Fishburne Military School - Athletic Facility
Waynesboro, VA
This new Athletic Facility was located on site after careful and in-depth study of the school campus. The chosen location offers grade access to Eleventh Street, the athletic field, and the drill plaza on the upper level. This location also offers a unique vantage point to view athletic events, which we enhanced with an upper level balcony.
The tight site demanded a compact footprint with minimal circulation space. The design of the building also needed to compliment the strong "military" aesthetic of the campus. Elements such as the towers, arches, brick and stone banding were all extracted from nearby buildings.
The lower level contains four team locker rooms with showers, a wrestling/multipurpose room, public restrooms, storage, and entry lobbies at each entrance.
The upper level contains a student activity/viewing room, a multi-purpose room, kitchenette, storage, weight room, public restrooms and the mechanical room.
As an alternate bid item, an amphitheater has been designed adjacent to the building, which takes advantage of the pre-existing hillside.
