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humdedumty
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 Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:43 am Post subject: THESIS: Aquatics Centre |
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Hi guys.
I am doing a thesis design on aquatics centre but am kinda stuck regarding the architectural issue.
What are the design issues with regard to an aq ctr that make it worth studying?
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allee
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 12:43 pm Post subject: Why don't you do a case study of existing aquatic centres? |
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I was thinking you could do case studies of existing aquatic centres such as Marineland and Seaworld.
Or, you could research which universities have marine biology/oceanography programs and find out what sort of facilities they have at the universities that host those programs (Probably in coastal regions of North america).
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humdedumty
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanx...but the aquatic centre i may referring to is a swimming venue |
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SeaninSeattle
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:47 pm Post subject: Considerations |
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I would think that much of it depends upon what the use of the facility will be (what the program requirements are). For instance, a center located on a university campus will have different demands placed upon it than one intended for use by the surrounding community.
Generally speaking, you could include issues such as the requirements of a competition-sized facility (and all the costs that go along with it), or you could take the same sum and apply them to a facility that has special features (such as a ADA access, children's pools, elder/rehab facilities, etc).
Do you have any program requirements for the facility?
Take a look at some of these examples to see the kinds of issues surrounding the construction of a nautitorium:
http://www.esmagazine.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/Case_Item/0,2534,88284,00.html
or...
http://www.burlingame.org/p_r/facility/proposed_community_center_project.htm
or...
http://www.ci.los-altos.ca.us/documents/LosAltosCommunitySwimCenterFEIR.pdf
There's tons of this stuff - so you should be well on your way.
Good Luck!
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