The design of recreational facilities requires planning, technical understanding and creative solutions. As architects we maintain our technical knowledge through continuing education. As parents we understand the need to create facilities, which delight and encourage potential users. We believe that an appealing architecture greatly contributes to a facility's overall success. The staff of Recreation Planning Associates (RPA), our associated company, includes personnel educated in municipal and therapeutic recreation. The services provided by RPA allow us to provide a full range of services including parks and recreational feasibility studies, program and management planning, needs assessment surveys, and impact studies. This capability informs and works with our facility design for aquatics and other recreational goals.
		Lanco Field House East Petersburg, Pennsylvania This indoor soccer training and competitive facility includes three fields within an 82,000 square foot, pre-engineered clear span structure. The privately developed structure was constructed to fill a need in the community for a safe, traditionally played indoor soccer facility. Soccer, Field Hockey, Football, Lacrosse and Volleyball sports regularly practice and compete in the facility, which strengthens local club and school programming. Weight training, fitness training, concessions and spectator seating are also provided. The design-build facility utilizes the latest artificial turf made of recycled rubber tires, polypropylene yarn and sand. The turf is designed to avoid the type of injuries that are common with previous generations of artificial turf.
		Restaurant, Sesame Place Langhorne, Pennsylvania Conversion of an 8,500 square foot, two-story building into a dynamic, 264 seat, cafeteria style restaurant for this Anheuser-Busch owned water amusement park. Our fast track services included coordination of full engineering, food service and theming design consultants. The publicly accessible second story required a new communicating stair and elevator access. The resulting dining room is a sun-filled, colorful delight, which extends the park's exterior themes to the interior.
		Games of Skill Pavilion, Sesame Place Langhorne, Pennsylvania A largely open air, 4,200 square foot, steel frame construction, gaming pavilion was designed for this tight site with difficult construction access. The limited construction schedule was accommodated by using off the shelf materials. Standard electronic games and custom arcade games are coupled with the colorful sesame character theming to provide a carnival atmosphere. Our fast track services included coordination of engineering and theming design consultants. Individual games are linked to the parks computer network.
		Flat Rides, Sesame Place Langhorne, Pennsylvania The original section of the amusement park is undergoing phased renovation. The first phase included the installation of two new kiddie rides and a pavilion for photo shoots with Sesame characters. Our work included the site design to integrate the rides within the existing park fabric. The new photo shoot pavilion required coordination with theming consultants for the character background graphics. The off-season construction schedule was completed on schedule despite near record snowfall.
		Aldersgate Recreation Center Swartswood, New Jersey This facility will provide the welcoming pavilion for this 200 acre, year round, church camp and retreat. The thoughtful design of the Center's existing buildings demanded no less in the design of this new facility. The challenge presented in this program was to provide a human scaled gateway to the camp complex while enclosing the largest scale programming. The multi-use recreation facility includes an orientation pavilion, concession, bathhouse, gymnasium and outdoor 25-yard recreation and training pool.
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