Campus Architecture Database: Drexel Recreation Center

Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa.

Building Type: Athletics

Construction Type: New

Cost: $44.6-million

Square Footage: 84,000

Architect: Sasaki Associates Inc.; EwingCole

Contractor: Turner Construction Company

Opened: 2010

The new facility houses a 13,000-square-foot multipurpose gym, a tenth-of-a-mile walking/jogging track, a 17,000-square-foot weight and fitness area, two squash courts with a viewing area and spectator seating, two group-exercise rooms, a public lobby and athletics gallery, and a rock-climbing wall. A sports-themed restaurant is located within the complex. The facility also has a number of green features, including a system that collects rain water in a 36,000-gallon cistern, treats and filters the water, and then uses it for toilet flushing.

(Photos: GrahamStudios)

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