The Health and Fitness Center at Washtenaw Community College
Ann Arbor, MI
Year in Showcase: 2008
Project Description
The Health & Fitness Center at
Washtenaw Community College
is being hailed as the first LEED Gold certified student health and wellness
center in the country. Sustainable
design features include automated
lighting, salt-treated pool water, and
heating and cooling measures that include
a reflective white roof, a central
boiler that recaptures heat and room monitoring
sensors that automatically
control temperature.
The first campus student recreation
center in school history also welcomes
community membership, and
the building accommodates each
demographic group separately with two
entries: one that links directly to the
campus and another that features quick
access to the childcare center, express
lockers and parking lots. One control
point serves all members and guests, as
do a café, a retail store and classrooms
for community meetings and events.
Shades of warm gold and cool green
were combined with natural maple
and birch wood finishes, creating a
light and airy backdrop for recreation
center activities. Terra cotta accents
and copper metallic forms further
enhance key building elements.
High-traffic floor surfaces were made
of post-industrial recycled porcelain
tile, complemented by natural slate
borders. Recycled or renewable
flooring is also found in fitness areas,
the gymnasium, and Pilates, yoga
and aerobics studios. Natural light
floods the spaces through numerous
perimeter windows and a high-tech
skylight design.
Project Details
Architect of Record: Ohlson Lavoie Collaborative; Denver, Colo.
Programming/Operational
Consultant: Power Wellness Management
Marlton, N.J.
Construction Cost: $14.1 million
Square Feet: 76,000
Occupancy: August 2007
Vendors
Basketball Backboards/Supports:
Draper Inc.
Chemical Control Systems:
TMI Salt Pure Corp.
Cleaners/Vacuums:
Brock Enterprises
Dryers: Unimac
Elliptical Equipment: Cybex International Inc.
Elliptical Equipment:
Life Fitness
Elliptical Equipment: Octane Fitness
Elliptical Equipment: Precor Incorporated
Entertainment Systems: Cardiovision Inc.
Ergometers: Scifit Systems Inc.
Exercise Balls: Thera-Band Products/Hygenic Corp.
Filters:
Neptune-Benson Inc.
Floor Finishes:
Robbins Sports Surfaces
Flooring: Dal-Tile Corp.
Flooring, Aerobics:
Robbins Sports Surfaces
Free Weight Equipment: Hammer Strength
Free Weight Equipment: Troy Barbell & Fitness
Gutters: Grate Technologies
Handicapped Equipment:
Spectrum Aquatics
Heaters: Pentair Water Pool And Spa
Ladders/Grab Bars: S.R. Smith
Lane Markers: Competitor Swim Products
Lighting: Insight Lighting
Lockers: Classic Woodworking Llc
Pilates Equipment: Balanced Body Inc.
Rowers:
Concept2 Inc.
Sanitization Systems: Clearwater Tech, Llc
Sanitization Systems:
TMI Salt Pure Corp.
Saunas/Whirlpools: Saunatec Inc.
Scoreboards/Timing Systems:
Daktronics Inc.
Shower/Toilet Partitions: Bobrick Washroom Equipment Inc.
Sound Systems: Cardiovision Inc.
Stair Climbers:
Life Fitness
Stair Climbers:
Nautilus Inc.
Stair Climbers: Nustep Inc.
Stationary Bikes:
Life Fitness
Stationary Bikes:
Star Trac
Strength Equipment: Hammer Strength
Surface: Sgm
Surfaces, Basketball:
Robbins Sports Surfaces
Surfaces, Multipurpose:
Robbins Sports Surfaces
Swimsuit Dryer:
Extractor Corp.
Treadmills:
Life Fitness
Treadmills: Precor Incorporated
Treadmills:
Star Trac
Volleyball Nets and Standards:
Draper Inc.
Wall Padding:
Draper Inc.
Washers: Unimac
