Yale Hockey Rink
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| Yale Hockey Rink | |
| Designer | Eero Saarinen |
| Location | New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Date | 1953 to 1959 |
| Building Type | hockey rink, ice skating rink, sports stadium |
| Construction System | arch-supported cable-net tensile structure |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Expressionist Modern |
| Street Address | 73 Sachem St Walk Score |
| Notes | curving Viking backbone |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Yale_Hockey_Rink.html |
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"Yale University’s David S. Ingalls Rink, informally known as the “Yale Whale” because of its signature humpbacked roof and arching 300-foot backbone, is one of the most visually arresting modern buildings of our time. Designed by influential modern architect Eero Saarinen (1910–61; Yale `34), the Rink was designed in 1956 and opened in 1958.
"The innovative Ingalls Rink, which is said to evoke the grace and speed of ice skating, is one of Saarinen’s best-known structures. Along with Louis Kahn’s celebrated buildings for the Yale University Art Gallery, constructed three years earlier and recently restored, and the Yale Center for British Art, completed in 1974; Paul Rudolph’s Art & Architecture building, of 1963, also recently restored (and renamed Paul Rudolph Hall); Gordon Bunshaft’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, of 1963; and Philip Johnson’s Kline Science Complex, of 1963–65, Ingalls Rink established the Yale campus as one of the nation’s richest sites for modern architecture.
| Building Details | |
| Client | Yale University |
| Stories | 1 |
| Length | 300 feet |
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"Saarinen’s sculptural masterpiece is deceptively simple in appearance. Although the ice rink itself is a standard rectangle with rounded corners, it is housed in an elliptical building. Moreover, the architect took a radical turn in creating the roof, conceiving a graceful concrete arch that forms the axial spine of the building. Roof-support cables are suspended laterally from this spine, extending to the perimeter wall of the building, where they are attached to a horizontal compression beam at the top of the wall. A curved plaster ceiling is suspended above the upper seating area and circulation ramps of the vast, column-free interior.
"Ingalls Rink, which seats 3,486 spectators, is located near the heart of the Yale Campus, on the corner of Prospect and Sachem Streets. The Rink has been the backdrop to sports dramas and real-life ones, perhaps most notable among the latter being a series of tense public meetings during the Black Panther trial of spring 1970. Yale University, David S. Ingalls Rink." – Yale Press Release
"Situated on the Yale campus, the rink is of standard size and seating is arranged round it for 2,800 people. When the rink is used for other purposes the accommodation can be increased to 5,000. The building’s plan is elliptical and cast-concrete walls run round the two long edges of the ellipse. These walls slant upwards and outwards at an angle of 15 degrees; above them the drama of the roof occurs. A central arch spans the major axis of the ellipse and from this great spin-like arch, cables take out two catenary curves in both directions. The concave and the convex forms create a mutual tension and through this a dynamic building emerges." – Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. p225.
The Creator's Words
"...the concept of the building was arrived at as a completely logical consequence of the problem. There was the site, an open location...it seemed a place where one could express the special nature of this absolutely independent building and could express its structure freely." – Eero Saarinen. Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. p225.
[edit] Renovation and Addition 2009
"In early October 2009, Yale completed a multi-million dollar renovation and restoration of Ingalls Rink, undertaken in order to address the effects of weather and environment on the building and to fulfill a pressing need for modern training facilities. Under the direction of the architectural firm of Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates—the successor firm to Eero Saarinen and Associates—the work has yielded dramatic improvements, all with minimum visual disturbance of Saarinen’s masterpiece.
| Building Modification (October 2009) | |
| David S. Ingalls Rink | |
| Designer | Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates LLC, Hamden, Connecticut, USA |
| Date | to October 2009 |
| Modification Type | restoration, renovation, addition |
| Building Type | sports arena |
| Builder | Turner Construction Company |
"Highlights of the refurbishment include the removal of two previously added layers of ice slab and installation of a new ice slab at proper elevation; recycling and upgrading of the dasher boards with heights corrected for sight lines; installation of low maintenance, energy- efficient light fixtures; refinishing of the original wooden benches, with corner seating added for improved sight-lines; the refurbishment or replacement of the Rink’s exterior wood doors and the use of new Low-E insulating curtainwall glass; and the addition of new, larger press- boxes providing exceptional sight lines, among other improvements.
