Summary

Brainstorming
The first floor gym in Brooklyn Technical High School is in dire need of a transformation. In the gym’s current state, the storage room is great in height, but lacking in width. The best feature of the gym is its vast open space; this will be advantageous. The vastness of the gym can be increased all the more so by extending the gym over the subfloor faculty parking garage. Above the existing gym is a track which may be legal, however it is still very dangerous to run on because the width is too small and the railing is too short.
The other conundrums with the first floor gym lie mostly with the equipment. The home basketball games at Brooklyn Tech mainly take place in the first floor gym. Therefore, another set of pull out bleachers is necessary to seat all onlookers. There is currently only one set of pull bleachers on wide side of the wall another would be necessary on the other side of the wall. Also padding should also be placed onto the walls to prevent students and team members from injuring themselves in case of an accident. Another equipment issue regards the basketball hoops. More fixed hoops are required on the walls of the gym.
Each of the aforementioned problems is ameliorated, as seen in the Bubble diagram schematic. The storage room can be extended and the gym space lost from this can be gained with the extension of the gym over the subfloor parking lot. The storage room is tall enough for two floors, so the second floor may be used as office space. The track can also be expanded, radially towards the center and its railing increased. A net can be placed over the inner circle of the track circumscribes so as to prevent basketballs and such from being thrown onto the track. These problems fixed, this athletic center can be further enhanced with technological advances such as an HVAC that adjust to the temperature in the gym, equipment that converts the energy used to work out into electricity and fluorescent lighting.