UNC Charlotte University Recreation Center
An institution's first hub for student rec, health and wellness
- Client
- University of North Carolina Charlotte
- Location
- Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
- Size
- 151,000 square feet
- Status
- Completed 2020
Promoting student health and wellness is wired into UNC Charlotte’s mission and campus DNA. The institution fully recognizes elevating student success, and experience is anchored in campus recreation and its facilities, programs and services. The school’s new University Recreation Center is tangible evidence of its commitment to this mission.
A dynamic hub for campus recreation, the 148,000-square-foot center is the university’s first facility fully dedicated to campus recreation. With roots going back to UNC Charlotte’s 2010 master plan, the project is viewed as an essential component in advancing the campus and its ability to serve current and future student populations. The facility responds to this vision, growing student demand and enrollment, and fills a significant void in UNC Charlotte’s student life experience with a wide variety of recreation offerings.
Informed by diverse student engagement, the recreation center introduces a diversity of spaces and programs, including a four-court gymnasium, elevated running/walking track, expansive cardiovascular and strength training spaces, a cycling studio and indoor artificial turf playground and more.
The building equally promotes wellness, with spaces spanning a full demonstration kitchen to support nutrition classes, multi-purpose studios and extensive fitness balconies.
Testimonials
Increased Student Participation
22%
increase in student participation in campus recreation programming after the opening of the new center.
15%
jump in unique users after the new facility opened on the UNC Charlotte campus.