"A 12,700 square-foot underground addition houses new locker rooms for Yale varsity hockey teams and visitors who use the rink, new office space, a student-athlete study area, new training rooms, and special changing rooms for community skating programs. Landscaping around the Rink recalls the original design, and parking has been improved." – Yale Press Release
| Building Details | |
| Client | Yale University |
| Cost | $23.8 Million USD (2009) |
| Area | 12,700 square feet (underground addition) |
| Stories | 2 |
[edit] Project Team
- Yale University Staff and Consultants :
- Associate Vice President of Facilities: John Bollier
- University Planner: Laura Cruickshank, AIA
- Director of Project Management and Construction: Sam Carbone
- Program Manager: Alice Raucher, AIA
- Project Manager: Danielle Gunther-Gawlak
- Architect: Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates LLC, Hamden, Connecticut, USA
- Structural Engineer: Severud Associates Consulting Engineers, P.C.
- Mechanical Engineer: AltieriSeborWieber, LLC
- Acoustics/AV/Telecommunication: Cavanaugh Tocci Associates, Inc
- Building Code: Bruce J. Spiewak, AIA, Consulting Architect, LLC
- Elevators: Jenkins and Huntington
- Landscape: Towers|Golde
- Lighting: Atelier Ten Consulting Designers
- Security: Integrated Security Systems/Red Hawk
- Site Civil Engineering: Tighe & Bond
- Environmental Consulting: Atelier Ten Consulting Designers
- Rink Consultant/Consultant Engineer: Henry J. Coupe Associates, Inc.
- Roofing: The Moriarty Corporation
- Geotech and Borings: Haley & Aldrich, Inc.
- Signage and Graphics Design: Spagnola & Associates
- Builder: Turner Construction Company
- Cost Estimating: Turner Construction Company
- Ice Rink Work: Cimco Refrigeration
- Selective Demolition: A.A.I.S. Corporation
- Sitework, Excavation, and Landscaping: Ralph Camputaro & Son
- Cast-in-Place Concrete: Epifano Builders, Inc.
- Roofing and Waterproofing: Ernest Peterson, Inc.
- Fire Protection: Smith Automatic Sprinkler
- Interior Concrete Restoration & Cleaning: Joe Capasso Mason Enterprises, Inc.
- Exterior Concrete Restoration & Cleaning: New England Restoration (NER)
- Masonry: Lombardo Bros. Masonry, LLC
- Miscellaneous Metals: Shepard Steel Co., Inc.
- Finish Carpentry: Whitehawk Construction Services
- Architectural Millwork: Legere Group, Ltd / Acoustics, Inc.
- Doors and Hardware: Builders Hardware
- Glass and Glazing: Norwalk Glass
- Plaster Soffits: Partitions, Inc. / New England Plasterers, Inc.
- Ceramic Tile: R&B Ceramic Tile
- Painting: MacKenzie Painting
- Bathroom Partitions: Steeltech
- Plumbing/HVAC: Pipeology Mechanical Contractor
- Bathroom Partitions: RCMS Controls, Inc.
- Electrical: Ed Mor Electric Co., Inc.
- Security: Integrated Security System
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[edit] References
Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. ISBN 0-442-21668-8. LC 84-3543. NA2750.C55 1984. plan and section diagram, p155.— Updated edition available at Amazon.com
Toshio Nakamura, ed. Architecture and Urbanism Extra Edition: Eero Saarinen. A + U E8404, April, 1984. Tokyo: A + U Publishing Co.. Interior photo, p84.
Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani. Architecture of the 20th Century in Drawings: Utopia and Reality. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1982. exterior sketch 1953, p30.
Eero Saarinen. Eero Saarinen On His Work. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1968. transverse section drawing, p64. longitudinal section drawing, p64.
Toshino Nakamura, ed. "David S. Ingalls Hockey Rink, Yale University, 1956-59", A+U Extra Edition. April 1984. p76. drawing of plan, p83.
[edit] External Links
- Ingalls Rink at Yale Bulldogs (Yale Athletics) web site
- Eero's Rink Reborn, or... Adding to the Yale Whale , by Michael J. Crosbie, ArchitectureWeek No. 488, 2010.0825, pD1.1.
