Radiant floor heating (left side image) is different in that it doesn't rely on moving the air into a space to heat that space. Radiant floor heating uses a fluid filled tube system and places it in the concrete under your feet and heating that fluid heats the surface under your feet thus radiating the heat upwards. This keeps more of the heat where the people are located. The amount of energy is greatly reduced only having to move small amounts of fluid thru the floor as compared to large amounts of air.
Typical heating systems (right side image) heat air in the basement then blow that air all over the building. The location of these vent/grills are important when realizing how much heat/cool is needed in a volume of space. Most of the time ducts and vents are positioned up high and have to use force to blow air down to where the people occupying the space are. This type of system requires large amounts of energy to not only heat the air but to force it all over the building thru large ducts. Radiant floor heating (left side image) is different in that it doesn't rely on moving the air into a space to heat that space. Radiant floor heating uses a fluid filled tube system and places it in the concrete under your feet and heating that fluid heats the surface under your feet thus radiating the heat upwards. This keeps more of the heat where the people are located. The amount of energy is greatly reduced only having to move small amounts of fluid thru the floor as compared to large amounts of air. You can see the energy comparisons in this chart. The amount of energy consumed is 42.3% So for every $100 you spend on energy for a conventional System switching to this system alone would save you $42.30 almost cutting your bill in half. Pairing this up with a geothermal heating system will increase those savings even more. This is a section of how the cooling system would work. Somewhere in the facility there is a holding tank (red tank) hooked up to a condensing unit (gray box with fan on it). The condensing unit is typically outdoors and the tank will be somewhat close to where you want to cool. The condensing unit cools the fluid in the tanks and that fluid is pumped into the blue tube and run along the ceiling across special metal panels. The tubes cool the metal panels which in return cool the room. Then the warm water is pumped back into the take to start the cycle over again. The size of the tank is determined by the size of building it is cooling. This is great in office setting since it doesn't rely on moving air thus blowing papers off desks and or giving employees chills every time the system turns on.
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While searching for different types of cyclocross tracks I came across this series of images (below) of the cycling complex at Marian University in Indianapolis, Indiana. I originally thought I had a "new concept" trying to bring together all disciplines in one condensed area but the more I research the more instances I find of other places doing this as well. That is a good thing in that if other people are already doing it then it must work. Mine will just be the first in the area... My form is starting to take shape in CAD. Here are my preliminary building sections. Both are cut thru the center of my building, top one looking at the seating area, bottom one looking toward the main entrance (lobby area). I have changed up my structure a bit, instead of being all concrete I left the top portion and outer edge concrete and switched to space frame the for the portion on the interior of my building. I think it will be more pleasing to the eye and seem less bulky. These sections also help show how the roof is going to be accessible for mountain bikes and such. The thick black areas are where I actually cut the building, lighter lines are beyond and really light line are far beyond. If you have any other questions leave me a comment and I will try to answer it.
Second floor is pretty basic. It consists of box seating above stadium seating and a walkway going around the curved sections of the track with leasable space in the 4 corners. I am planning on putting the fitness center in the North East corner of building and the rest of the spaces are available for other businesses. This will also provide a steady income for the facility to be able to better manage it and not rely solely on events and volunteers. The businesses would be self suffeciant with main entrances from the exterior walkway thus allowing it to be open to public during events. Also being apart of the building these businesses will gain exposure from spectators coming to the facility to train, for various types of events & to the cafe/restaurant on the lower level. The businesses will also help the facility gain exposure to those people coming to the businesses who know nothing about cycling. The businesses will also have views onto the track from within their space.
