Exterior view of an athletic field with artificial turf and a low-rise
An athletic complex exterior showcasing a multi-purpose sports facility integrated with a large outdoor turf field, useful as a precedent for campus sports architecture.
- What we like about this project
- The prominent lettering integrated into the upper facade frieze of the central volume.
Materials
- artificial-turf
- metal-panel
- glass
- stone
Visual identifiers
- athletic-field
- turf
- central-pavilion
- horizontal-massing
Style tags
- contemporary
- institutional
- functional
Visual tags
- sports-facility
- exterior
- campus
- landscape
- civic
- Geometry
- A symmetrical, horizontally oriented athletic facility serves as a backdrop to the foreground gridiron field, featuring a central elevated glazed pavilion flanked by lower wings.
- Facade system
- Metal paneling and extensive ribbon glazing combined with masonry or stone bases.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with wide-span trusses supporting the central glazed volume.
- Spatial scale
- Expansive field scale dwarfing individual players relative to the grand scale of the sports facility.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp short shadows under a clear blue sky.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, sunlit, and active atmosphere of an outdoor training ground.
- Environmental context
- Outdoor athletic complex surrounded by mature trees and rolling green terrain under a clear sky.
- Spatial experience
- The vast open turf field creates a strong sense of foreground scale leading toward the centered building elevation across the open landscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong horizontal lines of the field markings and building roofline balanced by the vertical posts of the goalposts and fenestration rhythm.
- Style reading
- Contemporary civic athletic architecture
- Program
- Athletic and sports training facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- artificial-turf, metal-panel, glass, stone
- Visual identifiers
- athletic-field, turf, central-pavilion, horizontal-massing
- Style tags
- contemporary, institutional, functional
- Visual tags
- sports-facility, exterior, campus, landscape, civic
- Geometry
- A symmetrical, horizontally oriented athletic facility serves as a backdrop to the foreground gridiron field, featuring a central elevated glazed pavilion flanked by lower wings.
- Facade system
- Metal paneling and extensive ribbon glazing combined with masonry or stone bases.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with wide-span trusses supporting the central glazed volume.
- Spatial scale
- Expansive field scale dwarfing individual players relative to the grand scale of the sports facility.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp short shadows under a clear blue sky.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, sunlit, and active atmosphere of an outdoor training ground.
- Environmental context
- Outdoor athletic complex surrounded by mature trees and rolling green terrain under a clear sky.
- Spatial experience
- The vast open turf field creates a strong sense of foreground scale leading toward the centered building elevation across the open landscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong horizontal lines of the field markings and building roofline balanced by the vertical posts of the goalposts and fenestration rhythm.
- Style reading
- Contemporary civic athletic architecture
- Program
- Athletic and sports training facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture