Project Summary
The Torrance Aquatic Center is designed to support four district high schools on existing district-owned land. This facility is designed in the Irving Gill aesthetic through the use of forms, materials and colors, which are found in historic structures within the City of Torrance. The facility houses:
- A 60-meter competition pool and warm-up pool
- Two locker rooms (male and female) for each high school
- Two visiting school changing rooms and outdoor showers
- Public and student restrooms
- Coaches’ offices
- Community room
- Support storage and equipment facilities
Surrounding building, masonry walls and fencing create a secure facility that contains the entire complex. The pool’s deck is flanked on three sides by cantilevered solar canopies that also provide shade to surrounding bleacher and team functions. The linear locker/equipment building flanks the fourth side, which is also the main entry gateway tower into the complex. This facility shares existing parking spaces (approximately 500) with the adjacent high school football stadium, creating economy of function and construction cost.