The gymnasium building at Winnacunnet High School was constructed as part of a $26,800,000 expansion/renovation project to update the existing high school building and to provide new facilities for the science and athletic departments. For years the School District had hoped to include an indoor running track in their plans, but had abandoned the idea because the floor-based track was driving the size of the gym to unaffordable proportions. We took a fresh look at the problem and found a way to wrap an elevated 1/10 mile track around not just the gym but also the exercise room, weight room and two classrooms which yielded a much longer track than could be achieved conventionally by encircling only the gym. The result is not only a long track in a relatively compact building, but also a very interesting experience moving along the track from inside the the gym to along side the weight room with windows to the outside, to a section with windows down into the lobby and into the gym again.

$5,790,000
$128

June 2005