In Progress: Campbell Sports Center / Steven Holl Architects

Written by Sebastian Jordana

Architects
Steven Holl Architects
Location
218th Street, New York
Architect in Charge
Steven Holl, Chris McVoy
Design Team
Marcus Carter, Christiane Deptolla, Peter Englaender, Runar Halldorsson, Jackie Luk, Filipe Taboada, Dimitra Tsachrelia, Ebbie Wisecarver
Associate in Charge
Olaf Schmidt
Area
4459.0 m2
Project Year
2012
Photographs
Chris McVoy, Andy Ryan
Architects
Steven Holl Architects

Structural Engineer
Robert Silman Associates
Mep Engineer
ICOR Associates
Sustainability Engineer
Transsolar
Curtain Wall Consultant
W. J. Higgins
Lighting Consultant
Wald Studio
Audio/Visual Consultant
The Clarient Group
Acoustical Consultant
Cerami Associates
Client
Columbia University
Architect in Charge
Steven Holl, Chris McVoy
Design Team
Marcus Carter, Christiane Deptolla, Peter Englaender, Runar Halldorsson, Jackie Luk, Filipe Taboada, Dimitra Tsachrelia, Ebbie Wisecarver
Associate in Charge
Olaf Schmidt
MEP Engineer
ICOR Associates
Audio / Visual Consultant
The Clarient Group

The new 48,000 square foot Campbell Sports Center at the corner of 218th Street and Broadway aims to:

- Create new visibility for Columbia Athletics
- Form an inviting new gate for Baker Athletics Complex
- Shape state of the art athletic spaces with interconnecting flow
- Extend Field Play onto and into the building with stepped ramps
- Sustainability and ecological innovation

The Campbell Sports Center serves as a new “gateway” to Baker Athletics Complex at the prominent urban corner where Broadway meets 10th Avenue and the 1 Subway line—the northernmost crossing of Broadway with avenues that run the length of Manhattan. The design concept “points on the ground, lines in space”—like field play diagrams used for football, soccer, baseball—develops from point foundations on the sloping site.

Just as points and lines in diagrams yield the physical push and pull on the field, the building’s elevations push and pull in space. External stairs, “lines in space,” and terraces extend the field play up and into the building and give views from the upper levels over the Baker Athletics Complex and Manhattan with the Empire State and Chrysler buildings in the distance.