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What's the problem here? Getting started on your athletic pavilion design.

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The first step of the design process involves thinking about the big picture – the Overview.  It’s where you define and state the problem you are trying to solve. 

You’ll need to really understand the problem that exits before chasing after solutions.  Does your school have any athletic facilities for outdoor sports now?  Start by making notes about what’s working and what isn’t working with the existing design.

Next, write and post a statement about out who are the people that have the need for a new design?  How long has this situation been a problem? Have others tried to solve this design problem before you?  What was the result?

Then write and post a short, but clear, success statement.  How will you know if you have a successful solution when you’re done?  When you’re nearly finished with your design project, you can go back to this success statement to see if your design has met the criteria you first proposed.

Some challenges introduced in the panel interview by Mira Loma coach and activities director Lindsey Wing was with the sports stadium currently at Mira Loma. The problem being that there isn't one. In addition to creating a new sports stadium to be used by football, baseball, softball, and track and field players, Coach Wing also expressed the growing need for more storage. A few more challenges we are discovering are: the way the surrounding community will react to the new, bright and possibly loud stadium, and the available space. We are choosing to do this space because right now, Mira Loma's field area is very run down and highly unattractive to even look at.

Director Positions:
• Director of Exterior Building Design: Alvin Yeo
• Director of Interior Building Design: Asheeka Henderson
• Director of Interior Decor Design: Mario Lancellotti and Tracee Brooks
• Director of Landscape Design: Richard Westrup
• Director of Community Relations: Mitchell Zabroski
• Director of Sustainability and Energy: Bram Martinez

Mira Loma High School opened in the 1960's and is a public high school located in the San Juan Unified School District in Sacramento, CA. At Mira Loma High School, there are currently:
• 1,625 students
• 100 teachers, counselors and administrators
• 12 support staff and personnel.

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Lots of typos. Check your work. Please double space in between paragraphs. Smooth out the first paragraph. It's difficult to follow.

By bgrueneberger, Educator at 12:34 pm, 05 September 2012

Tracee Brooks, EIS--Thanks, Ms. G! We worked on it some more. Also, we were unable to upload pictures on this tab so we uploaded them onto the Collect Information Tab.

By eliteinnovative..., Student at 11:36 am, 26 September 2012

Greetings, Team. I am really looking forward to following your progress. I am an architect working in Chicago and have had experience working on stadiums, too. Really exciting project and great site, too.

One of the challenges to a facility with multiple sports is how the different field sizes might work together. Some advice is to draw the various sports fields as separate elements and then try different ways to arrange them. Some elements might be able to overlap - assuming that events do not take place simultaneously. Think about how the elements relate to the school, the parking and the path of the sun. Think about what program elements can be shared - locker rooms, concessions, storage, seating, etc.... Often, in school projects you try to make everything have at least two purposes - like the cafeteria in my elementary school that also served as our auditorium.

You can take your project as far as you are willing to work. It is such a great opportunity and can be an inspiration to your community and school. Let's see what you can come up with.

Best of luck.

By jcliggott, Architect at 09:00 pm, 10 September 2012

Tracee Brooks, EIS--Thank you for your advice! We have taken everything you said into consideration as a group, and are contemplating many different ideas as far as the facility serving multiple purposes and the shared elements of the facility. Thanks, again!

By eliteinnovative..., Student at 11:05 am, 26 September 2012

Discuss WHY you are choosing this space. How MLHS has one of the worst stadiums in the district- how it creates a negative tone for the sports teams and is not an inviting space for any activity..etc.

By Stiles-Roberts, Educator at 06:49 pm, 16 September 2012

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In the Collect Info step of the design process, you try to gather as much information as possible about your school's existing outdoor athletic facilities.  You also want to learn as much as you can about the students and staff who will use it. You can't propose new solutions until you figure out and document what the existing problems are.  That's what this step is for.

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  • Do a site visit of your school's existing outdoor athletic facilities and make notes, sketches, and take lots of photographs. Note conditions that are unsafe, unsecure, or that are less than ideal.

  • Sit and study photographs of your site visit.  Post images and comments of what you remember and note where you might change things and how.

  • Interview your school's athletic director and least 4 student athletes from various sports and ask them what they like and dislike about the current outdoor facilities.

  • Calculate the number of outdoor sports played at your school and the number of student athletes who play those sports. Consider how this information will affect your new athletic pavilion.

  • Do an analysis at different times of the day, week, or school year and create a chart or diagram with average usage and high / low points.

  • View an aerial photo of your school's existing athletic fields on Google maps.  What are the existing overall dimensions?  IMPORTANT! Post a screencapture of this aerial photo here so everyone can understand the relationship between your school building, the athletic fields, and the proposed site of your new pavilion. Describe the surrounding area.

  • Draw a basic site plan sketch of the existing athletic fields and note existing structures such as the field, track, seating, storage, locker rooms, concession stands, and any fences.  Include dimensions on your sketch so every can understand the size of the field. IMPORTANT! Post a copy of this existing site plan.

eliteinnovativesolutions's work for the Collect Information step:

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The width of the are we are reconstructing is 159 meters (521 feet). The length of the area is 268 meters (879 feet).
Satellite image of Mira Loma High School.
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P.E. department using the track for fitness testing.
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The front of Mira Loma High School.
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The current track, football and baseball (far back) fields at Mira Loma.
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P.E. students on what are currently the home bleachers at Mira Loma High School's football...
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The second biggest issue among the staff was the lack of storage space. This is one of the current...
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Team photo.
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In the Brainstorm Ideas step of the design process, you start to be inspired by new places and you put some early ideas down on paper that show what you've found in the Collect Info step.

