Masonry Magazine June 1972 Page. 7
Main entrance to the recreation center features a metal sculptured swimmer within a laminated guardrail. Decorative lightposts serve to illuminate this area, lending interest during night and daytime hours. More than one million units of block and brick went into the project.
Mountain Park Recreation Center
Lake Oswego, Oregon
Architect: Broome, Selig, Oringdulph & Partners General Contractor: Halvorson Mason Contractors
Mason Contractor: Smith Masonry Contractors, Inc. (MCAA)
This stunning new recreational facility consists of a 55,000 square foot building covering more than an acre in the new residential community of Mountain Park. The site overlooks Lake Oswego with snowcapped Mt. Hood in the background. The center houses a 50-meter Olympic swimming pool, adult and teen lounges, billiard room, steam baths and saunas, exercise rooms, and a day care center.
The facility was designed so as to blend into the surrounding residential area and shun the look of a gymnasium that would be out of scale and out of character with the rest of the community. This was partly achieved by the mounding and sloping of nearby grounds which help to reduce the large building shapes into a more human scale. Materials were selected for dual purposes-low maintenance and character of solidity. They are used on related building shapes which are assembled around an entrance court, leading the visitor's eye quickly to the building core. The three basic materials are: face brick using the RBM system; Cor-Ten steel roof, and glued laminated heavy timber framing.
This picture taken during construction shows positioning of the glu-lam beams into the RBM masonry walls. The row-lok course covering the grouted walls was given considerable care to prevent water penetration by the use of silicone sealers and type M mortar.
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June, 1972
Several brick enclosed walks were provided for the public at multiple levels, affording areas of privacy and scenic views of the city and mountains.
The brick masonry walls and Cor-Ten steel roof are two materials the architects felt were necessary for this project. The brick, however, needs to be protected from the stain- (Please turn page)
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