Project Description

McDowell Mountain Ranch Aquatic Center, Scottsdale, Arizona
Regional Aquatic Facility | Public Park

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ASLA Arizona Honor Award – 2008

AIA Western Mountain Regional Merit Award – 2008

Landscape Design @ USA, Pace Publishing, 2009. Print.

A regional facility owned by the City of Scottsdale, this aquatic center includes a variety of water-oriented features, a complete fitness facility, skatepark and the award-winning public art commission, “Cactus Mirage” by Norie Sato.  The landscape concept developed layered zones within the overall context to create transitions between the various functional areas, while maintaining a strong relationship to the site’s context

Client:  City of Scottsdale
Design Team: Weddle Gilmore, Floor Associates