Department of Parks and Recreation
Walter Reed Community Center
The final design for the Walter Reed Community Center is complete. Demolition of the old community center has been completed and construction has begun. The adult and teen programs have been relocated to nearby community centers. The after school program has been placed in a temporary trailer complex until construction is complete. Construction is scheduled to be complete in spring of 2006.
Main Entrance Rendering Patio Elevation Rendering
The new Walter Reed Community Center will encompass 30,000 sq. ft of recreation and senior programming space. The new facility includes a canteen, game room, gymnasium, teen lounge, quiet room, multi-purpose room, recreational technology lab, exercise studio and arts and crafts workshops. View floor plan. Note: To see a larger image click on the lower right hand corner of the picture. The design includes a kitchen to provide meals for senior programs and to allow social interaction between facility users .The administrative features include office suites and the ability to partition larger rooms, permitting multiple functions.
A separate section of the building will serve as an adult day health care facility. The amenities for this area include large and small activity rooms, a separate entrance that is convenient for drop off, administrative offices, a rest area, clinic and private enclosed garden. The new building construction should begin in the spring of 2003 and will take 20 months to complete. Click here for a description of the projects amenities.
The building design includes provisions for inclusion in the LEED certification program. The building is being constructed to achieve a LEED silver certification. This program requires the use of environmentally sensitive design elements and construction techniques. This certification acknowledges a construction method that emphasizes the use of recycled content materials, superior indoor air quality and minimum water and energy usage. The building design includes a living roof to aid in cooling the building and to help with storm water management. The site uses Bio-Retention filters and permeable surfaces to allow storm water to be absorbed on site. The building will use sun shields to help keep the building cool. The material that remained from demolition of the old community center has been stockpiled for recycling. All of the concrete and asphalt will be transported locally, ground into gravel and reused for road base. The material will be weighed and tracked to provide the documentation necessary for verification of the Construction Waste Management credit. The stone facing from the old building will be cleaned and reused on the new structure. The reuse of this material will help the project achieve a Recycled Content credit. This project will be the second Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Resource facility to be constructed using the LEED certification process. Additional information on green building techniques, the LEED certification process or the U.S. Green Building Council can be obtained at http://www.usgbc.org/ .
Photographs of the Architect's model
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