LivLive Ep. 0000018 - Todd Kuhlman Part 2

Todd Kuhlman returns for a sequel episode and goes deeper on the Illinois Tech athletics master plan work—specifically how to rethink the baseball field / stadium area, spectator experience, and support spaces on IIT’s campus. Todd and Dave talk through the campus context (including Mies’ planning logic and later buildings like the Kaplan/McCormick era), and how a new athletics footprint can feel intentional on the campus rather than “leftover.”The conversation gets very practical: field positioning, parking lot realities, seating/covered seating, locker rooms, concessions, and the idea of a student-athlete center/fieldhouse-type program to bring the facilities up to a true varsity level.What “athletics master planning” actually includes beyond fields (support spaces, circulation, spectator needs)How Todd thinks about moving/positioning the field to align with campus geometry and edgesWhy parking, entries, and circulation often drive the plan as much as architectureWhat needs to be solved to make facilities feel varsity-level (locker rooms, concessions, restrooms, covered seating)How to respect a strong campus DNA (Mies logic) while acknowledging later campus buildingsHow to think in phases and “versions” instead of pretending there’s one perfect master plan