Redesign Your School Athletic Pavilion | 2014 National High School Architecture Competition #286
|Design a new Athletic Pavilion for the high school using problem solving, green design, and creative architecture while incorporating the good aspects of the current design and improving upon and adding to others:Although this year, a new school and new athletic facility were built on campus, some coaches and athletes are finding that the new pavilion does not quite live up to expectations. This project seeks to determine what additions and changes could improve the existing facility in order to not only meet but surpass those expectations, then redesign with them in mind.
LKreider.97's work for the Collect Information step:
Summary
I started by taking pictures of the existing facilities and talking to coaches in athletic teachers alike in order to understand more about the positives and negatives that they encountered every day
while we do have storage, it just doesn't seem to be enough space and various equipment ends...
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These are the bleachers in the main gym. Ive added this picture to remind all that most of our...
This is really one of the only centralized areas when transitioning from the academic facilities...
Another issue that some athletes complain about is having to find transportation off campus for...
After talking with some coaches, I've learned that turf is a big issue here at our school....
Another common issue I discovered while talking to coaches was the availability of the weight room...
LKreider.97's work for the Brainstorm Ideas step:
Summary
In the process of brainstorming, I took pictures of the existing athletic facilities and talked to coaches and gym teachers regarding the positives and negatives of each facility from their point of v
(The Illinois Track and Field Complex)
As our schools track begins wearing down through the...
Obtaining Turf has been a long drawn out controversy at our school with the rainy fall weather...
The US Soccer foundation builds and maintains fields all across the country. In this field in...
Swimming is another sport that has to go to a separate facility in order to practice (the local...
Overall, there simply isn’t enough room in our school’s weight room. Only one or two teams can work...
Considering the often limiting weather that can be found in Ohio, sports that require practice...
LKreider.97's work for the Develop Solutions step:
Summary
After talking to coaches and players from various sports, I got a pretty good idea of what needed to be improved upon.
These are two building sketches where I laid out my ideas for what some of the buildings might look...
While laying out the site plan i was looking for ways that I could connect the buildings to each...
These are more sketches of possible buildings. The idea here is to not have any one building...
These are some rough floor plan sketches. The top one corresponds to the first floor, and the...
After a little research on green features of large buildings, I found that the most practical way...
These are 2 site plan sketches. The top is a centrally planned design where supplemental facilities...
These are two sketches where I brainstormed how to utilize space more wisely in finding a way to...
LKreider.97's work for the Final Design step:
Summary
After much trial and error, I believe I finally found a design that incorporated many ideas from the brainstorm step and incorporates the wants and needs of various athletic teams at our school.
This image is a compilation of the site plan (top) and two overhead views. One shows the overhead...
These are the first and second floor plans for the main campus building. First floor includes: Main...
This is a view of the indoor soccer stadium. With a high ceiling and reflective glass, light is...
This is a compilation of views of various buildings. The top photo is the front facade of the main...
A big part of this project was trying to incorporate a diversity of facilities. In this effort, I...
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