Tom Muehlenbeck Center
| Pool Type: |
Indoor 25-Yard
Indoor Leisure
Outdoor Leisure
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| Project Type: |
Park and Recreation
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| Project Service: |
Design Services
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| Location: |
Plano, TX
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| Completion Status: |
Completed
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| Date Completed: |
Nov 2007
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| Architect: |
Brinkley Sargent Architects
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| Description: |
Fluid architecture of native limestone and heavy timbers, a soaring ceiling with a suspended glass sculpture evoking the region’s topography, and flowing indoor and outdoor leisure pools define Tom Muehlenbeck Center.
Designed by Brinkley Sargent Architects, Mesa Design Group, Moody Nolan, and Counsilman-Hunsaker, the natatorium complements the center’s flowing architecture with a free form leisure pool maximized by a strong visual connection between the inside and outside bodies of water as well as sweeping views of an adjacent wetland creek, the shaping force of the project. A 25-yard 8-lane indoor swimming pool with on-deck seating provides competitive aquatics while other amenities of the center include a double gymnasium, fitness center (separate spaces for kids and adults), elevated running track, drop-in preschool, group exercise room, multi-purpose room, arts and crafts studio, and game room.
Aquatic components include:
• 4,282 SF indoor 8-lane, 25-yard competition pool with on-deck seating using moveable bleachers
• 6,305 SF indoor leisure pool includes a waterslide, vortex, current channel, water play feature, and ramped entry
• 8,000 SF outdoor leisure pool contains a waterslide with runout, water spray fountains, children’s play area and spray pad
“CH really listened to our needs and the end result is a facility that is visually striking, highly usable, and easy to maintain. The pools include all of the components that we thought were imperative to the project such as teaching spaces, leisure amenities, lap lanes, and state of the art mechanical room.”
Amy Fortenberry
Recreation Services Manager, City of Plano, Texas
Design Awards:
2008 – ‘Innovative Architecture &
Design’ award from Recreational
Management magazine
2008 - ‘Dream Designs’ award from Aquatics International magazine
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