Rock/Ice Climbing Facility
Project Scope
Indoor and outdoor technical climbing center with indoor climbing walls, pillars
and a state of the art, refrigerated ice climbing room.
Design Challenges & Solutions
- Large building in rural site needs to respond to scale and massing issues
- Project will be regional destination and will need to support many client
types
- Refrigeration of Ice Climbing room reverses traditional thermal/envelope
design
- Indoor and outdoor function areas should blend well.
What Does An Architect Do? An architect is a trained and licensed professional
with expertise in space planning and building design. To design a building,
many elements must be considered such as planned building function,
behavior of occupants, space use, building materials, site-environment, structural,
mechanical and electrical systems, life safety and fire codes, bidding
and construction methods, budget requirements and aesthetics. The Architect’s
skill is to sort through the many requirements and potential solutions to
find options that best address the client’s needs.