City of Frisco
- landscape architecture
- Frisco, Texas
Project Scope
24 acres
Construction Type
Addition
Project Components
Master planning and construction documents for a new lighted baseball 5-plex with wrap-around concrete terraced bleachers, lighted warm-up areas, scorekeepers’ station, bleacher shade structures, covered dugouts, a restroom/concession building with covered dining area, a playground, a secured maintenance yard with a storage building, and lighted concrete parking lots
The City of Frisco asked for the design of a baseball 5-plex at Harold Bacchus Community Park that would, when combined with five existing baseball fields, create a tournament quality facility.
The first step in this project was to update the existing master plan for the park. The master plan included five youth baseball fields (200’ FL), restroom/concession building, maintenance building, materials storage yard, batting cages, playground, sand volleyball courts, basketball courts, two soccer fields, and 440 parking spaces.
A significant challenge that had to be resolved during the master plan process was how to arrange five baseball fields in a relatively narrow space (600’) with 18 feet of elevation change across that distance. The solution was to pull the fifth field out by itself and align it with the main entrance, so it had a strong connection to the other four fields and did not appear as a leftover piece of a puzzle while allowing the complex to fit in a tighter arrangement. Retaining walls were required but used sparingly to reduce cost.
Another challenge overcome during the master plan process was how to create a safe pedestrian connection between the proposed complex to the existing complex when an existing parking lot separates them. The solution was to route a sidewalk around the existing parking lot that connected the proposed complex’s main entrance to the existing complex’s main entrance.
Once the city approved the master plan, design development and construction documents were completed. An important aspect of this phase of the park development is that it needed to blend with the previous phases, so it appears as a whole instead of separate pieces. This was accomplished by incorporating similar materials, colors, and patterns from the existing complex into the new 5-plex. This was most important in the architectural elements and the paving patterns, so when users move from one complex to another, it is a seamless transition.
Although it was important that the new complex blend with the existing complex, it was also crucial that the new complex be state-of-the-art in terms of baseball complex design and user/spectator experience. The new complex included terraced concrete bleachers with aluminum seating, elevated scorekeepers’ station, wrap-around bleacher shade structures, covered dugouts, fenced warm-up areas, centralized playground, covered seating at the playground, covered seating at the concession stand, and lighted batting cages.
Project Leadership
At Parkhill, We're Designing and Building for
Your Tomorrow
