Project Description
TRADITION MEETS TECHNOLOGY
This 3,200-square-foot recreational facility blends the legacy of golfing with the latest technological developments. Acknowledging the Neoclassical design of the nearby 1911 clubhouse, our modern architecture houses the most current equipment and software in golf simulation.
In response to the scale of nearby homes, we split the singular mass of our building into two. This composition results in the unique double roof. At one end, two gables provide the most traditional and welcoming of roof lines for visitors. At the other end, the gables transition to two long shed roofs, reducing the building’s volume. While providing a dynamic ceiling form within, the roof design also delivers an iconic form seen from the upper golf course.
The front mass of the facility houses the entry, two practice driving studios, and equipment fitting studio, whereas the back mass contains a multipurpose event area, practice putting studio, office, and restrooms. The three front studios open to the entire driving range, where a golfer can swing out of the building through an 11-foot tall, six-panel, folding door. With the retractable screen down, a golfer can experience the virtual motion-capture swing platform. The practice putting studio contains an innovative feature: a topographical moving floor that can be programmed and shaped to numerous inclines and undulations.
On the interior, we reinterpret the traditional beadboard wall cladding. The building’s interior walls of vertical wood planks sweep around convex and concave curved corners, like the arc of a golf ball or swing of a club. The exterior design comprises white acrylic-resin plaster, standing seam galvanized metal roof, glass and aluminum accordion doors, and a steel and wood trellis. At the end of a 400-yard fairway, the Golf Performance Center provides a landmark structure that honors the history of this property while looking towards the future.