I became involved with this project after the school grounds had received significant damage as a result of the derecho that tore through Iowa in 2020. The existing bleachers, backstops, baseball dugouts, and more were destroyed as a result of the storm and left the school with no choice but to renovate their already dated facility.
I started by building a conceptual model used to springboard their fundraising efforts.
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However, knowing that the fields needed to be operational ASAP, I jumped right into design. As is the case with all reconstruction projects, there were many site limitations leading to an iterative process, but streamlined thanks to the use of a highly detailed 3D model I was able to generate of the existing conditions through the use of laser scanning and photogrammetry.
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The final product made both my nephews, who play baseball for competing schools, make remarks of jealousy and complimented many of the very feature that stemmed from my decision making.