Taking “Complicated” Out of New Sports Complexes
Building new is not always the best solution—particularly for institutional clients facing funding constraints and fast-changing programmatic needs.
体育中心的大型改扩建工程，支持大学持续招募和培训优秀的学生运动员，提升全体师生和整个社区的身心健康
圣十字学院哈特中心扩建及改造
The design completely transforms the original 1975 building, giving it a greater presence on campus and a renewed pride in the storied history of Holy Cross athletics
Sasaki目前正在为圣十字学院哈特体育中心的大型改造及扩建工程进行设计工作。在项目初期，Sasaki以改造为目的为建于1975年的哈特中心制定总体规划，后来更进一步着手设计整座设施的综合改造方案。作为拥有多支国家大学体育协会第一级别体育校队的院校，圣十字学院期望通过与Sasaki合作使哈特中心更臻完善，从而招募更多优秀运动员入学。在我们刚开始与校方合作时，校园现有的田径场地分散，室内运动场的空间和设施也不足以应付日常练习需要（Sasaki也在与校方合作研究改变室内运动场的用途，希望将该处革新为一个充满活力的康乐场地）。
Sasaki的方案结合了总体规划、建筑设计、室内设计、景观设计和土木工程。扩建部分的设计大胆地包覆了现有的建筑物，为设施赋予了崭新的外貌，同时创造新的主入口。扩建部分将设有一个供练习用途的附属体育馆；一个深90多米、楼高18多米且铺有人造草坪的室内运动场；一个体能训练中心；一间大型会议室和电影放映室；还有供篮球队和体育行政管理使用的多间办公室。所有体育队伍都将拥有专门的教练办公室和团队更衣室。此外，改造后的建筑也提供了额外的场地来容纳器械训练馆、扩充的运动医学和水疗区以及优化的设备处理空间。
A successful athletic facility expresses the look of the campus and enhances an athletic program’s identity and brand
The main design goal was to bring more natural light into the existing spaces and establish clear connections throughout the complex. This was achieved by maximizing glazing in the addition, starting with the new lobby which, in contrast to the old entrance, is clear and inviting to visitors and hints at the vibrant activity happening within.
本设计方案有效地扩展了现有建筑的占地面积，同时将建筑物转型为更有活力和吸引力的体育中心，为全校所有体育校队提供服务。建筑物里里外外都利用了具透明度的设计元素，这样既能统一室内的视野，也让室外的人有机会窥探里面各个体育场地的活动。新室内运动场巧妙地利用了基地的斜坡，这样的安排使这个构筑物在视觉上不致成为庞然巨物；而新体能训练中心则坐落于室内运动场的外围，可坐拥广阔的校园景观以及远处的伍斯特市市景。
The goal was to design spaces to impact as many programs as possible, improving the entire athletics program
A comprehensive compliment of facilities, including strength and conditioning, sport medicine, and practice venues, aimed at improving performance, increasing awareness, and supporting all of the Crusaders’ Division 1 programs
Views from the existing ice hockey and basketball arenas were also opened up to the lobby and mezzanine to create a synergy between the areas where student athletes perform and where they study and socialize
A new main spine clarifies the building’s circulation and connects the existing venues, with each corridor culminating at a framed view into one of the performance venues
Design and function merge in this renovation-expansion project
A variety of spaces allow students and student athletes to integrate wellness, social life, and academics into their busy schedules
Along the spine, spaces for students to meet, study, and relax are strategically placed allowing more natural light to penetrate the remaining programs
Views from the existing ice hockey and basketball arenas were also opened up to the lobby and mezzanine to create a synergy between the areas where student athletes perform and where they study and socialize
A new main spine clarifies the building’s circulation and connects the existing venues, with each corridor culminating at a framed view into one of the performance venues
Design and function merge in this renovation-expansion project
A variety of spaces allow students and student athletes to integrate wellness, social life, and academics into their busy schedules
Along the spine, spaces for students to meet, study, and relax are strategically placed allowing more natural light to penetrate the remaining programs
Impact and results were key drivers for the design
Expansive views from the Hart Center, which sits atop a hill
The facility’s new sport medicine suite is aimed at improving performance, increasing awareness, and supporting the Crusaders’ Division I programs. Comprising four different rooms that were once squash and racquetball courts the sport medicine suite now includes an aqua therapy room with three hot and cold plunge tanks and windows to the outside for daylight.
The renovations provide additional offices, a rowing studio, expanded accommodations for equipment handling, and a new locker room for the women’s ice hockey program, which is also now competing in Division I. The design completely transforms the original 1975 building, giving it a greater presence on campus and a renewed pride in the storied history of Holy Cross athletics.
The basketball court
The enclosed turf field allows for year-round preparation for multiple teams
The indoor turf facility is 60-feet-high, and its floor is built a level below the main level to take advantage of the site’s slope and reduce the overall scale of the large volume
When looking up the hill the building appears one story. The shorter and smaller spaces–an auxiliary practice gymnasium, suites for basketball and administration offices, strength and conditioning center, various meeting rooms, a new entrance lobby, locker rooms, team rooms, and offices–wrap the front of the addition and follow the natural slope of the hill. The new plaza runs parallel with interior spine, and many of new social spaces directly open to it.
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