Architect: RTKL Associates
Client: Chicago Velo Campus L3C
Date Completed: 2013
Cost: $45 Million estimate
Track Length: 250m
Facilities Include: Art Indoor 250m Velodrome Track, Outdoor and Indoor Mountain Bike tracks (MTB), Outdoor Cyclocross Track, Triathlon Training Center, Wind Tunnel Facility, Indoor Olympic Sized Swimming Pool Indoor 400 meter Running Track, Fitness Center, Coaching and Education Facility Olympic Development Training Center, Youth Beginner, Elite and Masters Programs, Community Center, Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Center, Sports Retail, Cycling Museum Restaurant, Cafe, and a Healthy Juice Bar
Why is it good: This project is good in that is creates a community hub. It is the focus of this 500 acre site to include everything listed above as well as 13,000 homes on the south side of Chicago along the lakefront between 79th and 91st Streets.
What you plan to learn from it: This design combines a mixed use facility with a cycling track. This solves 2 of my main problems when talking about sustainability. First it allows more people to occupy the space thus eliminating dead spots in time when the building is heating/cooling the space and no one is in there. And secondly it helps emphasize my intent as creating a hub not only for cycling but for people as well. This gets more people to the site which would not be there if it was just a cycling facility.
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