Thompson + Pollari | Navajo Preparatory School Athletic Fields

The Athletic Fields will be grown- in and ready for the School’s use during the Fall of 2009. The Fields constitute the first phase of PHASE III campus development work, which also inlcudes construction of a fifth new dorm, the new Student Center and the future Fine Arts Building. The athletic fields include a new baseball field, softball field and football field with a 400 meter all-weather track. Athletic events include discus throw, shot-put, long and triple jump, high jump, pole vault and javelin throw. The overall site organization includes a new campus drive which links the Athletic Center’s parking area with a primary Athletic Fields entry off of Apache Street.

The new toilet building anchors the south end of the landscape BERM, which creates a grading transition between the Football field and the Baseball field and allows for spectator seating on grassy slopes both sides. The toilet building is completely daylit during the normal school day, with exterior materials that link the building’s architecture back to the Phase II Athletic Center. A future project phase will develop the “Botanical Gardens” to the north side of the football field, on both sides of the historic Farmington Ditch and a potential Equestrian training site on the west side of the Fields zone.

Key Design Concepts

Earthen berm to provide natural spectator seating

Parking along north edge of drive for “bumper” viewing of baseball and softball events

Daylit toilet structure

Grading for elevated end of football field with long vistas to San Juan River Valley

Sweeping driveway system connecting with Phase II Athletic Center

Natural south facing grass slopes on the Historic Ditch edge

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Navajo Preparatory School Athletic Fields

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