Baker Field Renovations
Columbia University’s Baker Field athletic campus is located adjacent to Inwood Hill Park at the northern tip of Manhattan. Over a series of design phases, this highly constricted and environmentally sensitive site was improved to provide the Football, Crew, Baseball, and Tennis teams with upgraded facilities.
- The new tennis facility consists of six new state-of-the-art courts enclosed by an air-supported structure that spans 350 feet, providing year-round play.
- A new spectator area with tensile supported netting backstop, new batting cages and pitching bullpen for the baseball team, and a new football locker room.
- Additionally, the new crew facility replaces three existing shell storage / repair buildings with a single new structure and an aerobics facility on the mezzanine.
All of these projects considered the natural site, a boulder landfill, which required extensive improvements, including compliance with Department of Environmental Conservation requirements for previous fill to prevent runoff into the river.
- The new tennis facility consists of six new state-of-the-art courts enclosed by an air-supported structure that spans 350 feet, providing year-round play.
- A new spectator area with tensile supported netting backstop, new batting cages and pitching bullpen for the baseball team, and a new football locker room.
- Additionally, the new crew facility replaces three existing shell storage / repair buildings with a single new structure and an aerobics facility on the mezzanine.
All of these projects considered the natural site, a boulder landfill, which required extensive improvements, including compliance with Department of Environmental Conservation requirements for previous fill to prevent runoff into the river.
Location:
New York, New York, USA
Status:
Completed
Client:
Columbia University
Type:
Collegiate Athletic Facility
Size:
135,000ft2 / 12,500m2
