High Performing Buildings - Spring 2008 - (Page 62) CASE STUDY INDIAN SPRINGS DISCOVERY CENTER All About Water B Y C A M I L L E S Y LVA I N T H O M P S O N Revealing the thriving ecosystem that exists below the water’s surface is the purpose of Indian Springs Metropark’s Environmental Discovery Center. An underwater viewing room, capped by an 18,000 lb acrylic dome, provides a window to the depths of a 1.7 acre pond. The first underwater pond-viewing room in Michigan helps the center to draw hundreds of visitors weekly to the restored wetlands and ecosystems of the 2,215 acre Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Park. 62 HIGH PERFORMING BUILDINGS Spring 2008 © Justin Maconochie Photography, Courtesy of SmithGroup
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