Located on a highly visible site shared with school district facilities, the new 50,000 SF Excelsior Springs facility offers a variety of amenities for community members of all ages.

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Architects: FS Architecture

Location: Excelsior Springs, MO 64024, United States

Area: 50000.0 ft2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Michael Robinson Photography

General Contractor: Crossland Construction

Associate Architect: Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture

Landscape Architect: Confluence

Aquatics Designer: Water Technology, Inc.

M/E/P Engineer: Henderson Engineers

Structural Engineer: GBA

Civil Engineer: SK Design Group
A+V: Avant Acoustics

Market Analysis: Ballard*King and Associates

Client : City of Excelsior Springs, Missouri

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From the architect. Located on a highly visible site shared with school district facilities, the new 50,000 SF Excelsior Springs facility offers a variety of amenities for community members of all ages.

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Inspiration for the design of the community center came from the steeply sloped site, the human body and the city?s mineral water heritage.

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Rather than flattening the sloped site, activity zones were organized to step down the hillside. Inside, a rampe...