Architecture Students Design and Build a Modern Prefab Fieldhouse

The student-designed Sharon Fieldhouse opened last June after a year of concepting, community planning, and construction by 15 third-year architecture students. Building this structure was the first time the class tackled a project outside of an urban area. “It was in a pristine landscape, and the students tried to find a unifying, organizing element to fit into the environment,” says instructor Keith Zawistowski. “They made a linear incision, and aligned buildings along an axis, like a white line on the hillside.”