NEW CONSTRUCTION / CITATION

Project: Elkhorn Community Rec. Center (Common Ground)
Owner: City of Elkhorn
Firm: RDG Planning & Design
Photographer: Tom Kessler, Omaha, Nebraska

A Recreation Center was desired for a growing community. Resistance is executed in the design through structural tension and compression. The stairs emphasizes the idea of resistance while the track wraps the workout area (compression). The jogging track cantilevers out from the main structure and is open to multiple interior spaces. The Solera glass wraps the track on the exterior of the building. The mullions patter on the glass on the cadence of the jogging. A mixture of materials gives a sense of layering and transparency to the skin of the building.

Jury Comments: “The track is a great concept in this building and would attract a lot of clients. It has a well-organized plan, however we wished there had been more information and images provided about the rest of the spaces in the building.”