The Center for the Intrepid
| Pool Type: |
Indoor Leisure
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| Project Type: |
Wellness
Military / Government
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| Project Service: |
Design Services
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| Location: |
San Antonio, TX
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| Completion Status: |
Completed
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| Date Completed: |
Jan 2007
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| Architect: |
SmithGroup
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| Description: |
The Center for the Intrepid National Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center at the Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, provides military patients and veterans with severe extremity injuries, amputations, and burns the best opportunity to regain their pre-injury abilities in a supportive, healing environment. The Center is said to be the most advanced rehabilitation facility in the world.
The SmithGroup was commissioned as the designers and architect-of-record for the premier project because of their expertise and long history with the Department of Defense. They enlisted top specialty consultants to provide their specific expertise on the various programming spaces in the facility.
Counsilman-Hunsaker was responsible for the design of the aquatic components, which include:
• Therapy Pool, the 30-foot by 50-foot, six-lane split pool consists of multiple water depths and accessible entry points, providing numerous therapy and training programs including kayaking, water basketball and volleyball, water polo, and swimming.
• FlowRider, a unique indoor wave pool used to improve balance, coordination, motion, strength, motivation, and confidence. It propels a water stream on a jet canvas, which creates an inclusive and exhilarating activity that’s safe and enjoyable. The FlowRider powers a high-capacity surf and river system that combines three separate activities: the FlowRider, deep flow channel, and action river.
In 2007, this facility won the ‘Dream Designs’ award from Aquatics International magazine as a showcase of the industry’s most imaginative design and architecture.
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