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Lake Flato presents Blue Hole nature center schematic emphasizing water, trees and hands‑on exhibits
Summary
Designers from Lake Flato presented a schematic design update for the Blue Hole Nature Center, highlighting rainwater capture (cisterns sized ~3,500–4,500 gallons), a permanent entrance art wall, photovoltaic arrays covering about 24% of energy use and programming to teach water stewardship. TPWD has recommended the project for a $750,000 outdoor recreation grant; no action was taken.
Lake Flato architects updated the Wimberley Parks Board on schematic designs for the Blue Hole Nature Center on Jan. 8, describing a compact classroom building, a separate restroom pavilion, rainwater capture strategies and outdoor exhibits intended to teach local water and landscape stewardship.
The presentation, led by Garrett Jones of Lake Flato, laid out a program centered on two classroom blocks linked by covered circulation and a semi‑conditioned restroom building that the firm said would serve both classes and the public. Each classroom was sized for roughly 24 children and can be opened to create an event space for about 70–100 people, Jones said.
Why it matters: designers and board members framed the center as both an educational hub and a demonstration site for Hill Country water resilience. Jones told the board the restroom roof alone could supply enough captured rainwater for toilet flushing; the team recommended cisterns in the range of about 3,500 to 4,500 gallons to provide reserve capacity. The landscape team recommended three complementary “water stories”:…
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