Gypsum Recreation Center
Gypsum, CO
Year in Showcase: 2007
Project Description
Designed with extensive input from
the community, the Gypsum
Recreation Center has quickly become a
popular destination within this community
of 5,000, located in the Eagle Valley near
the Vail and Beaver Creek ski resorts. As
a former ranch, the site offered existing
buildings that have been converted to
municipal use. As a result, the new
center needed to fit within the
agrarian architectural style
that reflects the town’s
understated aesthetics.
The lounge area features
leather chairs, games and a
TV, and serves as a community
meeting spot. A community
living room area with a café
and coffee bar is separated
from the lounge area by a
large fireplace. A layered
metal light fixture, designed
by a Colorado artist, runs the
length of the facility, doubling
as the signage fittings.
All age groups and skills are
served by a multiuse pool and gymnasium,
aerobics room and dedicated gymnastics
area, among other features. An anchor of
the GRC is its centrally located climbing
wall, which caters to every skill level and
offers climbs that mimic those in the
Gypsum area. Expansion of the center is
planned to include a competition lap pool
and racquetball courts.
Project Details
Architect of Record: Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture; Denver, Colo.
Aquatic Design Engineer: Water Technology Inc. - Beaver Dam, Wis.
Programming/Operational Consultant
: Greenplay LLC - Broomfield, Colo.
Construction Cost: $9.98 million
Square Feet: 59,297
Occupancy: December 2006
Vendors
Basketball Backboards/Supports:
ADP Lemco Inc.
Chemical Control Systems:
Siemens Water Technologies
Cleaners/Vacuums:
SmartPool Inc.
Climbing Walls:
Monolithic Sculptures Inc.
Divider Curtains:
ADP Lemco Inc.
Elliptical Equipment:
Life Fitness
Exercise Balls:
Ball Dynamics International LLC
Filters:
Neptune-Benson Inc.
Flooring:
Dal-Tile Corp.
Flooring, Aerobics:
Robbins Sports Surfaces
Flooring, Fitness Center:
Northwest Rubber Mats Ltd.
Free Weight Equipment:
Troy Barbell & Fitness
Handicapped Equipment:
Spectrum Aquatics
Heaters:
Lochinvar Corp.
Ladders/Grab Bars:
S.R. Smith
Lockers:
Comtec Industries
Playground Equipment:
Monolithic Sculptures Inc.
Rowers:
Fit Express Inc.
Sanitization Systems:
Engineered Treatment Systems
Sanitization Systems:
Siemens Water Technologies
Scoreboards/Timing Systems:
Daktronics Inc.
Skylights:
Structures Unlimited Inc.
Stair Climbers:
Life Fitness
Stationary Bikes:
LeMond Fitness Inc.
Strength Equipment:
Life Fitness
Surfaces, Multipurpose:
Robbins Sports Surfaces
Surfaces, Track:
Robbins Sports Surfaces
Wall Padding:
Draper Inc.
Water Play Features:
FAST Corp.
Water Play Features:
Monolithic Sculptures Inc.
Water Play Features:
SCS Interactive
Water Play Features:
WhiteWater West Industries Ltd.
