Archive for the ‘Sports & Recreation’ Category
Tuesday, June 27th, 2017
Bowie Gridley Architects/Populous was selected to design this new Intercollegiate Athletic Center facility for Georgetown University’s men’s and women’s basketball, soccer and lacrosse programs (NCAA Division I, Big East Conference).
The 136,000 square-foot, three-story facility provides state-of-the-art training facilities for the University’s signature athletic programs, as well as social and academic support centers for all of the school’s scholar-athletes. The new facility, which is directly connected to the McDonough Gym via a linear glass link, was designed to achieve LEED Gold certification. A variety of student spaces make the Intercollegiate Athletic Center a place for gathering. Offices and meeting space, seminar rooms, study areas, and student-athlete lounge areas comprise a portion of the building. The Center was designed and constructed to fit within the context of the campus with a Collegiate Gothic style.
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Thursday, May 1st, 2014
Employing traditional materials and forms, St. Christopher’s School’s new athletics center and field house fit contextually within the existing elegant Georgian campus of an all-boys school in Richmond, Virginia.
- Prominently featured fitness center promotes lifelong health among students and faculty
- The double height entry to the fitness center offers a climbing wall for students
- The field house adds an indoor track and tennis, wrestling facilities, gymnasium, locker rooms and training facilities
BGA has also worked with St. Christopher’s to design and build a student center and dining hall.
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
BGA designed and completed a major expansion, providing additions and renovations to the existing school as well as a new underground athletic center and parking structure. The three-story addition creates a new main entrance tied to a multi-level meeting space and student/faculty living room for the school. The Project was completed with an aggressive, continuous multi-phased construction schedule, which did not disrupt the ongoing school operations.
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Monday, January 31st, 2011
Working in collaboration with the Fairfax County Park Authority, Bowie Gridley Architects designed a 7,000 sf expansion to the existing SouthRun Recreation Center, which serves Fairfax County residents of all ages.
- The design features a circular addition surrounded with glass as well as the reconfiguration of existing racquetball courts
- The Center’s steeply sloping site enabled the design team to create two levels of fitness-oriented space with large windows providing views to the wooded park
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Monday, January 24th, 2011
This award winning, LEED Gold certified new athletic facility boasts a 3 court gymnasium with suspended 3-lane track, fitness center, rowing tank, locker rooms, Hall of Fame, day care center and training facility. The building features ribbon windows, curving towers, an exposed structural framework, and horizontal bands of earth-toned masonry.
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Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
After a public design to evaluate two potential sites for a new community recreation center, Arlington County Parks and Recreation commissioned Bowie Gridley Architects to plan and design the project.
- The new complex houses the community’s gymnastics and boxing programs and provides other wellness programs for the neighborhood
- The facility features a multipurpose gymnasium, a gymnastics area and a boxing area
- The center also includes an aerobics studio, weight room, men’s and women’s locker rooms, storage space and administrative offices for a total area of 28,000 square feet
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Monday, December 27th, 2010
Bowie Gridley Architects teamed with HOK Sport of Kansas City (now Populous) and HOK/ Devrouax Purnell of Washington, to provide interior architectural design services for the new ballpark – a design-build effort with Clark-Hunt-Smoot.
- The interior program includes dugouts, home and visitors’ clubhouses, entertainment areas for children, retail spaces, 157,000 sf of public concourses with concessions, the press box, and all service functions
- Premium spaces include the Founder’s Club and Suites, the Diamond Club and Suites, Owner’s Suites, and party suites
- A conference center is located on an upper level
- An outfield restaurant includes indoor and outdoor seating areas
- Team offices occupy an adjacent 30,000 sf building and include executive suites, offices, work areas and conference rooms.
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Monday, December 27th, 2010
In an ongoing relationship with Mercersburg Academy spanning nearly 20 years, Bowie Gridley Architects has completed two comprehensive master plans and implemented numerous projects on the 300 acre campus.
Completed athletics projects include:
- The renovation of and additions to the existing historic gymnasium
- A state of the art fitness facility
- A new 14 court tennis center
- A new 10 court squash center
- An environmental education center
In addition, concept and schematic designs are underway for a new fieldhouse and Olympic size natatorium.
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Sunday, December 27th, 2009
Arlington Public Schools commissioned Bowie Gridley Architects to design a replacement facility for Wakefield High School. BGA conducted a feasibility study and worked with APS to develop a site solution that would address the educational specifications. Subsequently, the firm was authorized to provide full design services for the new 338,000 sf replacement high school as well as a new aquatics center. The design reflects current standards for a school population of 1,600 students and features a large student commons that establishes a symbolic center or “heart” for the school, complimented by smaller, informal gathering areas. Administrative spaces are distributed throughout the building to encourage student/adult interaction. The school, which incorporates many sustainable design features, achieved LEED-NC Gold certification.
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Friday, December 25th, 2009
Upon completion of a feasibility study, BGA designed a major renovation and expansion of Amherst College’s Pratt Field and Neuhoff-Lumley Track, the third-oldest NCAA football playing site in the nation. The design celebrates the rich history and tradition of the college: traditional Georgian brick, distinctive steeple elements and careful siting of buildings and landscaping to minimize the project’s visual impact on neighboring residences. Construction was completed in September 2013.
- The new 2,500-seat stadium was re-oriented to better fit the overall campus layout and features a synthetic turf field; competition running track; larger, multi-level press box; spectator amenities and concessions
- The expansion also includes a new 15,000 square-foot Field House with locker rooms, restrooms, training room and meeting facilities for the College’s Division III (NESCAC Conference) football team and men’s and women’s lacrosse teams, as well as visiting teams
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Situated directly across the street from the Mollie Dodd Anderson Library and diagonally across the street from the historic Quaker Meeting House, the new 100,000 sf Athletic Center includes a new eight-lane, 25-yard pool, a performance gym with double basketball courts, a practice gym and fitness center, and various support facilities.
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