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Indoor Practice Facilities Experience 2 VLK Architects, Inc.
VLK has enjoyed great success since our inception in 1984, growing to the 3rd largest educational architecture firm in the U.S. with offices in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. VLK is recognized for its leadership in designing transformational learning environments that facilitate engagement between students and teachers, and that support curriculum and VLK is a firm built on to their communities.
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Indoor Practice Facilities Experience 3 VLK Architects, Inc.
VLK’s athletic facility experience ranges from Texas high school athletics to the Southeastern Conference Universities. We have taken on many specialty athletic facilities during our 37 years of experience, many of which have been one off facilities which are considered to be the best in their field. Creating district-wide athletic facilities creates unique challenges not typical of educational athletic facilities. These facilities are used for educational programs, athletic training, and competitions of varying scale, and are utilized by the community. The varying uses and different user groups create special challenges in the organization of the facility. The facility must be organized to allow use of specific areas, but must be secured to prohibit entry into areas not being used. Special attention is required to create flexible, secure, and adaptable facilities to support athletic teams engaged in competition and spectators attending events. The overall facility must flex or adapt to a changing special needs when large events are held in the venue. And the facility must adapt to allow community use of select portions of the Competitionfacility. events require a specific understanding of the space requirements of typical team facilities and the unique requirements of venues for athletic competition. Site planning must accommodate buses for competitions and private vehicles for participants and spectators. Service access and staging areas are needed to provide for special equipment needs and to provide for event Specificstaging. program needs guide the design of facilities to house sports teams. Typical team accommodations include locker and team meeting space, short term equipment storage, training areas, and office and locker space for coaching staff. In contrast, the team facilities for a district completion facility include these typical spaces, but may need to adapt to the changing needs of the facility. For example, four locker areas might meet the needs for many competitions, but a larger competition might require team spaces to accommodate more teams. On past projects, we have used operable walls to partition locker rooms to provide flexibility and increase the capacity for “team” spaces. Weight rooms and Training rooms in a shared use facility create unique challenges in creating a secure, safe environment that can be monitored and controlled with a minimal staff. Gymnastics, wrestling, and natatoriums have extensive storage requirements for sports equipment. The placement and access to this equipment storage is critical for the efficient set up for competition, training, special events or practice. We understand how to create a simple, secure solution to these storage needs. Arenas and competition venues present unique challenges that require an understanding of the special needs of the individual sports and the challenges of staging large events with multiple teams and fan bases. In addition, an understanding of how to design an arena requires special knowledge of sight lines for stadium seating and the special needs of event staging spaces. The goal in the design of a functional arena or competition space is to create a flexible venue that meets present needs and anticipates the challenges of unanticipated uses in the future.
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Indoor Practice Facilities Experience 4 VLK Architects, Inc. New indoor practice facilities at CHS and NCHS to serve the band and all athletic programs that need a safe, dry place to train when the weather is cold and wet Crowley ISD Crowley HS and North Crowley HS Indoor Practice Facilities 2021 Year ProjectBuilt:Information 43,460 sf Project Size
Indoor Practice Facilities Experience 5 VLK Architects, Inc. New indoor practice facility to allow for a protected environment in inclement weather. This facility was part of the new Sherman High School completed in 2021 Sherman ISD Sherman High School Indoor Practice Facility 2021 Year ProjectBuilt:Information 85,000 sf Project Size
Indoor Practice Facilities Experience 6 VLK Architects, Inc. An indoor practice facility at the Ninth Grade Center features a 60-yard regulation width practice field with an end zone, a weight room and storage space for outdoor sports equipment. In addition, the existing weight room was renovated to create space for additional lockers rooms and athletic offices. Aledo ISD Indoor Practice Facility 2013 Year ProjectBuilt:Information 50,686 sf Project Size
Indoor Practice Facilities Experience 7 VLK Architects, Inc. The 44,500 sf facility provides ample practice space for not only all of the field athletic programs but other programs such as dance, drill team, cheer and flag core. The pre-engineered steel building is signed to accommodate a 60-yard regulation synthetic turf field, drop down fabric nets for zoning the space and creating net enclosed practice areas. Sport dedicated storage and storage for adjacent sport venues is provided. Azle ISD Indoor Practice Facility 2014 Year ProjectBuilt:Information 44,500 sf Project Size
Indoor Practice Facilities Experience 8 VLK Architects, Inc. VLK is working with Keller ISD to build four indoor extra-curricular facilities for the district. Each high school will have its own facility that will provide a sheltered indoor practice space for multiple sports and fine arts programs. Keller ISD Indoor Practice Facilities Est. 2023 Year ProjectBuilt:Information 68,745 sf Project Size
Indoor Practice Facilities Experience 9 VLK Architects, Inc. The new Lake Dallas Multipurpose Indoor Practice Facility is a 100-yard indoor multipurpose facility that provides athletics and fine arts programs with a large area to practice and avoid bad weather or extreme heat. The facility also includes storage and a meeting space. Lake Dallas ISD Multi-Purpose Indoor Practice Facility 2021 Year ProjectBuilt:Information 62,000 sf Project Size
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Indoor Practice Facilities Experience 10 VLK Architects, Inc.
The sports facility includes a 25,700 sf indoor practice field, a 6,750 square foot weight room, a 1,300 square foot storage area, a meeting room, office, and men’s and women’s restroom facilities. Progress, synthetic turf with rubber, and sand infill was used on the field. The field was designed for future baseball and softball batting cages. The exterior of the building is a pre manufactured metal building with a combination of smooth, scored and split-face CMU, and metal siding. Pavilion Facility Year 25,700 sf Project Size
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Indoor Practice Facilities Experience 11 VLK Architects, Inc. The new Eagle Activity Center totals 44,082 square feet and is located on the southeast side of Decatur High School’s campus. The artificial turf field is 50 yards wide and 70 yards in length including the 10 yard end zone. The field is also stripped to support band practice. Netting was provided for soccer as well as batting cages for softball and baseball. Through wall supply and exhaust fans, exterior overhead doors and programmable LED lighting provide an environment suitable for use throughout the years at all hours. Decatur ISD Multi-Purpose Facility 2016 Year ProjectBuilt:Information 44,082 sf Project Size
