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Rhode Island College’s Recreation Center to undergo renovation

Published: 09-Sep-2010

Rhode Island College’s (RIC) Recreation Center is slated to undergo an extensive renovation scheme led by Design Partnership of Cambridge (DPC) and Sgarzi Associates.

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Massachusetts-based DPC and Sgarzi Associates are commissioned to renovate RIC’s 70,000 square feet Recreation Center. The remodelled building will house a number of support functions for athletic teams, including primary fitness and weight room on campus along with locker rooms, a sport medicine area, coaches’ offices, multi-purpose dance studio, a field house and natatorium. The renovation will also include necessary and extensive HVAC system upgrades and architectural renovations. The facility will be installed with plastic lockers.

Allowing maximum daylight into interior spaces is one of the major focuses of the renovation project to make it an eco-friendly facility. The dance studio will feature frosted glass window. Incorporation of multi-use functionality for sports and special events; social gathering spaces and sports medicine spaces are some other additions. The top level of the centre will feature treadmills with televisions and elliptical machines. The $9.5 million refurbishment project is due to be completed by 2011.

Although the centre’s core 1952-built structure has undergone several additions, including a large field house and pool enclosure, the original building has never had substantial renovation. These separate components do not work well together, either functionally or from a systems perspective, resulting in users suffering from inefficient space organisation and constraints. The facility also suffered from various physical and environmental deficiencies.

A study conducted by RIC evaluated the viability of reprogramming the existing building to better service campus recreational needs. The design team has proposed several comprehensive design scheme options to enhance and expand the current fitness facilities while enriching options for athletics and community use.

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