{"id":43930,"date":"2025-09-02T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=43930"},"modified":"2025-09-02T17:47:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T16:47:49","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-vacant-dutch-church-to-become-swimming-pool-holy-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=43930","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global doorstep\u2019: Vacant Dutch church to become swimming pool \u2013 Holy Water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dutch companies MVRDV and Zecc Architecten have been selected to design a renovation of the&nbsp; St. Francis of Assisi Church in Heerlen, south east Netherlands, into a public swimming pool called \u2018Holy Water\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>Global Construction Review<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Built over 100 years ago, the church stopped holding services in 2023. Its listed historic features will be preserved, and a swimming pool will be added into the nave\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lighting above the pool is inspired by the original church lamps\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The church\u2019s roof will be insulated\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026Swimmers are expected to take their first dive in 2027&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalconstructionreview.com\/holy-water-vacant-dutch-church-to-become-swimming-pool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dutch companies MVRDV and Zecc Architecten have been selected to design a renovation of the&nbsp; St. Francis of Assisi Church in Heerlen, south east Netherlands, into a public swimming pool called \u2018Holy Water\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43930"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43966,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43930\/revisions\/43966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}