Lake Oswego Recreation and Aquatics Center

A holistic community space for recreation

The Lake Oswego Recreation and Aquatic Center (LORAC) will be a resilient, durable, and flexible facility for the community. It will include a 25-yard stretch competition swimming pool, a warm water recreation pool, classrooms, parks and recreation offices, a gymnasium, and more. The facility’s design draws inspiration from the surrounding neighborhood and the municipal golf course where it will be located. The program’s mix of small volume and large volume spaces are meticulously planned to ensure that our design is making the best use of space and budget.

Client
City of Lake Oswego

Location
Lake Oswego, OR

Size
62,900 sf

Year
Coming 2024

The LORAC’s large volume aquatic center spaces will be contained within a pre-engineered metal building with multi-colored vertical metal siding, a painted masonry base, and areas of storefront glazing allowing views into and out of the spaces. The large volume gymnasium space has a similar design as the aquatics portion.

Smaller volume spaces, like meeting rooms, locker rooms, fitness areas, the lobby, and offices, intersect and wrap around the large volume spaces. These will have horizontal metal siding in reference to the existing golf course clubhouse and storefront glazing connecting them to the golf course and outdoor plazas around the building.

Sustainability is incorporated throughout our design. The LORAC will treat 100% of rainwater runoff on-site and feature these areas as a site resource. Native, adaptive, and drought-tolerant vegetation that provides habitat, promotes biodiversity and minimizes the need for potable irrigation water will be used.

The facility’s goal is to achieve 10% energy savings above the Oregon code by utilizing renewables like solar energy, and by using passive and active strategies, like increasing daylight in the building and using efficient HVAC systems.

Video by MACC Tualatin Valley Community TV Creative Services

Press
Featured on Business Tribune

Acknowledgements

SEA Team
Sid Scott
Jennifer Marsicek
Erica Baggen
Kara Grothen
Manuel Saldivar-Aguirre
Andra Zerbe
Trent Jorgensen
Allyson Oar
Lorelei Magee
Sierra Thompson
Jenna Hays
Yen-Ting Lin
Michael Gregg
Nathan Junkert