(505) 983-4337 (505) 699-6300
(505) 983-4337 (505) 699-6300
(505) 983-4337 (505) 699-6300
The American University, Washington, DC - 300,000 sq.ft. athletic and recreational facility with 4,500 seat basketball arena
Amherst College Basketball and Tennis Center - this heavy timber structure built in 1976 houses a tennis and basketball facility seating 2,000 spectators. It is built upon a concrete floor that contains the warm air delivery system from an external mechanical system. The playing surface is poured in place urethane. The public spaces are well finished and the interior of the court space has painted masonry and wool paneling. Spans are 130'x 260'. The gross area is 35,800 sq.ft.
Boston College - has a place of prominence in my work as it was the first Collegiate recreation complex I built. In March of 1970 the athletic director, Bill Flynn asked me if I would do a study for him on this building. 365 days later we swam in his new pool. From inception to completion in 12 months for a complex structure was a landmark operation. It was the first structure of its kind ever built. The structure was built over a former deep reservoir and was supported on concrete filled steel piles. The building had 72,000 sq.ft. of gross area and included a 25yd 8 lane pool with separate diving well It also contained 8 racquet courts, lockers for 1,500 users, a 4 lane 2,200 yd track, 6 tennis/basketball courts and a spectator deck over the fieldhouse and pool. Two years later we added another 42,250 sq.ft. consisting of 6 squash courts and 4 basketball /tennis courts.
Boston College High School, Boston, Massachusetts - Five court recreational basketball with 165m track approx 38,000 sq.ft.
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts - Ice hockey vip facility
Brown University Smith Swim Center - This structure is an intercollegiate 50 meter swimming and diving pool with 2,000 spectator seats, built in 1973. Additionally there are 8 intercollegiate squash courts. The heavy timber structure is somewhat spartan in its finishes (insulated pre-cast concrete exterior sidewalls painted on the inside) except for the pool deck area which has ceramic tile throughout. The clear spans are 130' x 325'. Gross area is 50,218 sq.ft.
Brown University Olney-Margolies Building - was built in 1980 as the successful solution in a "design/build" competition. The O-M building as it is called has a span of 180' and a gross area of 88,000 sq.ft. The span allows a football/soccer field on the roof. The structure is reinforced concrete on steel forms (the ceiling forms remained in place). This structure was cited by Engineering News Record as one of the 10 most noteworthy engineering structures in the world during the year it was built. Accommodations are 4 full sized basketball courts on the main floor surrounded by a 6 lane 200 meter track. There is a dance/wrestling room, a VIP room, Athletic offices, training facilities and lockers for outdoor sports as well as general student lockers. It is connected by an umbilical corridor to the Smith Swim Center. Exterior sidewalls at the rear are prefabricated "hat" section sheet metal panels with pre-cast concrete sidewalls in the front except over the main entrance. Lobby is carpet on concrete.
Bryn Mawr College Schwartz Center - this heavy timber facility built in 1984 houses an intercollegiate 25 meter pool and diving facility together with a 2,000 sq.ft. gymnastics room, and a 2 court basketball gym seating approximately 1,000. The gym floor is poured urethane and the gymnastics floor is maple. The building is air-conditioned. Spans are 140' x 280'. The gross area is 50,286 sq.ft.
Bucknell University - had attempted to build a Center for the performing arts and could not seem to do it within their budget. Dr. Dennis O'Brien the then president asked us if we could do it within their budget and we did. The design was a research project involving studies of several old successful symphony halls in America and Europe. An appropriate geometry was selected to suit the seating size desired and then an evaluation of the probable reverberation time was made for the design. Reverberation times for symphony halls should range from 2.0 seconds to 1.7 seconds. Our design, when completed was 1.85 seconds. In the words of the President the design was a "tonal triumph". Seating accommodates about 1,300 in various configurations. The fore-stage is designed to raise and lower to accommodate Opera or when raised to accommodate a full stage for symphonic or choreographic performances. The design is quite contemporary and yet nicely compliments the conservative campus design.
Case Western University - the 40 meter swimming pool was an addition to an existing gymnasium and was constructed on a very small steeply pitched lot. This disadvantage became an architectural advantage as it allowed a low profile for an otherwise fairly high internal building structure thus providing balance with the existing facade. The facility contains spectator seating and a 115' x 8 lane pool with a moveable bulkhead.
