Roosevelt Park Poolhouse Horiz Layout
Cultural/ Institutional Photo: Graffiti Wall at Skatepark
Reid Menzer Memorial Skatepark Expansion and Enhancements
What?
Expand and enhance an existing skatepark originally built as a living memorial after the tragic accidental death of a teenager who was street luging. The Architect designed a 13,000 square foot expansion which provides new areas for "beginner" skating, stabilizes all existing park perimeter edge conditions with skateable/non-eroding surfaces - and provides lighting at all areas of the existing and new skatepark for safe nighttime use.
Where? Why?
The skatepark site area is within a County park - in a very oddly configured unusable trapezoidal zone between the outfield fences of two softball fields and a municipal recycling center.
Skatepark usage is very high 365 days a year and increasing - as the park has become a regional destination. There are not enough obstacles, ramps and areas for skaters of all ages and skill levels to safely coexist. Lighting of the skatepark has been requested by skaters for years so that available skate hours can be extended. Heavy usage, rain, snow and harsh climactic conditions have eroded/damaged the park perimeter - requiring repairs and "design resolution". Current "seating options" at the park are limited - with continued requests for new enhancements to provide additional (skateable) seating.
How?
Working directly with local skaters, a skatepark committee, community leaders and municipal officials – the Architect provided pro-bono services to design the skatepark expansion/ enhancement. The final project scope addressed all of the expressed skater needs - in a very creative layout – and within a modest budget. The recently completed expansion incorporates large and small concrete rollers, 4' quarter-pipes and mini-ramps, bank ramps, concrete box platforms, steel rails, gaps, pockets, and a prominently featured concrete pyramid for use by younger or beginner skaters. Edges have been "cleaned up" via the installation of "found objects" such as granite curbing, concrete slabs and brick pavers from municipal scrap piles and manufacturer's overstock. One sixty-foot central light pole with ten fixtures now provides lighting for 90% of the skatepark. Anchoring the expansion design is a twelve-foot diameter twenty-one-foot-long section of a (cleaned) oil storage tank for skaters to "flow through." Local graffiti artists will eventually contribute their talents at the park by painting the steel surfaces of both the 60' light pole and oil storage tank – rebranding one of the best places to skate on the east coast – as one of the coolest as well.
Skatepark Expansion – Transition from Existing Skatepark
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Skatepark Expansion Plan
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A) New Skatepark Expansion B) Veterans Memorial Park 1) 12’ Full Pipe Oil Tank 2) Steep Concrete Bank 3) Pyramid with Box A. NEW SKATEPARK EXPANSION 4) Large Concrete Rollers with Box B. EXISTING SKATEPARK 5) Small Concrete 1. 12’ FULL PIPE OIL TANK Rollers 6) CONCRETE 4’ Concrete Bowl 2. STEEP BANK 7) Steel Rail 3. PYRAMID WITH BOX 4. LARGE 8) CONCRETE Wedge Gap ROLLERS WITH BOX 5. SMALL ROLLERS 9) CONCRETE Box Over Banked Edge 6. 4’ CONCRETE BOWL 10) 60’ Light Pole 7. STEEL RAIL 11) GAP 4’ Quarterpipe/Wall Ride 8. WEDGE Eurogap 9. BOX12) OVER BANKED EDGE 13) Skateable Bench 10. 60’ LIGHT POLE 11. 4‘ QUARTERPIPE/ 14) Donated WALL Brick RIDE Pavers 12. EUROGAP 15) Concrete Quarterpipe 13. SKATEABLE BENCH Concrete Stairs 16) Skateable 14. DONATED BRICK PAVERS at Entrance 15. CONCRETE QUARTERPIPE 17) Hardscape: Re-used 16. SKATEABLE CONCRETE STAIRSLimestone AT ENTRANCE Curbing 17. HARDSCAPE: RE-USED LIMESTONE CURBING 18) Skateable Spectator 18. SKATEABLE SPECTATOR BENCHBench 19. HALF PYRAMID 19) Half Pyramid 20. EXISTING SOFTBALL FIELD Field 20) Existing Softball 21. SWALE 21) Swale 22. SHADE TREES 22) Shade Trees 23. EXISTING FENCED AREA 23) Existing Fenced Area 24. RE-PURPOSED TREE PLANTERS 24) Re-purposed Tree planters 25. EXISTING SOAP BOX DERBY TRACK 26. 20’ LIGHT POLES ATSoap PARKBox EDGE 25) Existing Derby Track 26) 20’ Light Poles at Park Edge
