Friday, October 14, 2022

Construction of world's tallest interactive water fountain completed at Klyde Warren Park in Dallas,TX

Nancy Best Fountain, Klyde Warren Park, Dallas, TX
 

DALLAS, TX (OCTOBER 10, 2022) – Outside the Lines (OTL), a design-build construction company that specializes in creating one-of-a-kind water features, fountains, rockwork and themed environments, in conjunction with the City of Dallas and Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation, has announced the completion of the Nancy Best Fountain, an interactive water fountain at Klyde Warren Park, located at 2012 Woodall Rodgers Freeway in Dallas, TX.



 J. Wickham Zimmerman


The one-of-a-kind show fountain, which was designed by Fluidity Design Consultants and built by OTL, is an extension of several existing interactive fountain experiences at Klyde Warren Park. According to J. Wickham Zimmerman, Chief Executive Officer for OTL, an iconic water feature had always been envisioned for the north end of the park.

“While the interactive deck and park have always extended to the north end of the park at Pearl Street, a phased approach was taken regarding the water features,” says Zimmerman. “The fountain is now complete and is the crowning gem of the project.”


Barry Caylor


Since its opening in 2012, Klyde Warren Park has been a popular destination for visitors. The completion of the tallest interactive water feature in the world will draw in both locals and tourists alike, ultimately increasing foot traffic and time spent at the park, adds Barry Caylor, Vice President of Business Development for OTL.

Typically shooting jets up to 55 feet in the air, the Nancy Best Fountain has the ability to shoot jets 95 feet into the air during occasions and special events.

 

             Nancy and Randy Best
(Photo courtesy The Dallas Morning News)

The fountain was named after longtime Klyde Warren Park board member and philanthropist, Nancy K. Best after she and her husband Randy donated $10 million to the interactive water fountain project.


According to Jim Garland, AIA NCARB, Hon ASLA, President of Fluidity Design Consultants, the high-powered air canons are encircled by custom-fabricated stainless steel sculptural “trees,” which will keep people away from the high-velocity water and provide a vertical art element to the park’s Pearl Street Entrance.


James A. (Jim) Garland


The fountain will be illuminated with over 250 programmable color-changing LED lights, creating a variety of sequences and effects.

"The success of Dallas’ Klyde Warren Park is celebrated in the design of its next-generation Nancy Best Fountain, which interprets an artistic fusion of nature and music,” says Garland.

 “All the fountain’s animated and color-illuminated jets are patterned after trees, leaves and flowers, which are woven into a composition in repose.”

In the heart of the fountain, three abstract, highly polished and sparkling tree sculptures establish the scene's monumental scale, superlative quality, and memorable iconography. And the design’s specially selected, cross-cultural musical score—over which the dynamic jet action plays—generously provides an all-inclusive invitation to enjoy the park’s new theatrical experiences, he adds.


John Cunningham


OTL coordinated very closely with the project designers, the park’s management team, and the general contractor, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., to facilitate construction of the fountain as efficiently as possible, says John Cunningham, Vice President of Operations based in the Dallas office at OTL and project manager of the Nancy Best Fountain.

“The pipe routing required careful study to the limited space available and the importance of running the pipes in the right sequence to avoid additional cross-overs that could necessitate unnecessary elevation changes. Those could lead to the creation of air pockets and traps, which might compromise the system’s functionality,” says Cunningham.

While the project did not come without challenges, including constructing a large-scale fountain within an open park in the middle of a busy downtown area, elevated above a busy freeway and working on an extremely tight deadline to minimize any disruptions to the park’s visitors, all players involved within the construction of this project were able to collaborate and develop creative solutions to each obstacle.


Klyde Warren Park, Dallas, TX

“It has been a pleasure working with Outside the Lines in the construction of the unique Nancy Best Fountain. We have worked with OTL on several major commissions and know them to be experienced, energetic and fully committed to first-class results," says Garland.

Privately operated and managed by the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation, Klyde Warren Park serves as a central gathering space for the city of Dallas and its visitors. The urban green space is a 5.2-acre deck park built over the recessed Woodall Rodgers Freeway in downtown Dallas.


 

 

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