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  • Go online and research other schools, universities, or public centers to determine good / bad examples of how athletic equipment and gear is stored and if anything is done to accommodate student athletes and the fans who use these outdoor facilities. What inspires you?

  • Save copies of these images and post them in the slides for your project.  Include a hyperlink to the photo in the caption, to credit the photographer.

  • Gather all your notes from your interviews and post a summary of the results in the text box for your project.

  • Make a list of all the unique spaces and features you plan to have in your athletic pavilion.  Write this list of items in the text box for your project. 

  • Your athletic pavilion can include any types of spaces and features you feel are most important for your particular school, but here are a few suggestions:
    + locker or changing rooms for home and visiting teams
    + athletic equipment storage rooms
    + concession stand
    + trophy cases
    + water fountains
    + offices for athletic director or staff
    + bathrooms for fans
    + exercise or weight rooms
  • Determine the best location for your new structure. Make side notes of where new elements may go or how you would change what is currently in place.

  • Take note of unsafe conditions or conditions that do not make sense (For example, not enough storage for soccer equipment; no place for fans to buy popcorn at events; no place for athletes to change clothes or store belongings).

eliteinnovativesolutions's work for the Brainstorm Ideas step:

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We like the trees and the way the fountain was set up, and we made an indoor field to not irritate, and or distress the neighbors.
This is an example of a indoor football field. This is a design that is not very big, but still...
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The inspiration for our rooftop garden. This is the rooftop garden at the Crocker Museum in San...
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This is an example of an indoor baseball field, half of the 2nd floor is baseball, other half soft...
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A view of the inside of our football stadium.
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The rooftop garden on our football stadium, complete with a centerpiece fountain, two pergolas,...
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View of the front of our sports pavilion.
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We as a group believe that if we have an entrance that reflects our pavilion in a positive,...
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In the Develop Solutions step, your rough ideas come together with drawings and models that can show others your solutions for a new athletic pavilion.

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  • Use cardboard to create a 3D study model of early ideas. Or use create a rough digital study model of your ideas. These models don't need to show detail, just the overall size and massing for your athletic pavilion.

  • Try out different ideas and save each “version”. You do not want to lose a good idea later!  Other people viewing your project - other students around the country, your teacher, and mentors - want to see how your ideas have changed over time. This means that if you're working on your digital model, you’ll want to be sure to keep re-saving it with a new file name every few days as you work through the steps.  If you're working on a physical model, take photos of it before working on it each day.
  • Show your ideas to your teacher and peers for some feedback. You can also review your progress with the test group you may have interviewed and test whether your design would meet their needs or address their concerns. Learn from the feedback you receive and incorporate into your final design solution.
  • Be sure to check out and make comments on other student design projects.  Post a link to your project on your Facebook account.
  • Do not leave work for the last minute! Going through a detailed design process requires time to gather information, develop ideas, and make improvements. This is difficult or impossible if you try to pull everything together a week before your project is due. Projects that are researched, developed, and well executed will always stand out!

eliteinnovativesolutions's work for the Develop Solutions step:

Summary
Some of the problems we have encountered included: efficient use of energy, building materials, and traffic flow and conditions.
The covered walkway connecting the stadiums, with display cases for student's artwork.
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A new outline for our building design, as we found out our previous design was not sufficient.
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Our solution to parking, and flow of traffic. With the increased parking spaces, and more entrances...
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A view of the football stadium including the snack bar and ticket booth.
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A rough prototype of our building made from foam core.
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A view of our baseball/softball stadium including the softball field, stands, baseball field, net...
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A rough prototype of our building made form foam core.
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The Final Design step of the design process is to create more finished drawings and models that illustrate your ideas to others. Remember, your explanation text, and the types of drawings, images, and models you share need to tell the whole story of your project to someone who may or may not have ever visited your school.

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  • Review your design and test it against your original sucess statement that you wrote for the Overview. Does it meet this criteria?

  • Does your final design meet the expectations of the student athletes and athletic director that you interviewed?  If not, you may need to go back to the drawing board and revise your design.

  • Make a list of your ideas, sketches, and study models. For your final design you will want to write and post a short but effective paragraph of your process and the unique solutions you found developed.  Tell us about your ideas.

  • Your teacher (and architectural mentors, if you're working with any) will be looking for these things:

    + originality in your design
    + your ability to creatively solve the design challenge
    + the quality of images, sketches, drawings, and models you have uploaded in each of the five design process steps (Overview, Collect Info, Brainstorm Ideas, Develop Solutions, and Final Design).
    + how well you have written about and explained your thinking in each of the design process steps

 

 

 

eliteinnovativesolutions's work for the Final Design step:

Summary
Recent problems we have encountered while beginning to build the scale models were the placement and sizes of things.
Our scale model so far. This view is from the left of the buildings, with the baseball dome first.
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Our scale model so far. This view is from the left, with a look at the interior of our buildings....
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Our scale model so far. This view is from the right, with a closer look at the interior of our...
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The final Google Sketch-up design of our sports pavilion.
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The front of our completed scale model of the new Mira Loma sports pavilion.
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The top view of our scale model of Mira Loma's new sports pavilion. In this shot, you can see...
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