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Curie's sport pavilion renovation

By silvi1994 | L Design a new school athletic pavilion

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.

In Curie there is a couple of problems withe the sports area. The school doesnt have a football field nor a soccer field for us to have home games at curie. Also the space in the back is way too small to fit a football/soccer field. I was deciding on taking the empty space that is across the school on pulaskie and creat a football/soccer field with a track field around it so that the school would be able to have home games. Also the back park that has the baseball and softball field isnt in any good conditions. I would like to redesign the back so that the grass would be evern and with no holes.Also put some hoops in the basketball court and a net on the vallyball court and also mark up the lines.Another thing i would do is fix up the tenis courts by fixing the nets and marking the lines

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Please check your spelling before submitting. When was the last time the tennis courts were used?

By pmjoanes, Educator at 01:06 pm, 11 October 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.

silvi1994's work for the Collect Information step:

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These next couple of pictures shows the areas i will be working with for my sports pavilion.
This is the view from the lot. This shows it has plenty of space and it will be able to fit an...
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This is the empty parking lot next to family dollar. Since this area is not being used i would like...
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This is a slight curve that the epty lot has. It sticks out a bit, so that small area will also be...
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This is the alley entrance for pulaskie.The alley rapps around family dollar the this end right...
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these are the mesurments of the site i will be using for the pavilion
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The Robert's Auto Repair is an epty building that no one is using. This is taking up some...
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This is a view from the west side of the parking lot. As you can see the lot has a large area to be...
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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).

silvi1994's work for the Brainstorm Ideas step:

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I mostly thought on what the school needed. Since we dont have a soccer field to practice in and a track field I thought that was my idea was based on.
First i did the plan how the site looks right now and i hatched the area that i would be using for...
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This is the top view for the site. As you can see I demolished the family dollar and the auto shop...
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This will be the first floor. As you walk into the place there will be boys bathrooms and locker...
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This will be the second floor to the buliding. The second floor will have a track and field area....
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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!

silvi1994's work for the Develop Solutions step:

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After brainstorming I decided to start puting my ideas together and see how it will start to turn out.
this is the first floor. As you can see i kept the same theme as my design for the first floor i...
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im still working on the track field, it has the same idea, but the center pice is a bit much larger...
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the design on the first floor changed in to an obal shape because it would make the building look...
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the open area thats on the second floor from the first floor will be open space so people could tep...
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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

 

 

 

silvi1994's work for the Final Design step:

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The final project has a lot of glass so there will be more natural light instead of using so much electricity. It has pleanty of space, and it has a parking lot.
This is the FIrst floor plan for my pavilion. As you can see i have plenty of space and lockers/...
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This is the second floor plan. This floor has the track field and it also has an open area at the...
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This is the full site plan of the pavilion. at the top that would be the street Archer and on the...
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this is the outside of the pavilion. From floor one to the top. as you can see it has pleanty of...
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this shows part of the track and also the doors that lead to the open space on the second floor.
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This is the entrance to the pavilion. I have a front desk and also a waitting area for people to...
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This shoes the soccer field on the first floor. I added thick glass around it so that the ball...
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