Existing Skatepark
Skatepark Site Plan 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7)
New Skatepark Expansion Veterans Memorial Park Penn State York Campus Existing Soap Box Derby Track Existing Parking Existing Softball Field Existing Skatepark
BOUNDARY OF EXISTING SKATEPARK EXISTING BALLFIELD FENCE
EXISTING BALLFIELD
HALF-PYRAMID WITH QUARTERPIPE EXISTING SKATE PARK SMALL CONCRETE ROLLERS CONCRETE PYRAMID WITH BOX EXISTING FENCE
4' IN-GROUND CONCRETE BOWL CONCRETE POCKETS WITH POOL COPING
QUARTERPIPE STEEP BANK CONCRETE BOX OVER BANKED EDGE EURO GAP LIGHT POLE WITH FLOODLIGHT FIXTURES FACING NORTH AND SOUTH. GRAFITTI ARTISTS TO PAINT ALL SURFACES WEDGE GAP STEEL RAIL LARGE CONCRETE ROLLERS WITH BOX
TREE PLANTER BOXES OF FOUND INDUSTRIAL OBJECTS. FULL PIPE OIL DRUM WITH STEEP BANK
EXISTING BALLFIELD
Skatepark Expansion
Oil Storage Tank for Skaters to “Flow Through”
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Concrete Shotcrete/Flatwork Diagram
Metal Fabrication Diagram
Joint Type Diagram SKATEPARK EXPANSION AREA: 8,475 SQ. FT.
Construction Plans
JOINT TYPE D
Construction Details
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Construction Details : 1) Granite curbing to be recycled; 2) Concrete and stone to be recycled; 3) Skatepark expansion under construction; 4) Plan: Park entrance edge conditions and hardscape.
Night View of Completed Skatepark Expansion at Oil Tank Full Pipe
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Skatepark Expansion Views: 1) View at Large Concrete Rollers with Box; 2) Steep Concrete Bank; 3) Small Concrete Rollers.
Skatepark Expansion at Night
Reid Menzer Memorial Skatepark Expansion and Enhancements
What?
Expand and enhance an existing skatepark originally built as a living memorial after the tragic accidental death of a teenager who was street luging. The Architect designed a 13,000 square foot expansion which provides new areas for "beginner" skating, stabilizes all existing park perimeter edge conditions with skateable/non-eroding surfaces - and provides lighting at all areas of the existing and new skatepark for safe nighttime use.
Where? Why?
The skatepark site area is within a County park - in a very oddly configured unusable trapezoidal zone between the outfield fences of two softball fields and a municipal recycling center.
Skatepark usage is very high 365 days a year and increasing - as the park has become a regional destination. There are not enough obstacles, ramps and areas for skaters of all ages and skill levels to safely coexist. Lighting of the skatepark has been requested by skaters for years so that available skate hours can be extended. Heavy usage, rain, snow and harsh climactic conditions have eroded/damaged the park perimeter - requiring repairs and "design resolution". Current "seating options" at the park are limited - with continued requests for new enhancements to provide additional (skateable) seating.
How?
Working directly with local skaters, a skatepark committee, community leaders and municipal officials – the Architect provided pro-bono services to design the skatepark expansion/ enhancement. The final project scope addressed all of the expressed skater needs - in a very creative layout – and within a modest budget. The recently completed expansion incorporates large and small concrete rollers, 4' quarter-pipes and mini-ramps, bank ramps, concrete box platforms, steel rails, gaps, pockets, and a prominently featured concrete pyramid for use by younger or beginner skaters. Edges have been "cleaned up" via the installation of "found objects" such as granite curbing, concrete slabs and brick pavers from municipal scrap piles and manufacturer's overstock. One sixty-foot central light pole with ten fixtures now provides lighting for 90% of the skatepark. Anchoring the expansion design is a twelve-foot diameter twenty-one-foot-long section of a (cleaned) oil storage tank for skaters to "flow through." Local graffiti artists will eventually contribute their talents at the park by painting the steel surfaces of both the 60' light pole and oil storage tank – rebranding one of the best places to skate on the east coast – as one of the coolest as well.
