Parks and Recreation
Howard University Softball Stadium
Washington, DC
Reminiscent of Baltimore’s Camden Yards, the Howard University Softball Stadium is designed to be a contextual yet state-of-the-art facility. The use of brick is prominent in the design of the stadium elements, press box, seating, dugouts, fencing, etc., due to its use at the Banneker School, the neighborhood, and the campus. With the Banneker School being the backdrop of the right field, a softball version of a mini-Camden Yards could be achieved.
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The field’s conceptual design calls for an athletic turf field with a drain-through system that would be compatible with stormwater management and water quality design methodologies. The fence would be a minimum of 200 feet or an equivalent down the right and left field lines with a possible 220-foot center field wall. A batter’s eye fence in the center field and a Daktronics scoreboard in the left field would be installed. In addition, a Musco lighting system would be installed for night or overcast games.
The covered dugouts would be equipped with helmet and bat racks, benches, protective fencing, lights for night games, and infrared heating units for cool or cold weather games and practices in the late winter and early spring. In addition, the dugouts would be designed to accommodate Big Fogg misting fans for hot days in May or late spring and summer dates when the Bison host summer softball camps or for fall practices in late August and September.
The covered dugouts would be equipped with helmet and bat racks, benches, protective fencing, lights for night games, and infrared heating units for cool or cold weather games and practices in the late winter and early spring. In addition, the dugouts would be designed to accommodate Big Fogg misting fans for hot days in May or late spring and summer dates when the Bison host summer softball camps or for fall practices in late August and September.
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Southern Maryland SportPlex & Learning Center
Waldorf, MD
As the population continues to grow in Charles County, MD, a group of residents, friends, and concerned citizens came together to respond to this quality-of-life issue that affects its citizens. The Southern Maryland SportPlex & Learning Center (SMSPLC) is one such response
The goal of the project is to offer the residents of Southern Maryland and the surrounding communities a facility that provides a venue for youth sports, adult physical fitness training and exercise, health and wellness for adults and youth, and youth and adult education, learning, and personal development opportunities.
The proposed site is in the La Plata/Waldorf area of Charles County. It would provide a high-quality, convenient, and readily accessible facility to address some of the residents’ recreation needs, as mentioned earlier. The complex would be multi-use with outdoor and indoor activity spaces, combining the needs of full personal development and enhancement in a safe and high-quality athletic and learning facility.
On the outside, the facility includes softball/baseball diamonds; horizontal fields for soccer, field hockey, and lacrosse; a stadium for football; a playground (tot-lot); and ample parking. Inside a large fitness center are a health and wellness suite, community rooms, an auditorium, and workout rooms overlooking a six-basketball court gymnasium wrapped by an indoor track.
On the outside, the facility includes softball/baseball diamonds; horizontal fields for soccer, field hockey, and lacrosse; a stadium for football; a playground (tot-lot); and ample parking. Inside a large fitness center are a health and wellness suite, community rooms, an auditorium, and workout rooms overlooking a six-basketball court gymnasium wrapped by an indoor track.
The Laurel Soccer Park
The Laurel Soccer Park concepts were developed from a 10-acre site at the intersection of MD 198 and Bond Mill Road in Laurel, MD. The plan calls for two natural grass soccer fields with two 200-seat bleachers for each field, gazebos, and a clubhouse replete with locker rooms, dining and banqueting rooms, a commercial kitchen with outdoor walk-up concessions, patio dining, private club/suite party rooms, and locker room facilities. The site was also designed with 101 parking spaces.
