A Place For Everyone.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Student AffairsCampus Recreation
ARC, Suite 1430
201 East Peabody Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-3806
campusrec@illinois.edu
Renovation Project Objectives
Social Challenges
- enhance quality of campus life
- prioritize and respond to recreation demands
- cultivate social atmosphere
- increase sense of community
- encourage student, faculty and staff interaction
- promote diversity
Campus Planning Objectives
- provide compatible architectural character
- enhance campus fabric, open spaces and linkages
- strengthen vision of a distributed recreation system
- enhance accessibility
- create a design that inspires
- foster campus neighborhood concept
Environmental Responsiveness
- utilize solar flow to minimize heat gain and maximize patron comfort
- incorporate low VOC materials and finishes
- utilize recycled materials
- recycle construction waste
- utilize prevailing winds
- optimize energy reclaim system and natural daylight
Interior Environment
- create a compelling spatial experience and a variety of spacial alternatives
- create a welcoming, inclusive atmosphere
- enhance personal safety and security
- create a healthful interior environment
- develop a media-rich environment
- establish multi-use concepts
- enhance building control
- produce nightscape vision of activity
Project Management Perspective
- cost/schedule compliance
- resource allocation strategy
- partnering process: design construction
- regulatory compliance
- sequence construction activity to maximize access
- increase operational efficiencies
Key Considerations
- staff safety and efficiency
- resource accessibility
- wellness perspective
- patron self sufficiency
- awareness of deficiencies in indoor pool
- family actiivity options
Renovation Information
