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Health and wellness center
When does it open?
January 2011
What will it include?
The project has four components. The
most exciting parts are the addition of
nearly 80,000 square feet of academic,
recreation and athletic space to Old P.E.
The recreation center component will
comprise 45,000 square feet of the addition
to the Old P.E. building, comprising
a two-court gymnasium with elevated
track, two racquetball courts, three
multipurpose rooms, a 2,400 square foot
strength and weight training area, a 3,600
square foot cardiovascular area, a 40 foot
high by 40 feet wide rock climbing wall,
new locker rooms for the recreation facility
and the existing pool and gymnasium,
an equipment check-out area, and office
space for campus recreation.
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There will also be 25,000 square feet in
new academic space housing that includes
12 classrooms as a part of this project.
New spaces will include a multipurpose
room, three tiered classrooms, a kinesiology
lab, four standard classrooms, and
several general purpose classrooms.
The football program will have
approximately 8,000 square feet in new
space as the space currently occupied
by the football program in Old PE is
too cost prohibitive to renovate. The
new space will provide the program
the ability to house all of the coaches
centrally, a more comprehensive training
room, improved locker room, laundry
and equipment storage space.
Finally the existing Old P.E. building
will be renovated to upgrade heating, venting
and electrical in the building, provide
needed seismic upgrades to the building,
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WOU’s new Health and Wellness Center, designed by Opsis Architecture, is
replace the liner in the existing pool, and
add a therapy pool on the pool deck.
How is it sustainable?
By pursuing LEED Gold certification
from the U.S. Green Building Council,
the Western Oregon University Health
and Wellness Center employs numerous
sustainable features, from the management
of stormwater runoff to the use of
natural ventilation in the building. As part
of the overall project, the existing Old
P.E. Building will be renovated with improved
exterior thermal performance, the
introduction of high performance chilled
beams and new lighting throughout. The
natatorium is being renovated with new
pool equipment and the introduction of a
heat recovery unit that extracts energy off
the exhaust air and preheating the fresh
air intake.
Western Orego