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Soggy Logger

Location
Austin, TX
Year
Ongoing
Scope
Architecture · Landscape Architecture · Placemaking & Storytelling · Interior Design · Project Management · Construction Management
Type
Entertainment
Status
Under Construction

Family-friendly aquatics attraction built in heavy timber and themed to tell the story of the fictional Soggy Logger Lumber Co.

The Soggy Logger is a family-friendly log flume ride by SBF Visa Group. It serves as the central anchor of the COTALAND campus given its location, size, and appeal to guests of all ages.

The ride was designed as a classic sawmill with a Texas Hill Country twist. Large limestone bluff planters filled with hundreds of local pines give the illusion of traveling through the region's hilltops. The queue, loading platform, retail building, and support structures are all built in naturally rusting steel and heavy timber, both in response to the fire rating requirements of the Wildland-Urban Interface Code and to allow the architecture to serve as a rich backdrop for the theming.

Additional elements such as the “chicken-coop” just before the drop, a massive log sign, and an operable water wheel further enrich the narrative for guests as they meander along the flume's current towards the final plunge. With a fully shaded queue and an in-line bar, the Soggy Logger exemplifies the best of Texas ice house hospitality.

For inquiries about scope, scale, or timing, please reach out directly.

Selected Imagery 01 / 06
01 Site · Construction Photograph 2024
02 Material Study · Detail Sample
03 Site · Field Documentation 2024
04 Process · Studio Documentation In Studio
05 Site · Documentation Field
06 Master Plan · Aerial Render Phase 1
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