Designed by Cannon Design, the expansion of the University of California Riverside (UCR) Recreation Center will provide additional fitness and activity spaces integrating with the existing building and site creating a unified recreation complex. Located at the north boundary of the main campus within the natural Arroyo Zone, the design also includes views to the Box Springs Mountains to the east. The building is scheduled to open in 2014. More images and architects’ description after the break.
The configuration of the addition will allow continued access to an existing Arena from both the East and West while still providing a meaningful conditioned connection to the existing building. The massing of the building is characterized by a robust second floor “bridge” connection to the existing Recreation Center with the majority of fitness components raised to the second level to provide views of the pool to the south and the mountains to the east.
