Aberdeen, South Dakota (2018)
AIA SD Merit Award in Architecture

The NSU Athletic Pavilion overlooks 220,000 SF of soccer, football, and futsal space. The site was designed in partnership with Confluence and DLR Group.

The complex includes a lighted competition soccer field, a practice football field, a redzone practice area, and a futsal field. A futsal field is just a tiny soccer field, if you’re wondering. Often they’re indoors, but not this one.

The Pavilion features chairback seating for fans, home and away locker rooms, an athletic training room, press and fan suites, restrooms, concessions, storage, and offices for coaches. The structure opens to the soccer field to ensure it doesn’t appear secondary to the practice football field. A small hill between the fields offers a nice view and keeps the fútbols and footballs separate.

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