Clark University - needed a Student Recreation Center but had real estate problems involving parking in conflict with the proposed building. We designed a three story parking garage on the steeply sloping land which allowed direct access to each level without ramps. We then constructed the Recreation center on the top of the garage. The building measured 195' on each side and contained 3 basketball courts, a 165 yd track and a pool 25 yards by 6 lanes. On different levels are locker rooms, classrooms and a wrestling/weight room. In order to meet the schedule we began the construction in December and constructed the superstructure of the garage in pre-cast concrete. Severely cold winter conditions (-20 degrees F) caused us to heat the concrete grout at the base of the concrete columns by expendable electric heating cables.
Clarkson College Intramural Center - was built in 1979 to replace an aging facility on the campus. It has a gross area of 57,800 sq.ft. with spans of 130'. The structure contains 4 basketball/tennis courts inside an 1/8 mile track. All surfaces in the field house are poured urethane. There are 6 squash/racquet courts and an 8 lane 25 yd pool. The building has minimal finishes with carpet on the lobby floor and non-slip rubber tile in corridors. Side walls are insulated pre-cast concrete unpainted. The roof structure is heavy timber.
Clarkson University Cheel Center - had made an attempt to build a new hockey rink and combine it with a student center but were unable to do so for their budget of $10,500,000.00. They asked us to review their process and to look at the possibility of our design to help them achieve their goal. We studied their program and evolved such a building which was completed for $10,600,000.00 including a $300,000.00 natural gas driven engine-generator that was used to provide power to the rink and to spin off surplus power to the campus grid. The waste heat from the generator has been used to heat the building entirely. The acquisition costs of the generator have been repaid in two and one half years (2.5yrs). The building was constructed in 10 months and has been a most successful combination of the two uses of Student Center and Hockey arena seating 3,200.
Connecticut College - built an expansion of their athletic facilities in 1985. This 52,200 sq.ft. building contains 3 tennis/basketball play surfaces, a 165 yd jogging track, extensive locker/shower rooms, team rooms visiting team rooms and a self contained squash/racquet court facility. The building was built to enhance the transition from a women's college to a co-ed facility. The roof spans 120' x 240' with 30' overhangs around the perimeter and is constructed of wood hyperbolic paraboloids. The playing surface for the tennis/basketball floor is poured urethane, floors for the squash courts maple/birch. Finishes are sparse.
Dartmouth College - had built a squash court building in North American court sizes. After many injuries the American colleges began to use the European size of court and rules allowing softer squash balls, larger courts allowing easier reaction times on rebounds. We removed the original courts and design/built new courts of the proper size. Following this project we renovated the Leverone fieldhouse originally designed by Pier Luigi Nervi. The renovations dealt with surface changes in track and field as well as tennis. We also designed a 60' x 200' addition on the end of the building which has not yet been constructed. Further to this we designed and installed a new outdoor track of 8 lanes by 400 meters.
Dickinson College - was built in 1979. It contains a 4-court basketball-tennis floor having a poured urethane finish and seats for 2,000 in bleachers. Exterior walls viewed from the street are local limestone over CMU all other walls are exposed CMU (concrete masonry units = concrete block). The main entrance lobby is finished in concrete and the interior lobby is finished in carpet. There is a dance and aerobics space, athletic offices, conference room, weight room and a 25 yd eight lane pool with separate diving well. The pool has an observation gallery seating 300. Spans are 130'. The gross area is 86,000 sq.ft.
East Texas University, Commerce, Texas - 12 squash court project - Consultancy
Eisenhower College, Seneca Falls, New York - 72,000 sq.ft. student recreational facility - Consultancy
Fairleigh Dickensen University Rothman Center - this structure is a combination intercollegiate basketball arena and recreation center seating 4,500 in retractable wood bleachers. This building has a large open single story play area with some adjacent 2-story facilities. It has exterior brick veneer walls, moderately finished public areas, acoustic plaster ceilings over the basketball area. Floors are wood 2-court basketball floor surrounded by a poured urethane recreation surface and track. The clear spans are 144' x 288'. It has 4 racquet courts, a weight fitness room, athletic offices VIP area, public address system and an electronic scoreboard. The building is air-conditioned. The gross area is 68,830 sq.ft.
GMI Management Institute - constructed an 84,525 sq.ft. intramural recreational facility in 1995. This facility contains a full athletic program except that intercollegiate competition was ruled out since the college is operated on a work/study basis. However all geometries were provided as if intercollegiate competition was an option. The space contains a 2-court wood floor and a 2-court urethane floor. The open gym space is surrounded by a suspended jogging track. Adjacent to the playing floor are 6 squash/racquet courts. There is a 6 lane 25 yd swimming pool from which diving is precluded. The space also includes fitness rooms and weight rooms. The spans are 120' x 300' and the building is constructed from prefabricated metal wall and roof panels.
