Redesign Your School Athletic Pavilion | 2014 National High School Architecture Competition #160
|Advanced Technologies Academy (A-TECH) a public magnet school built in 1994 originally for grades 9th and 10th and each year after a grade level was added. By 1998 the first class to attended all four years in the the school graduated. The school began to expand and added more students as well as teacher to the school. But while the school building was expanding the gym was left in it's original size a small meant for a small group of students. Also A-TECH consist of no team sport unlike regular school and only give an opportunity to play a friendly game of soccer, flag football and basketball between other magnet school like Northwest , Las Vegas Academy or even Veteran Tribute. The gym consist of small locker rooms for both. The girls locker room doesn't have enough space for all the to change their they find themselves changing in any area they can change, using the hallway, showers, or the whole bathroom. They also don't have enough lockers for the girls so they have to share with someone else.The guys locker room which is small as well is only used by the sophomores because as well the lack of room for them to change. The freshman guys have to change a portable that is next to the gym and be watch by their own P.E. teacher.The freshman don't have lockers and must carry their all day every day and can only use the guys bathroom. From my observation as the girls PE teacher student aid I notice that gym lacks for storage room both the girls and guys locker room have small storage room which are insufficient for the equipment to be well organized and put. The health class location is difficult to reach and to be seen by the students which are freshman who are unfamiliar to the school. The weight room should be change of location to be more visible by students. The entrance of the gym(foyer) should be modified to be more ample and attractive to the students. The other entrance of the gym should be better place. Therefore in my design I would be eliminating this problem and creating a new bigger and better gym that can useful to all.