Courtesy of CannonDesign

Colleen McKenna
Principal and Sports and Recreation Practice Leader

CannonDesign

McKenna, who has worked on design teams for over 100 facilities throughout the United States and Canada, including Boston College’s Margot Connell Recreation Center and UNC Charlotte’s Recreation Center, says sport and recreation is in the midst of a convergence, with facilities being designed and built to bring health, wellness and human performance together in a holistic and complementary way. “We push our clients to knock down silos, blur boundaries between these fields and unleash their full potential,” she said. “A great example of this is the University of Maryland’s Cole Field House: It’s a football training facility with elite athletic and academic resources that is also surrounded by the Center for Sports Medicine, Health and Human Performance, an orthopedic clinical treatment center, and an academy for innovation and entrepreneurship.” — K.D.