Tom Landry Sports Science & Research Center
| Pool Type: |
Indoor 25-Meter
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| Project Type: |
Wellness
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| Project Service: |
Design Services
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| Location: |
Dallas, TX
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| Completion Status: |
Completed
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| Date Completed: |
1992
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| Architect: |
Healthcare Environment Design
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| Description: |
Tom Landry Fitness Center is located on the Baylor University Medical Center campus, and is recognized as one of the nation's premier wellness and fitness facilities. The highly advanced complex combines sports medicine and science, human performance research, physical and cardiac rehabilitation, and comprehensive health and fitness programs all under one roof. The Tom Landry Fitness Center is one of the largest hospital-affiliated fitness centers in the Southwest and serves as a hub for numerous health programs and community activities.
Counsilman-Hunsaker was retained as the designer for the center’s aquatic components. These include:
•25-meter fitness training pool with 10 lap lanes
•Therapy pool
•Underwater treadmill for resistance training
•Underwater digital video monitoring system and heart rate monitor
•Three warm-water spas
The Tom Landry Fitness Center will continue to be on the cutting edge of medicine as now more than ever, aquatics are being recognized as an important tool in exercise, therapy, and research. Similar facilities are being designed by medical centers across the nation seeking aquatic benefits for their patients as well as general wellness and fitness programming.
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