Thailand Waterpark Earns Dream Designs Award

The design team for this waterpark, set in one of Thailand’s most popular resort towns, erected a lushly landscaped, tropical adventureland in an ecologically friendly package

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For Vana Nava Water Jungle, the design/construction team created a 320,000-square-foot jungle where none existed before, with the planting of 200,000 trees and plants. Many of the trees are 30- to 40 years old, displaced from road construction or supplied by the landscape architect. Designers refer to the site, which opened in 2014, as the first ecologically and community-aware waterpark in the region. Designers have kept daily water loss to approximately 3 percent with the use of water recycling systems. LED lighting is used in all pools.

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Rebecca Robledo

Rebecca Robledo is deputy editor of Pool & Spa News and Aquatics International. She is an award-winning trade journalist with more than 25 years experience reporting on and editing content for the pool, spa and aquatics industries. She specializes in technical, complex or detail-oriented subject matter with an emphasis in design and construction, as well as legal and regulatory issues. For this coverage and editing, she has received numerous awards, including four Jesse H. Neal Awards, considered by many to be the “Pulitzer Prize of Trade Journalism.”

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