Georgetown University, Yates Field House, Washington, DC - was erected in 1978. This large field house is constructed of reinforced concrete with a football field on the roof. This structural design solution led to the rooftop design for the Olney-Margolies structure at Brown. There are 8 racquet courts, a dance/wrestling room with a maple/birch sprung floor, 12 basketball courts and 1/8 mile 4 lane jogging track. The roof surface has an 8 lane 400 meter track surrounding the synthetic football field. The Yates center has a gross area of 149,306 sq.ft. with spans of 130' x 325'. Finishes in the building are minimal, with exposed mechanical systems.
Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina - 38,000 sq.ft. student recreational facility
Harvard University - had recently completed a major athletic construction program but found that their Hockey Rink lacked in energy efficiency. We were asked to correct these problems without major reconstruction. By the discreet addition of insulation around the perimeter of the ice surface and elsewhere in the building we were able to have a significant impact on the cost of operation. Further we designed a new pumping system for the chilled water distribution reducing the size and energy consumption of these pumps.
Middlebury College Fletcher Fieldhouse - this heavy timber structure built in 1972 houses a tennis and recreation facility with indoor baseball infield practice capability. It also contains 6 Racquetball/Squash Courts. The interior finishes are nil except for a poured urethane floor over a bituminous concrete substrate. Mechanical equipment is exposed. Spans are 130' x 325'. Gross Area is 43,750 sq.ft.
Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland - $13,000,000.00 renovation and additions to existing athletic facility
North Adams College, North Adams, Massachusetts - 25yd pool
Northeastern University - needs for parking was a critical problem because of its downtown setting. We designed and built a 6-story 1,000 car parking garage for $8,500.00 per car at a time when parking garages in Boston were costing about $12,000.00 per car on average. This garage was designed on the split scissor principle and was entirely fabricated from precast concrete. The reason for economy was the productively efficient use of circulation space avoiding inside or exterior ramps solely devoted to circulation. Built on low strength sandy soil the building was designed to conform to the most stringent earthquake requirements for the area.
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois - Athletic Master Plan, Athletic campus master plan
Ohio Wesleyan College - in 1975 President Tom Wenzlau asked us to build a new Sports Facility for Ohio Wesleyan. The school needed a basketball arena which would seat 3,000 together with a recreation facility which included racquetball courts. The budget was most restrictive and rather than build the structure in two separate construction operations, we recommended that we build the entire shell and leave the basketball arena totally unfinished (approximately 25,000 sq.ft.) but finish the recreation space (approximately 50,000 sq.ft.) That plan was carried out. However during the construction a donor was located who funded the remainder of the construction for the arena - which was completed at the original price.
Pratt Institute - this 110,000 sq.ft. recreational and athletic facility combined the need for classroom, laboratory and athletic spaces by building the athletic structure with and over the classroom/laboratory building. This innovative use of space saved 50,000 sq.ft. of land for other uses. Of additional interest is the fact that the building is heated and cooled by extracting ground water from a 500' deep well and with refrigerating equipment developing the necessary heating or cooling for the structure. Surplus water is recharged into the ground at 250'. The athletic program is complete with the exception that there is no pool.
Rowan College, Glassboro, New Jresey - 110,000 sq.ft. recreation and varsity facility
St Johnsbury Academy, St. Johnsbury, Vermont - 6 court basketball and tennis facility with pool approx 55,000 sq.ft.
Siena College Marcelle Sports Complex - this exposed metal building was built in 1991. The building is designed as a recreation facility having a 5-court synthetic athletic floor of approximately 40,000 sq.ft. The playing level is surrounded by an elevated 3 lane banked running track. Adjacent to and part of the complex is an 8 lane 75' pool with diving facilities. There are 6 racquet courts faced from a fitness machine area within view of all public areas. There is a 2-story athletic office area constructed within the same complex and contract. The building has a gross area of 80,996 sq.ft. All finishes except the lobby are accomplished with modest materials.
Swarthmore College - needed a swimming pool for its women's swimming team. At the time U.S. athletics was moving toward the metric system but with uncertainty. We designed a pool which measured 25 yards by 25 meters allowing 10 lanes in the 25 yard direction and a fully flexible pool. Diving was included within the pool. This simple square building (130' x 130') solved the problems of the college and has been a prototype for several future pools until the U.S. system of measurements was perpetuated in "feet and inches".
Trinity College - this interesting project developed out of a land poor campus by utilizing a tight court surrounded on all sides by existing construction. We first built an elevated structure for the 12 squash courts and upon its completion we excavated for the Natatorium to house the 40m pool. In addition we provided major code refits and athletic updates in all other campus athletic facilities. The building has become a center of attraction for students and faculty as well as being an attractive amenity for prospective students.
University of Hartford - this heavy timber facility was built in 1990 and houses a 4,500 seat basketball arena, 25yd pool, fitness rooms and 4 racquet courts. The building has spans over the basketball arena of 140'. The public areas are finished in ceramic tile and the playing floor is birch hardwood. The building is air-conditioned. The gross area is 69,000 sq.ft renovated and 61,000 sq.ft. new.
University of Maine Farmington - in 1980 requested us to design an all purpose field house on a very small budget. We designed a two stage program which would allow the entire roof to be constructed at one time including the fieldhouse and left for future inclusion a 25 yard swimming pool. The pool was built on the following year.
University of Maine Orono - we designed and built the Harold Alfond Hockey arena in 1975 to seat 3,000 spectators. Thereafter in 1992 we designed an addition to increase the seating to approximately 6,000 for hockey and basketball. The design of the structure was thin shell and it was designed to carry the heavy snow and ice of the region. The mechanical system, of particular importance in a hockey arena, consisted of an engine generator which provided power for the building and the waste heat of which was used for domestic hot water and some heating. The operational cost of this system was a third of conventional rinks of comparable size.
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida - 100,000 sq.ft. convocation center 10,000 seats proposal
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland - Student recreational facility
University of Maryland Eastern Shores, Princess Anne, Maryland - 150,000 sq.ft. athletic teaching facility with 5,000 seat arena, pool, wrestling and boxing facility
University of Rochester Zornow Center - this structure was built in 1981 with the same structural system used in the Brown O-M building with the exception of having shorter spans column supported. The building contains a 25yd x 25 meter pool with a separate diving well. The large majority of the building houses 6 tennis/basketball courts on the inside with 12 courts on the roof. Also included are athletic offices, lounges and locker facilities. The building has 90,000 sq.ft. gross area.
Vassar College Intramural Center - was built in 1982. It contains a 4-court basketball/tennis area with a poured urethane floor. There is a 25 meter 8 lane pool with a moveable bulkhead allowing separation of diving and swimming. The upper level contains aerobics and fitness areas. The exterior wall construction is timber with wood veneer exterior finish and particle board interior finish. Interior walls are unpainted masonry. Non athletic surfaces are finished in carpet. Spans are 130', gross area is 67,460 sq.ft.
Villanova University Pavilion - this structure completed in 1986 is a combination intercollegiate basketball arena and recreation facility seating 8,500. It is predominantly a single story heavy timber structure spans averaging 160' with some second floor areas. It has exterior brick veneer walls, high finished public areas, mixed chair and wood bleacher seating, complete public address system with an electronic scoreboard. It has a portable wood playing floor for basketball over a poured urethane recreation surface. The building is air-conditioned with an ice making system to reduce peak demands. The gross area is 104,390 sq.ft.
Western New England College Athletic and Wellness Facility - this building was built in 1992. It is designed to accommodate 2,000 spectators in a 4-court arena. The playing surface is 2 courts urethane and 2 courts hardwood. The building has 6 racquet courts, 2 fitness areas, a wrestling room, weight room, fitness room, and a non competitive 50' x 75' swimming pool without diving facilities. The building is a brick masonry load bearing skeleton with 2 bays of 120' long span steel roof trusses except heavy timber over the pool. Extensive use is made of acoustic tile ceilings except in the basketball areas. The basketball arena is surrounded by a second level jogging track. Public areas are finished in quarry tile and ceramic tile. Gross area is 109,200 sq.ft.
Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio - 25yd 8 lane pool
Woodberry Forest School - built in 1988 is a recreational and high school competition basketball facility with 5 courts and a 6 lane 200 meter track. The ancillary spaces contain a 25yd x 8 lane pool, 6 squash courts, 4 locker rooms including visiting team rooms a 2-story lobby with a contained suite for a resident master. Spans are 140' and the building has a gross area of 76,000 sq.ft.
The Irish Basketball Association, The National Basketball Arena, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Republic of Ireland - Basketball arena The American University of Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria - Master Planning Consultant Ibn Saud University Study, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Consultancy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia - Hockey Rink
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