Chicago Park District Headquarters and Fieldhouse / John Ronan Architects

The Chicago Park District Headquarters is an 80,000 sf building comprised of headquarters office space for the Chicago Park District staff and an 18,000 sf field house with gymnasium, fitness and club rooms located in a new 17-acre park reclaimed from a former brownfield site in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the southwest side of Chicago. Like more historical Chicago fieldhouses, the headquarters building/field house is set into the park to give the building a dignified presence and to organize the park space around it. The building is designed to make CPD staff feel like they are working in a park and put them in close contact with the public they serve.