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TOM MUEHLENBECK RECREATION
CENTER

The Tom Muehlenbeck Recreation Center project, built for the City of
Plano, included the new construction of a single-story 83,845 square foot
community center located in the west area of Plano, Texas. The facility
serves as a recreational aquatic center for children and families and houses
an eight-lane indoor competitive pool with two one meter diving boards,
an indoor leisure pool with two water slides, and an outdoor pool with
three waterslides and a waterfall. The community center was constructed
of a steel structural frame, tiled interior, stone facades, wood panels, and
large glass windows allowing natural light and a view of the creek, which
bisects the property diagonally. The project also features a gymnasium with
elevated running track, group exercise studio, locker rooms, underwater
seating, outdoor jogging trail, and playground. Pedestrian bridges over the
creek from the parking area to the entrance of the facility and preservation
of trees completed the site work. Recreation Management magazine
awarded this project with the Design Award for Innovative Architecture
2008 for incorporating the facility into the surrounding natural landscape.
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