Most college athletes, confined to over-lit areas suffering in decor, do not expect very much from their facilities beyond the integrated contemporary technologies and equipment. It is a center that serves the student athlete, and provides a place of interaction and historic sports memories for students, alumni and the community. While it uniquely reflects the spirit and identity of the college campus, this building type has dramatically changed from the isolated, non-descript box facades. Today’s modern architectural design provide open, transparent, active communal spaces that are now the standard within these buildings. Successful collegiate athletic centers help build campus spirit, while extending the appeal of the institution to new prospective student athletes.

HOLISTIC APPROACH TO WELLNESS

 

While most colleges provide the regulated sports facilities in dull, thoughtless environments that pass for healing, learning and training spaces, KSU’s Spec Center for Student Athletes offers an unusual fusion of bold color and motivational imagery to both physically treat and psychologically invigorate Kennesaw’s student athletes. It creates a unique, focused environment to make them perform HARDER, BETTER. FASTER, STRONGER. With optimum care for each student athlete’s development of their maximum potential for athletic, academic and personal success in mind, the KSU: IAC is designed to reflect a holistic approach to athlete care with tools that address the health of the entire athlete in a unique focused environment where students from different sports can gather as a community within an intergraded and collaborative culture. The notion of the gym and a playing field to renew and to inspire the same interaction and connection seen on the fields is the premise on which the design concept is based. Surprisingly free of color shock, this 35,000 sq. ft. multifunctional facility of holistic wellness reflects, in ways abstract and concrete, the enthusiasm for the universal language of sports and seeks to inspire and motivate with design permeated with the University’s rich athletic history and its colors reinforcing the university’s athletic brand— a crucial focus for competing nationally.

 

CATEGORY :

Healthcare / Medical Center
Institutional / Academic Center
Retail / Heritage Center
Eatery / Nutrition Center
Sports + Recreation / Training Center
Environmental Graphics

 

CREDIT :

Sports Photo : © Kennesaw State University
Sport Pictograms : © 2012 London Olympics / © SomeOne

 

COPYRIGHT :

Renderings : Tavia Lawrence
Architectural Drawings : Tavia Lawrence