range of building types including education, civic, cultural, recreational and health-care facilities.
For more information, visit www.hcma.ca.