Skatepark Expansion – Transition from Existing Skatepark
25
PARK ENTRANCE
16
25 26
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15 B
Key 14
18
13 9
20
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19
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Skatepark Expansion Plan
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A) New Skatepark Expansion B) Veterans Memorial Park 1) 12’ Full Pipe Oil Tank 2) Steep Concrete Bank 3) Pyramid with Box A. NEW SKATEPARK EXPANSION 4) Large Concrete Rollers with Box B. EXISTING SKATEPARK 5) Small Concrete 1. 12’ FULL PIPE OIL TANK Rollers 6) CONCRETE 4’ Concrete Bowl 2. STEEP BANK 7) Steel Rail 3. PYRAMID WITH BOX 4. LARGE 8) CONCRETE Wedge Gap ROLLERS WITH BOX 5. SMALL ROLLERS 9) CONCRETE Box Over Banked Edge 6. 4’ CONCRETE BOWL 10) 60’ Light Pole 7. STEEL RAIL 11) GAP 4’ Quarterpipe/Wall Ride 8. WEDGE Eurogap 9. BOX12) OVER BANKED EDGE 13) Skateable Bench 10. 60’ LIGHT POLE 11. 4‘ QUARTERPIPE/ 14) Donated WALL Brick RIDE Pavers 12. EUROGAP 15) Concrete Quarterpipe 13. SKATEABLE BENCH Concrete Stairs 16) Skateable 14. DONATED BRICK PAVERS at Entrance 15. CONCRETE QUARTERPIPE 17) Hardscape: Re-used 16. SKATEABLE CONCRETE STAIRSLimestone AT ENTRANCE Curbing 17. HARDSCAPE: RE-USED LIMESTONE CURBING 18) Skateable Spectator 18. SKATEABLE SPECTATOR BENCHBench 19. HALF PYRAMID 19) Half Pyramid 20. EXISTING SOFTBALL FIELD Field 20) Existing Softball 21. SWALE 21) Swale 22. SHADE TREES 22) Shade Trees 23. EXISTING FENCED AREA 23) Existing Fenced Area 24. RE-PURPOSED TREE PLANTERS 24) Re-purposed Tree planters 25. EXISTING SOAP BOX DERBY TRACK 26. 20’ LIGHT POLES ATSoap PARKBox EDGE 25) Existing Derby Track 26) 20’ Light Poles at Park Edge
Existing Skatepark
Skatepark Site Plan 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7)
New Skatepark Expansion Veterans Memorial Park Penn State York Campus Existing Soap Box Derby Track Existing Parking Existing Softball Field Existing Skatepark
BOUNDARY OF EXISTING SKATEPARK EXISTING BALLFIELD FENCE
EXISTING BALLFIELD
HALF-PYRAMID WITH QUARTERPIPE EXISTING SKATE PARK SMALL CONCRETE ROLLERS CONCRETE PYRAMID WITH BOX EXISTING FENCE
4' IN-GROUND CONCRETE BOWL CONCRETE POCKETS WITH POOL COPING
QUARTERPIPE STEEP BANK CONCRETE BOX OVER BANKED EDGE EURO GAP LIGHT POLE WITH FLOODLIGHT FIXTURES FACING NORTH AND SOUTH. GRAFITTI ARTISTS TO PAINT ALL SURFACES WEDGE GAP STEEL RAIL LARGE CONCRETE ROLLERS WITH BOX
TREE PLANTER BOXES OF FOUND INDUSTRIAL OBJECTS. FULL PIPE OIL DRUM WITH STEEP BANK
EXISTING BALLFIELD
Skatepark Expansion
Oil Storage Tank for Skaters to “Flow Through”
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Concrete Shotcrete/Flatwork Diagram
Metal Fabrication Diagram
Joint Type Diagram SKATEPARK EXPANSION AREA: 8,475 SQ. FT.
Construction Plans
JOINT TYPE D
Construction Details
1
2
3
4
Construction Details : 1) Granite curbing to be recycled; 2) Concrete and stone to be recycled; 3) Skatepark expansion under construction; 4) Plan: Park entrance edge conditions and hardscape.
Night View of Completed Skatepark Expansion at Oil Tank Full Pipe
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Skatepark Expansion Views: 1) View at Large Concrete Rollers with Box; 2) Steep Concrete Bank; 3) Small Concrete Rollers.
Skatepark Expansion at Night
