The Obama Foundation and US architecture studio Moody Nolan have released images of an athletic facility to be built on the Obama Presidential Center campus in Chicago.
Called Home Court, the building will host a regulation-size NBA basketball court, sports facilities and community spaces and serve as a wellness and gathering hub.
Moody Nolan has unveiled designs for a sports and community centre at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago
Located on the southwest corner of the in-progress, 19.3-acre (7.8 hectare) Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park, the athletics centre will be the first space to open on the campus.
"The Home Court will support the Center's mission as a forum for community, connection, and civic engagement with a focus on promoting well-being ? inspiring hope and improving lives for generations to come," said Moody Nolan director of Chicago operations Renauld Deandre Mitchell. "The process of architectural design embodies these values, for it is an act of hope ? the outcome of which endures as a conversation between what is seen and how it is experienced."
It will host an NBA-sized basketball court, gym facilities and gathering spaces
Moody Nolan designed the 45,000-square-foot (4,180 square metres) facility to reflect two "personal passions" of former US President Barack Obama.
"The Home Court design is inspired by two of President Obama's personal passions ? basketball and building community ? with a sleek metal ...