Baylor University, McLane Student Life Center

Waco, Texas

Firm

F&S Partners

Client

Baylor University

Area

156,000 sq.ft.

Total Cost

$18,400,000

Completion Date

09/1999

The mission of the McLane Student Life Center is to provide a place at Baylor University that will foster a sense of campus community and improve student recruitment and retention. Recognizing the current trend toward wellness consciousness, Baylor set forth a goal to create a building that contains all of its campus facilities for health and fitness.
The facility houses the recreation and fitness center, the wellness center, the student health center and the natatorium. Individual components include a four-court gymnasium for basketball, eight racquetball courts, a 52-foot-high climbing structure, a game room, locker rooms, administrative offices, snack bar, elevated jogging track, aerobics studio, weightroom, pharmacy, health center/outpatient clinic and counseling center.
The natatorium contains a combination fitness/leisure pool designed to attract a range of students with varying interests. Leisure features include a triple-spiral slide, a “lazy river,” bubble couches and a vortex. Complementing the natatorium is a sun deck, and courts for sand volleyball and basketball.

Photographer: ©Craig Blackmon/Blackink Architectural Photography