Three new building additions, a 25 meter pool, and renovations to the existing pool house make up this complex expansion project. The facility’s current program includes training, classes, and competitive meets. These activities require the pool to accommodate both athletes and spectators. North Shore Pool’s existing facility required all participants to enter the facility to the east through locker rooms. This entry was not advantageous for spectators and was located away from the parking. The new complex reorients the axis of the site to the north and south and removes the east entrance. The objective of the new entry building is to create a focal point, waiting area, security, sculpture display, and ticket booth.
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Additions to the existing recreation building include: a new entry lobby, reception area, staff offices, and a cardio/strength room.  Alterations to the existing building include: three new program rooms, new ceilings, new light fixtures, a new fire protection system, as well as many upgraded finishes.

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The original program for White Sands Beach requested the replacement of an existing beach pavilion located on the shore. While analyzing the site, patrons were observed congregating on the existing dock rather than the existing pavilion. They sought the connection to the lake surface and the open views. The new proposal sought to exploit these connections by splitting the program into two pavilions, one connected to the beach and one connected to the water.

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Dade City Hall & Police Station is a new combination building, including commission chambers, offices, 911 dispatch room, secure CSI storage and records, police sally port and secure holding cells and processing. The design is currently in the design development phase.

This new community center, located within 70 acres of cypress forest and wetlands, includes a gymnasium, computer lab, multi-purpose room, offices and a warming kitchen. All circulation is consolidated in the spacious and open lobby, defined by a monolithic folding plane. The lobby vista extends through the building to the forest beyond and exterior patio. The building unravels into the landscape, opening vistas, forming circulation, inviting entry, and organizing views. Cedar siding, split faced masonry and metal wall panels combine to create a warm composition that reflects the volumes of the program elements inside, while enhancing the surrounding context.

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This existing 100 acre park was experiencing pressure by users for additional ball fields. We designed a master plan to balance this pressure with the need to preserve open space. Existing on-site parking was moved to adjacent low-use streets, and a system of interior sidewalks and pathways was installed to access a natural habitat area. Also on this same park, WJA renovated existing spring training baseball fields and facilities and added a new fitness building for the Tampa Bay Rays.

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Located between four high traffic lanes in St. Petersburg, FL and 33 acres of park, Northwest Recreation Center seeks to reconcile the relationships between the street and nature, community and park, and kinetic and static relationships. The building acts as a seam by combining and displaying these dichotomies as one. The volume of the building is dissected with slices of transparency, allowing this to occur.

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The entire first floor of the existing building was gutted and renovated to include a coach’s locker room and lounge, administration offices, commercial kitchen, player’s dining room, hydrotherapy room, a locker room and training room. The Phillies vertical pinstripe, home uniform is reflected in the entrance element, allowing the materiality to create the pinstripe effect. A new second floor addition includes six private offices, large equipment room, and a large conference room for team meetings. The continuous walkway around the entire second floor provides a visual connection to the four practice fields and is utilized by coaches to analyze the player’s skills. A “sky box” concept was implemented on the south elevation second floor, with expansive glazed areas and a private door to the exterior walkway from each office.

This new 16 floor, downtown St. Petersburg, FL tower for Progress Energy consolidated all of PE’s corporate offices into one building. Thirty-four different departments were programmed and space planned into 9 floors of new office space. Included as part of the interior design is an executive suite, a training center, and four video conference rooms. This interior build-out for a new corporate headquarters involved programming, space planning, furniture specification, signage design and specification, construction administration, move-in assistance, and project close-out.