Gorden Rec Center

Pinehurst, North Carolina - 2021

Professor - Lindsay McManamon

The Gorden Recreation Center was built for Sandhills Community College as a theoretical purposed building. It combines the style of the traditional Sandhills brick with accenting concrete with more of a International look. Following newer built buildings such as Little Hall the Gorden Rec Center utilizes a large curved glass curtain wall allowing it to match the style of Sandhills while remaining unique. Many of the buildings at Sandhills are named after someone who donated to the school or a significant member of the board of trustees, and I choses Vincent R. Gordon a member of the Sandhills Board of trustees

Site analysis

Sandhills Has been trying to expand for sometime, but with owners of surrounding properties asking for high sums for their land the school has not been able to purchase it. During this project I looked into locations Sandhills owned already but wasn’t utilizing. I choose the land between the parking lot of the preforming art center and the main road along Sandhills. This location had very flat land and plenty of room, and its location allowed it it utilized the neighboring parking lot.