Meadowlark Recreation Center

Abstract

The Meadowlark Recreation Center is an all encompassing recreation center with dedicated childcare facilities and programs intertwined within its architecture. The proposed facility will give the city of Minot a second recreation center that can serve as an exercise facility, sport hosting facility, civic gathering space, educational facility, and childcare/ after school center. Research begins with compiling case studies of both recreation center and childcare facility typologies. Those case studies will serve to inform on necessary aspects to be included within the project but also inform on what those particular typologies often lack in regard to one another. The resulting design should take the form of a facility that promotes the health, happiness, entertainment, and safety of adults and children alike.