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Curie's sport pavillion

By Chuy619 | 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.

I am a student that attends Curie HS and there is a problem that makes the school looks bad. The gym and the outfield need to have a heavy remodel. They have no nice things about it. Usually the auditorium and the gym are the two main things that everyone sees. The auditorium is in good shape but the gym it’s a different story. If you go out in the “sport field” of our school, it looks dead!! It has nearly no grass at all. My project is going to solve the problem we have as a school.

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Overview should be a little more detailed.

By pmjoanes, Educator at 08:24 am, 12 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.

Chuy619's work for the Collect Information step:

Summary
I have been taking a closer look in the curie park which is located in the back of the school. It needs a lot of major improvements. The thing I’m going to do is taking pictures of what is out there.
This is a little section of now it’s a tennis court. It doesn’t even have the reds that divide both...
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This is how the soccer field would look like in the new field of the Curie Park. It would be the...
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This is how the Curie Park looks like right now. As you can see, it looks very abandoned and out of...
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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).

Chuy619's work for the Brainstorm Ideas step:

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I have an idea how the project would look like when it’s done. For that I will need to make sketches and Google sketch up.
This is a sketch of how the Curie Park could look like. Take out three of the softball fields and...
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This is the current sketch of how the Curie Park looks like. As you can see there are a lot of...
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this is a sketch of how the baseball/softball field would look like. It has the dimensions and...
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This is the sketch for football it would be easier if it’s by itself. It’s a full size football...
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This is the basketball field that would be outside where the tennis court is located right now. The...
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This is the sketch would look like of the soccer field. It will be a full size soccer field. It...
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My idea is to put a playground for the kids, now the kids can play in the Curie Park. Get the park...
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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!

Chuy619's work for the Develop Solutions step:

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This is an idea of how the Curie Park’s sections would look like towards the final design. It has new things that can be useful in the park for the community.
This is how the soccer field t would look like. At first I said that that it would be easier if the...
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The actual tennis court that its in the Curie Park would be as a basketball field and a little...
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This is how the football field would look like. It would have two different colors of benches in...
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This is the the part of the pavilion that includes the baseball field. It has 4 different benches...
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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

 

 

 

Chuy619's work for the Final Design step:

Summary
Now after finishing the Develop and Solutions I have a better idea of how the Curie Sports Pavilion would take a good effect in the Curie Park.
This is the site plan of the Curie high school park, and around the community. This is a good view...
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This is the Curie Sport Pavilion, it has two floors, the first one is a indoor soccer field. The...
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The first floor of the building has a soccer field that is a full size court; it has everything...
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The second floor it has the track & field and the basketball courts, good for the teams that...
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The school already has a baseball field but it’s on bad conditions. So I decided to remodel it and...
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This is the football field for the school, this is a new structure for the Curie park that is...
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