Athletic and Fitness Center
St. Paul’s School
Concord, New Hampshire
In May 2003, St. Paul’s School broke ground on construction of a new Athletic and Fitness Center. The 95,000 square-foot facility includes two separate gyms, basketball courts, competition volleyball courts and an eight-lane swimming pool as well as fitness and training spaces, a wrestling room and a large multipurpose room for aerobics.
The site offered interesting topographic and circulation challenges. The site design also required a thoughtful solution to the disruption of a memorial fountain, woodland garden and a set of memorial stone piers. Working closely with the Client and ARC Architects of Cambridge, MA, Saucier + Flynn developed a site plan that accommodated visitor parking and bus drop-off as well as staff and service access. The pedestrian plan developed by the team incorporated the memorial piers and enriched the fountain and woodland garden area, thereby creating a meaningful focal point that enhanced the significance of the memorial and strengthened its relationship to the campus in general.
