The plan of the 4,100 SF field house found at the center of the park pulls from south Florida vernacular typologies where the parti is based on a wrap-around patio.
Project Name: Youth Sports Facility in Pompano Beach
Studio Name: Brooks + Scarpa Architects
Location of Project:700 NE 10th Street, Pompano Beach, FL 33060
Total Square Footage: 4,100 SF Field House + 10 Acre Park
Completed: 2023
Photography: Brooks + Scarpa
The project’s central feature is multivalent and rich with meaning. It is iconic and performative, providing protection from the harsh Florida sun, provides much needed shade and is a large covered event space that also shields from the frequent Florida rain storms. The patio joined 16 uncommon high-volume fans that upgrade the space by actuating wind stream, breezes and cross ventilation, cooling guests, competitors, kids and onlookers, giving a wonderful open air room that something else would not exist.
This sets up a “picture-frame” that gives sees, sufficient characteristic light and breezes, and the creation of a sense of put. It has too been planned with future expansion in intellect so it won’t ought to be torn down to make more multi-purpose spaces. The Field House, highlights a board-formed concrete shell that feels shockingly lightweight. This façade is carved absent, its openings uncovering a lively pop of dynamic yellow color that characterizes the wrap-around patio. That same color is utilized within the metal grid structure that clads the north rise, which too coordinating a huge sign unmistakable from 10th Road.
The building’s changed veneers cruel it shows up different from each point, advertising a basic form of wayfinding inside the stop. The north rise is made of an aluminum screen structure that coordinating a huge sign that’s lite at night and seen within the day from 10th Road, associated to a bulletin, it works to check the stop and section. The CIP structure is made with board-formed concrete that’s a perky and sculptural façade bended and calculated facade. These cut-outs within the façade permit for clear sees of the areas from the concession zone and offices, making for a useful and appealing occasion space. The planners gave as much thought to the building as they did the scene that encompasses it: the firm’s low-impact approach decreases the require for water system to form a strong and economical plan.
Beneath the patio are high-velocity fans give cooling stations for competitors and onlookers alike. A concession region and office space give clear sees of the areas and stopping zones to form a secure and attractive event space. The plan is made of exceedingly solid and cost-efficient materials. The yellow and concrete dark wraps up give a striking differentiate against the back drop of the stop. The roof is mono-sloped to form a display of precipitation from the expansive roof scupper. The rain cascades from the roof into a rain plant where the water is penetrated back into the aquifer. Moo affect scene plan is coordinates with omni-directional structure to decrease water system whereas making a resilient and feasible plan.
The extend is planning to serve the community for sports, but too post disaster or future wellbeing emergency by giving a chunk of community foundation where supplies and administrations can be administered. For numerous a long time inhabitants in Pompano Shoreline had voiced their concerns to address the lack of public recreational space within the and the explosive demand for soccer and other sports activities needed to improve the quality of life for the area’s youth and younger residents. In 2018, voters overwhelmingly approved the “G.O. Pompano!” bond initiative, which secured $181 million in funding to improve local infrastructure, public safety and quality of life for Pompano Beach’s residents.
The voter-approved funding has made it possible for the City to upgrade local roads, bridges and public safety facilities like police and fire stations, as well as transform old parks and playgrounds into modern and inviting community spaces. The new state of the art Youth Sports Field House which occupies the former site of an Elks Lodge and large surface parking lot was a key centerpiece for funding this important community project.
