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CAMPUS WELLNESS CENTER DESIGN PROPOSALS Integrating the Balance of the Mind, Body, and Spirit Kaylee Werner Dr. Joe Wunderlich Department of Engineering and Physics Elizabethtown College 2014 Introduction Designs Designs LEED Athletics Department Location Options Basic Components Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Benefits: • Near center of campus • Should attract students from various locations • Already cleared land • Reduce costs • Convenient parking • Smaller footprint than a large parking lot • Lower Floors for faculty • Higher floors for residents The need for more locker rooms is apparent in the athletics department. Since 1968, Elizabethtown has increased their athletics department by 12 teams, yet the facilities have not been improved to keep up with the growth. All of the groups accommodated for this need in their designs, however putting them on a basement level like Group 1 mentioned is beneficial to allow upper floor/s more space for offices and wellness rooms. They also considered what teams will be utilizing which locker rooms for each season. This will ultimately be up to athletics staff with the old locker rooms in Thompson still existing to be updated. Basement Ground/Level 1 • Locker Rooms • Equipment Storage • Facility Storage • Coaches Offices • Athletic Classrooms • Laundry Room • Track • Turf • Basketball court/s • Rock Wall • Training Room • Batting Cage/s • Healthy Food “Bar” • Atrium/Patio/Seating • Counseling Offices • Nurses Offices • Recreation spaces • Body Shop II • Multi-purpose Classrooms • Dance Studio • Green roof • Skylights • Solar panels/shingles • Water collection Adventure Club/Climbing Club Basketball Courts: Not wood Main use for intramural teams Large area for off season team training Curtain partitions to separate track and courts A common problem in colleges and universities is that the enrollment increases faster than the facilities. Now the college is facing difficulty with their athletic and wellness resources running low for the amount of students enrolled. Students in Green Architectural Engineering (EGR 343) have been asked to design a wellness center for the college. It should follow LEED guidelines. Geothermal heat is a great option for a building like this. It takes advantage of the earth’s constant core temperature, using it to heat and cool the building. These systems will save the school a lot of money that would have been spent powering a traditional HVAC system. Group 2 Group 3 Group 1 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Anthony Davala, Brian Brennan, Greyson McDonald One of the main aspects of this project was choosing a location for this facility. The areas proposed consisted of the following: • Attached to Thompson • Between turf and soccer field • Off campus • Near Quads Location and Transportation • High Priority Site • Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses • Access to Quality Transit • Bicycle Facilities • Reduced Parking Footprint • Green Vehicles Sustainable Sites • Construction Activity Pollution Prevention • Open Space • Rainwater Management • Heat Island Reduction • Light Pollution Reduction Water Efficiency • Building-Level Water Metering • Outdoor Water Use Reduction • Indoor Water Use Reduction • Cooling Tower Water Use • Water Metering Energy and Atmosphere • Optimize Energy Performance • Advanced Energy Metering • Demand Response • Renewable Energy Production • Green Power and Carbon Offsets Materials and Resources • Storage and Collection of Recyclables • Construction and Demolition Waste Management Planning Indoor Environmental Quality • Environmental Tobacco Smoke Control • Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Strategies • Indoor Air Quality Assessment • Thermal Comfort • Interior Lighting • Daylight Kelly Bresnowitz, Jamey Hogarth, Rachel Lacek Level 1 Roof Level 2 Level 2 Level 1: Ground Basement Buck Kauffman, Jake Evans and Tommy James Level 2 Brynne Kirsch, Cal Graziano, Sarah Fay Zachary Karasek, Parke Martin, Ryan Shirk Luke Yanek, Andres Hartman, Eric Borkowicz Basketba ll Courts Wing KAV/Weight Room Wing Front Lobby Tur f E q u i p . NCAA 200m Track and Field Equip Lobby Lobby Multi - purpo se Room L O C K E R R O O M S L O C K E R R O O M S Trainer Room LOCKER Laundr y Laundr y 1968 – 10 Varsity Teams 2014 – 22 Varsity Teams Our sports teams need more space to perform and excel to become their best. A new field house is the key to fixing the over- reserved gym and body shop equipment. *400+ athletes share 8 locker rooms. Campus Arial View 1. Plants 2. Growing Medium 3. Filter Fleece 4. Drainage Layer 5. Waterproofing Membrane 6. Concrete Slab Land Use Permeable Pavement Roof • 700 students live in the quads, apartments and founders 800 students live in remaining dormitories • The wellness center will be very close to half of the campus housing, mainly upper classman • Can serve as starting point to expand and add more dormitories behind it • Soccer, baseball and softball fields are in close proximity to the facility A bicycle rack and open terrace would accent the facility well by providing a beautiful view over the campus and the option to choose riding a bike over driving. Permeable Pavement would prevent erosion and rapid runoff. Staying Well in College
