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Site Plan
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Floor Plan
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The Shenandoah University Athletics and Events Center embodies the university’s motto of “21 sports, one team” while also serving as an adaptable event space.
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The Athletic and Events Center seamlessly connects to the existing football stadium creating a pedestrian plaza between the two facilities.
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Incorporating contextual architectural styled elements, the center’s design complements the surrounding campus and community.
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The center becomes a central focal point during graduations and serves as the site for the university’s graduation ceremony and the main gathering space for guests.
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Interiors, including the main lobby, are specifically designed to balance sports images/graphics while being able to transform for functions and events. The lobby features drop ceiling panels for sound attenuation.
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The space brings together various university community needs and expertly combines them into an inclusive space that serves as an arena, field house and function/events center.
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In addition to the basketball and volleyball-playing surface, the facility features a 200-meter, six-lane competition track with eight sprint lanes and throwing, sand pit and pole-vaulting areas.
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The center accommodates events of all sizes for both the university and larger community. It can host up to 5,000 people in theater-style seating and for more formal dining events.
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Meeting 21st century design standards for athletic spaces, the center provides room for athletes to practice in a safe and healthy environment with support spaces.
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Originally conceived as two facilities, budget constraints mandated the innovative, comprehensive design solution.
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Athletic training space and locker rooms are available to serve athletes.
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Seamlessly combining athletic and event space, the Shenandoah Athletics + Events center fuses the functions of a field-house, events hall and athletics arena.
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The university wanted a building that embodies the Athletic Department’s motto “21 sports, one team” by serving the training and competition needs of all athletes. The new facility accommodates the contrasting needs for both track and field events and indoor arena events into one compact, flexible space that contains a 200-meter indoor track and field competition surface, 1,300-seat stands and a court for basketball and volleyball games. Athletic support areas like a training facility and locker space for indoor sports are included.
The university realized significant cost savings by not having to build two separate
facilities. The facility also provides large multi-functional space to host big events.Careful planning of the visitor experience also allowed for the new facility’s seamless connection to the existing football stadium and the development of a pedestrian plaza between the two facilities that pays homage to the university’s mascot, Buzzy the Hornet.
The design contains Jeffersonian elements like red brick and white wood materials. With a visual presence along Interstate I-81, the building’s west façade highlights the architectural style of the campus and creates a backdrop for university signage and event banners. The north façade’s expansive use of glass allows axial views into the field house.
Shenandoah University James R. Wilkins, Jr. Athletic & Events Center
Category
College/University
Description
Project Location:
Winchester, VA
Architecture Firm
ESa
Nashville,Tennessee
https://esarch.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/earl-swensson-associates/
https://twitter.com/ESa_Architects?lang=en
Photography By:
@ Attic Fire Photography
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