Concord Academy
Concord, MA

Concord Academy Athletic fields are located on the former Arena Farm site along route 2 in Concord. The site is one mile from the Concord Academy main campus. Bikes and school buses will provide transportation between the two facilities. The site program includes parking, two soccer fields, baseball field, six tennis courts and a central pavilion for gathering and team meetings.

The site design used lines of shade trees to establish a framework for the site to situate the athletic fields in a setting where the open landscape is scaled to the size of the field. The long tree rows are also the site lines and walking paths directing spectators to the different fields. Native plants create a new landscape buffer and storm water filter between the fields and the existing farm pond. Meadow grasses will provide a transition from mown lawn to native wetland planting.

Recognition
BSLA | Merit Award 2015

Collaborators
Lilley Dadagian Architects

Photography
Christian Phillips Photography