Forked Lightning Racquet Club and First Serve New Mexico Tennis Center

10639 square feet
9 acres

A unique program combines a for-profit tennis club and a non-profit youth center that combines education, life skills and tennis.  They share on-site facilities which include 6 tennis courts, 8 pickleball courts and 3 padel courts and a dome with 6 indoor courts and 4 indoor padel courts. They also share a central service mass with bathrooms and utilities leaving the metal roofs free from vents and pipes.  Offices are carefully placed to provide oversight of the courts, and public spaces provide glass with sweeping views of the tennis complex, New Mexico’s huge sky and nearby mountains. The configuration of the window mullions echoes tennis court proportions.