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Hamilton College
Blood Fitness and Dance Center & Little Squash Center

SIZE OWNER
51,175 square feet Hamilton College

CONTRACT TYPE ARCHITECT
Construction Manager-at-Risk Butler Rogers Baskett (BRB)
Architects

PROJECT DETAILS
Th e state-of-the-art facility triples the previous space for fi tness and • Adaptive reuse and major alterations of the
includes a glass enclosed aerobic/cardio training area that overlooks former Saunders Hall of Chemistry created the
Steuben Field, two rooms for resistance and weight-training, a three- fi tness center as a new focal point of student life.
story climbing wall, a dance studio and a multipurpose room. Built
along the north wall of the fi eld house, the Little Squash Center features • Th e Center benefi ts students on a campus
10 regulation-size squash courts, including two with exhibition gallery where approximately 75 percent of the student
seating for 138 spectators. body work out regularly.
• Aggressive scheduling included pre-purchasing
the climbing wall, HVAC equipment, and
fi tness equipment.
• Extensive study of the existing structural
and space programming of the building, as
well as the execution of coordinated design
studies to decide what parts of the structure to
salvage, what to remove, and how to introduce
necessary upgrades to the building envelope and
mechanical systems.