Due to the widespread growth the athletic program has experienced over the past decade in both numbers of student athletes and support staff, the Wichita State University athletic department requested GLMV prepare a program, floor plans and renderings for additional administration office space and a new Student Athletic Center. These new facilities will support the approximately 300 student-athletes competing on 15 teams along with 100 staff and coaches.
The new two-story, 35,900-square-foot Student Athletic Center provides a student study area with computer lab, open study hall and tutoring spaces, student athletic meeting spaces and nutritional area. The facility also provides track and field locker rooms, weight room and track and field coaches offices. The Student Athletic Center is connected to the two-story, 13,620-square-foot renovation of Koch Arena administration and office space with a new sky-bridge walkway.
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Taking into consideration the overall campus master plan, this design responded to the strong traditions of Kansas State University’s campus while providing a unique expression of its own design. Creativity and implementation of unique architectural features are emphasized throughout the project, exhibiting principles of New Urbanism.
Our projects are so much more than four walls and a roof. In this instance, a single addition was monumental for the University of Kansas. It allowed for expansion of the School of Medicine into a four-year curriculum, opened additional seats in the highly competitive pharmacy program, and created opportunities to train pharmacists in a previously unrepresented city.
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