dear designboom reader,

swimming pools are more than just fancy additions to someone's home. they can double as a vibrant art installation like felipe pantone's pixelated pool whose kaleidoscopic touch is driven by 130,000 mosaic tesserae. other times, they can tap into one's childlike nature, a feeling that the zigzag pool in ampia vista retreat in greece can evoke through its playful, jagged-like path.

more so, swimming pools are another form of escape. they may offer unobstructed views of the landscape as seen in pham huu son's santo by the sea where the pool sits across the horizon in a beachfront villa in vietnam. they also provide temporary solace for meditation and self-reflection, a respite found in ludwig godefroy's casa TO and its infinity pool with vaulted volumes.

thanks for reading!

matthew burgos | editor