Location: Grand Rapids, MI
FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES:
Lobby
- 2 ½ story lobby with high-performance glass and 17 by 17 foot skylight
- Glass roof entry canopy
- Donor waterfall and casual seating
- Café and information desk with visual control of main entrance and primary circulation areas
- 26 foot high Climbing wall
- Polished concrete floors
Aquatic Center
- Indoor leisure pool with zero entry wading pool, lazy river, lap pool, slide, and whirlpool
- Low maintenance design
- MYRTHA pool system
- Neptune Filtration System
- Access to outdoor splash pad
Performing Arts / Worship Center
- Seating for 340; overflow seating for100
- 40 foot wide platform with multiple stage curtains and theatrical lighting
- Day-lighting and 100% black-out control
- Dining Hall / Conference Center
- Banquet seating for 300
- Conference seating for 400 plus
- Food Preparation / Teaching Kitchen
Fitness Center
- Full-court competition gymnasium with raised wood flooring
- Running track (12.5 laps/mile)
- Fitness equipment for cardio and strength conditioning
- Aerobic and dance studios
- Locker rooms / Showers / Family Changing Rooms
- Speed lockers
Education and Administrative Offices
- Art room
- Teen Center/Interactive Game Room
- Child-care
- Classrooms / Party Rooms
BUILDING DESIGN FEATURES:
“Safe-from-Harm” Design:
- Line-of-sight visual control
- Transparent open environment Fire and security alarms
- Member identification systems
GREEN DESIGN:
LEED “Silver” Certification potential
- Ample day-lighting with art lighting sensors
- In slab radiant heating at lobby
- Geothermal / Heat Pumps / Radiant Heating
- High performance window glazing
- Spray-applied thermal Insulation system
- Snow-melt at entry approach walkways
SITE FEATURES:
- 300 seat covered amphitheater
- Softball field
- Sand volley ball courts
- 2 soccer fields
- Splash pad
- Snow/Water slide hill
- Fish Pond
- High ropes course
- Basketball court / ice skating pad
- Walking Connector to Plaster Creek Trail
- Community Gardens
- Tot lot
- Art Prize Table & Chairs
- Concessions Building & Restrooms
SITE ACCESS:
- Bus Route
- Plaster Creek Trail
- Division Avenue and Alger Street entrances
- On-site parking
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