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SOLOMON SCHECTER DAY SCHOOL, GLEN COVE, NEW YORK
THE CHALLENGE
Solomon Schecter is a growing private school that endeavors to provide the highest quality academic experience to its students. Expanding the school’s physical education facilities enables Solomon Schecter to offer a wider range of learning experiences in the students’ physical, social and recreational lives.
Among the design challenges of the new gymnasium were how to situate the new building on the property in such a way as to maximize parking, allow for future expansion of the school, and create an attachment site between the gymnasium and the school. The gym also had to accommodate public viewing during events. Because of the geographic location and architecture of the existing school, the gym’s exterior had to be complementary in design. Site work, parking expansion, sidewalks, curbs, site drainage, utility connections and site preparation had to be completed in time for the first day of the 2003-2004 school year (less than six weeks). These challenges each had to be met within a very tight budget and on a fast-track schedule.
THE SOLUTION
ICA constructed for Solomon Schecter an ADA-compliant gymnasium that featured tournament quality basketball courts; team/student athlete facilities and separate public facilities; and expandable bleacher viewing area. To minimize the footprint of the building, which also reduced costs, a second-floor loft accommodates training, storage, and coaching office areas. A custom-designed high-efficiency HVAC system incorporated fabric duct, resulting in significant cost savings during construction and in maintenance and operations. A state-of-the-art wireless A/V system allows maximum flexibility in facility uses and a motorized curtain in the center of the gym allows multiple activities to run concurrently. The building’s exterior features a combination of split-face block and pre-engineered steel siding to complement the existing school’s brick façade.
THE RESULT
The design/build project, which is nearing completion within budget and ahead of schedule by 5 weeks, will serve as home to the Solomon Schecter Lions in time for the second semester of the 2003-04 school year. Dubbed “The Lion’s Den” by students and faculty, the new gymnasium will provide Solomon Schecter student athletes a state of the art facility in which to learn, practice and compete for decades to come. “We have found ICA to be a wonderful and professional organization to work with. They do high quality work, and, most importantly, they complete the work on time and on budget. We would highly recommend them in any sports-related facility,” said Sam Nussbaum, Executive Director Solomon Schecter Day School of Nassau County and Solomon Schecter High School of Long Island.
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