This project was a private ice rink to be located on a rural Kentucky farm. The owner did not want to advertise the fact that it was an ice rink so the building was "disguised" as a barn. The facility was specifically designed so that the owners could relax and play ice hockey with friends when vacationing on their farm. The program called for a locker room, showers, restrooms, lounge area and storage for the zamboni, in addition to the rink itself and the mechanical spaces to support it.
View of the completed ice rink from the nearest road. The standard Pre-Engineered Metal Building skin was substituted for vertical wood siding, standing seam metal roof, and less industrial-looking trims. From the exterior, there is no hint of the PEMB structure spanning a regulation sized ice hockey rink within. The clerestory element
The East end of the ice rink. The wood panelling covering the walls was salvaged from a nearby barn that was being torn down.
The mechanical end of the ice rink where the refrigerant piping trench (behind the goal) and zamboni storage (to the left) is located.
Sketches for the cupolas to complete the barn "disguise". These were ultimately built on the ground and lifted to the ridge of the Pre-Engineered Metal Building by crane near the end of the project.
Detail sheet from the construction drawings showing the coordination of athletic equipment and refrigerant systems with the building. The refrigerant systems posed some serious challenges with regard to fire ratings and construction type on this project. The shear number and sizes of penetrations through rated walls paired with the owner's desire for an old barn/school house look necessitated a great deal of coordination with the contractor, MEP consultants, equipment suppliers, the owner's decorator and the code officials.
Section through the lean-to portion of the building on the back side. This section is cut through the lounge. All areas in the low roofed portions have windows looking out onto the ice rink. The MEP consultants for this project (BCCLT) were utilizing 3D CAD to layout their systems which can be seen in the above ceiling areas in the lounge. This was especially helpful in coordinating the systems with the PEMB structure. This project was completed in 2000 using 2D AutoCAD but necessitated the constructing of 3D views to coordinate. A first glimpse at the growing need for BIM on future projects.
