As a Senior Interior Designer with EwingCole, Christina Casile was the lead interior designer for the new 104,000 sq ft team practice facility and executive headquarters for the New York Giants. When building a facility for New York Giants players, different design concepts need to be taken into account that you would not consider in 1 of a million designs. Why? You are building a facility that can be comfortable and durable for the football player sized occupants that will regularly use it. This means some concepts you’d never consider during a full career of a designer including:

• Doorways that accommodate the unusually tall players
• Hand Sanitizers that would fit and accommodate individuals with much larger than average hands
• Even the toilets were made to be durable for individuals that could be 300lbs or more.

Everything from obvious details to tiny ones had to be taken into account to build a winning design.

The project features player locker rooms, weight room, training room, hydrotherapy room and support spaces, including coaches and trainers’ offices, team meeting rooms, a dining area, a commercial kitchen and a 130-seat auditorium. To add color, special touches were added such as the wall having images of past players along with timelines.

In addition, the project features corporate and administrative offices, 3 full size outdoor fields, one 60-yard outdoor artificial turf field, a 100-yard indoor playing field, and a 5,000 sq ft maintenance building and parking.

Interior design, feasibility studies, budget & schedule development, FF&E (Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment), construction