Planning for the future of campus athletics
Introduction ― 4
Selected Projects ― 8
Front Cover and Left: Columbia University, Athletics Master Plan for Tennis, Squash and Archery Programs
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Many players, one team.
A strong athletic program strengthens the campus along with the athletes. Our collaborative planning process incorporates the site, culture, and values of each campus, delivering facilities that meet the current needs of the student body and of multiple stakeholders—and help to shape the future.
Performance powered by design.
We design for performance, planning spaces for athletic training and competition that reach new metrics in sustainability and energy efficiency. We design for inclusion, creating spaces that all students can access and enjoy. And we design for the future, incorporating resilience and flexibility into our site and building planning to meet the needs of current and future generations.
― Athletic Master Planning
Selected Projects
Columbia University, Athletics Master Plan for Tennis, Squash and Archery Programs
New York, New York
Client: Columbia University
Size: 63,000 square feet (112,000 square feet with rooftop courts), (5, 852 square meters)
Completion Date: 2022
An athletic facility with staying power, designed to withstand rising seas on Manhattan’s waterfront.
Columbia University, Athletics Master Plan for Tennis, Squash and Archery Programs
― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
Close to Manhattan’s waterfront, the building’s ground level composition is designed to withstand sea level rise.
Columbia University, Athletics Master Plan for Tennis, Squash and Archery Programs
McMaster University, Athletics Master Plan
Hamilton, Ontario
Client: McMaster University
Completion Date: 2016
University of Michigan, South Campus Athletics Master Plan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Client: University of Michigan
Completion Date: 2014
A campus with thirtyone separate sports programs gets a unified vision for athletic facilities.
University of Michigan, South Campus Athletics Master Plan
Innovative siting and design supports the fragile wetland environment.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Field Baseball Stadium and Memorial Stadium Master Plan
Champaign, Illinois
Client: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Completion Date: 2013
― WHAT IT IS
A plan for football, a plan for baseball, and a big win for fans.
Rendering and stadium massing diagram of Memorial Stadium
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Field Baseball Stadium & Memorial Stadium Master Plan
University of Wyoming, Athletics Master Plan and West Stadium Master Plan
Laramie, Wyoming
Client: University of Wyoming
Completion Date: 2017
― WHAT IT IS
Phased facility improvements designed to boost the student-athletes’ performance and their loyal fans’ experience.
West Stadium Master Plan Rendering and Model
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