Overall First Floor Plan 85% complete. Areas I am still working on are Bike shop (which I am talking to some local shops to help write my space program and how much storage is needed.) and Daycare facility (I want to be able to use this space like a fitness center and it would be ideal to have a small facility for those coming to train to be able to bring their kids as well. Much like that of the YMCA facilities in the area. The North West corner of my facility: Main Office:
Gift Shop:
The South West corner of my facility: Bike Shop:
Coffee/Cafe:
The South East corner of my facility: Restaurant:
The Concession Stand areas are under both ends of stadium seating, thus providing everything that end of spectators need. It also have emergency exits directly across from it so in case of evacuation there is a straight shot out of the facility
Main Entrances are at both the East and West End of the building. The West entrance is the primary entrance in that it is closest to the parking lot. Both entrances will have key card access for those training in the facility as well as security stations to help answer questions. Revolving doors also eliminate the need for vestibules in these areas. Here is the main entrance to the facility off the parking lot. The revolving doors make it to where I don't need a vestibule with double sets of doors entering into the main facility. The main offices for the facility are directly off the lobby so there is no need for a vestibule there as well. The doors exiting the offices to the exterior are fire exits only. The offices consist of 2 main offices and 4 meeting/conference rooms various sized. Break room and men/women rest room also accompany the office area so they have everything the need close at hand and have no need to enter the facility for such things. The gift shop's main entrance is from the exterior in case you don't have permission to enter the facility you can still visit the gift shop and look around. In doing so the gift shop required a vestibule to keep hot air out and cold air in. The main lobby has a ticket counter/barrier bar system to keep track of who is using/entering the facility. The security desk will also be maned all day every day in case something is needed with this being not only an event center but also a training facility as well. This will be the main entrance the athletes will use during the day to use the facility, they can then use the stairs/elevator near gift shop to access the locker rooms in the basement. On both sides under the seating area There are the main spectator restrooms and well as a large concession stand to serve the needs of that end (roughly 1,000 seats per side). I positioned the concession stand in the center and the restrooms on either side. Also the main entrances into the restrooms are on the far side, this way the concession line and the restroom line will not interfere with each other or the ramps going up to the seating area. In case of fire I have also located emergency exits directly off the seating so that it will be quicker to get people out of the building and to a safe area.
Exterior Bike Storage- 230 units
Seating- 1,650 so I am looking at changing my capacity from 1,000 to 2,000 seat facility. Under "Seating" will be Restrooms (Men on left Women on right) and Concession Stand (center). Infield will be accessed from Basement Level by athletes only. Need stairs & elevator on exterior to access upper level retail Need stairs & elevator on interior to access upper level box seats and to access storage in basement. Grasspave2 porous pavement allows you to park, drive, walk, ride, or lounge on a beautiful grass surface. It performs the functions of asphalt or concrete pavement, but with the aesthetics of a lawn – all while enhancing the environment. Applications
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Circulation ArteriesI am showing 2 distinct circulation paths (interior/exterior) the interior circulation will go completely around the track area. and it will go behind the main seating areas to not obstruct the view of the track then on the 2 ends it will go between the track and commercial/retail areas so that the commercial/retail areas can have direct access to the exterior of the building for their main entrances. This allows people from these areas to view the track from their space without giving direct access to the track area seating. This also allows these areas (commercial/retail) to be open when the track is not. Also on this plan I am showing exterior bike storage across from the exterior glass wall allowing people to store their road, mountain and/or cross bikes outside the facility so they can keep them on site and not have to transport them to and from home. This allows someone who works in downtown OKC the convenience to use the facility without having to take their bike with them to work and have to load/unload it and take it into their office building with them and keep track of it all day. LEED GoalsCode Analysis1005.1 Egress: 0.2in/occupant Stairs, 0.15in/occupant Other- Sprinkled 1024 Assembly 1024.6.1-2 At least0.005in of additional stair width for each occupant shall be provided for each 0.10in of riser above 7in 1024.7 Travel Distances- Exits and Aisles shall be so located that the travel distance to an exit door shall not be greater than 250ft in sprinkled buildings. 1024.9.1 Minimum aisle width- 1. Forty-eight inches for aisle stairs having seating on each side 2. Thirty-six inches for aisle stairs having seating only one side 4. forty-two inches for level or ramped aisles having seating both sides 5. thirty-six inches for level or ramp aisles having seating only one side 1108.2.2.1 Accessible Wheel Chair spaces (seating)- (6+4)= 10 total Below is my FULL Code Analysis for my building.
Occupancy Type & Plumbing Calculations: These are really rough plumbing calc numbers. Obviously the sq ft of the seating area is to large since I am only looking at holding 1,000 seats. Items and numbers will be updated as I design the facility and have better sq ft numbers. Parking Requirements:
Theaters- 1 space per 4 seats (380) Retail- 1 per 200 sq ft up to 12,000 sq ft (60) 65,514 total sq ft 1 per 225 sq ft 12,001 to 48,000 (143) 1 per 250 sq ft over 48,001 sq ft (70) Total Spaces: 653 Handicap: 13 Regular: 640 |