Sports, Recreation and Entertainment: Community Recreation

― Community Recreation

Enduring spaces for connection and growth

Contents

Introduction ― 4 Selected Projects ― 8

Front Cover: Piedmont Wellness Center at Pinewood Forest, Fayetteville, Georgia Left: Cornell Community Centre and Library, Markham, Ontario

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― Community Recreation

Making spaces for community making.

As cities and neighborhoods grow and change, recreation centers serve as a place for people to come together.

Designed to last and designed to inspire, our buildings are conceived of as places where community-making happens every day.

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Community Recreation

Great community spaces tell your story.

Our community recreation centers reflect the values of the people they serve. Whether it’s a longtime commitment to health and wellness, a deep connection to the environment, a spirit of inclusion, or a celebration of individual performance, we make places that tell a story. Through careful placemaking, thoughtful details, and inspired branding, we celebrate the best in you.

↑ Aniin Community Centre and Library, Markham, Ontario

← Singing Hills Recreation Center, Dallas, Texas

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― Community Recreation

Selected Projects

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Piedmont Wellness Center at Pinewood Forest Fayetteville, Georgia Client: Piedmont Healthcare Size: 57,000 square feet (5,295 square meters) Completion Date: 2019

― WHAT IT IS

A state-of-the-art community wellness facility with a focus on education.

Piedmont Wellness Center at Pinewood Forest

― WHAT MAKES IT COOL

This space is serious about mental and physical well-being, but with plenty of room for play.

A giant slide beside the stadium stairs encourages functional training while getting in touch with your inner child.

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City of West Lafayette Community Wellness and Aquatic Center West Lafayette, Indiana Client: City of West Lafayette Size: 73,000 square feet (22,250 square meters) Completion Date: 2020 Awards: AIA Indiana Merit Award 2021, AIA Colorado Honor Award, 2022

― WHAT IT IS

A recreation center where the entire community gathers under one roof.

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West Lafayette Wellness Center

― WHAT MAKES IT COOL

Inclusive locker rooms and a sloped pool entry are just a few of the ways we’ve designed with dignity and safety for all.

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West Lafayette Wellness Center

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― WHAT MAKES IT COOL

Designed following Universal Design principles, the building is inclusive, flexible, and future-ready.

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West Lafayette Wellness Center

Singing Hills Recreation Center Dallas, Texas Client: City of Dallas Size: 26,650 square feet (6,903 square meters) Completion Date: 2021 Sustainability: LEED Silver Awards: Merit Award, 41st Annual Facilities of Merit, Athletic Business, 2021; Honor Award, AIA Dallas Design Awards, 2021; Design Excellence Honor Award, Phil Freelon Professional Design Awards, The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), 2021

― WHAT IT IS

A transit-oriented hub for multi-generational gathering in a historically underserved neighborhood.

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Singing Hills Recreation Center

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― WHAT MAKES IT COOL

The center creates a physical platform where recreation, community-building, and education intersect.

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The Beast - Eastside Regional Recreation Center El Paso, Texas Client: City of El Paso Size: 141,000 square feet (4,297 square meters) Completion Date: 2021 Sustainability: LEED Silver Awards: Honor Award, AIA Dallas, 2022; Design Award, Texas Society of Architects, 2022; Award of Merit, Best Project Winner Sports/Entertainment, ENR Texas & Louisiana, 2021

― WHAT IT IS

Located on the fastgrowing east side of El Paso, the center creates an oasis for a multigenerational population.

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The Beast - Eastside Regional Recreation Center

The Beast - Eastside Regional Recreation Center

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― WHAT MAKES IT COOL

The facility is the first phase of a park master plan that includes lighted ball fields, a skate park, a dog park, playgrounds, and an amphitheater.

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Aaniin Community Centre and Library Markham, Ontario Client: City of Markham Size: 122,000 square feet (4,460 square meters) Completion Date: 2017 Sustainability: LEED Gold Awards: Interiors Award, Civic/Public, Contract Magazine, 2019; Best of Year Institutional, Interior Design Magazine, 2019; Institutional Wood Design Award, > $15 M, WoodWORKS!, 2019

― WHAT IT IS

Designed as an “indoor town hall,” this hub helps newcomers feel part of the community.

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Aaniin Community Centre and Library

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― WHAT MAKES IT COOL

Anchored by generous public plaza spaces, the centre encourages a more urban and sustainable pattern of growth within this rapidly burgeoning part of the city.

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Meadowvale Community Centre & Library Mississauga, Ontario Client: The City of Mississauga Size: 87,300 square feet (8,110 square meters) Completion Date: 2016 Sustainability: LEED Silver Awards: Award of Excellence, Mississauga Urban Design Awards, City of Mississauga, 2018 Facilities of Merit, Athletic Business, 2017 Design Excellence, Finalist, Ontario Association of Architects, 2017 Award of Merit for Accessibility Design Excellence, March of Dimes Canada, 2017

― WHAT IT IS

A next generation facility that supports a thriving and increasingly diverse population.

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Meadowvale Community Centre & Library

― WHAT MAKES IT COOL

The concept of filtration, for both light and water, permeates the architecture and landscape.

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York Recreation Centre Toronto, Ontario Client: City of Toronto Size: 70,000 square feet (6,500 square meters) Completion Date: 2017 Sustainability: LEED Silver Awards: Facilities of Merit, Athletic Business, 2018

― WHAT IT IS

Located at the crossroads between three neighbourhoods, the facility offers a vital gathering place for its residents.

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York Recreation Centre

― WHAT MAKES IT COOL

At the center is a dramatic light filled ‘living room’ that provides a comfortable venue for informal interaction.

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Bison Ridge Recreation Center Commerce City, Colorado Client: City of Commerce City Size: 106,000 square feet (10,125 square meters) Completion Date: 2018

― WHAT IT IS

A full-service community center providing sport, social, health, and wellness opportunities.

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Since 1935, we’ve believed that design has the power to make the world a better, more beautiful place.

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That’s why clients and communities on nearly every continent partner with us to design healthy, happy places in which to live, learn, work, play, and heal. We’re passionate about human-centered design, and committed to creating a positive impact in people’s lives through sustainability, resilience, well-being, diversity, inclusion, and research.

In fact, Fast Company named us one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in Architecture. Our global team of 2,700 creatives and critical thinkers provides integrated services in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and more. Our partners include Danish architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen; retail strategy and design consultancy Portland; sustainable transportation planning consultancy Nelson\Nygaard; and luxury hospitality design firm Pierre-Yves Rochon (PYR).

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