Just down the road from the Sebastian Coe Building, the state-of-the-art Mike Krzyzewski, “Coach K” Fitness Center takes its design cues from the form of a runner on the starting line. The 50,000 SF Fitness Center and 537,000 SF attached parking garage embody Nike’s commitment to human performance. The center features yoga and spin studios, weight training and cardio rooms as well as office space for trainers. A third-floor basketball court, designed to NCAA standards, provides a testing ground for new shoe designs and pick-up games. The court’s wood herringbone floor pattern pays homage to sole patterns of the first Nike basketball shoe.

Inside, angled windows, mirrors and reflective surfaces create a continued connectivity to the outdoors. On the south side, windows frame views of a tranquil reflection pond and giant oak tree. The main diagonal stair provides a visual connection between the three floors and its width encourages active movement, while the center’s internal stairwell serves as a canvas for a mural featuring many of the original Nike shoe designs, painted by a local father-daughter artist duo. Locker rooms on the ground floor reinforce the connection to the Oregon landscape with stone floors and showers, wood lockers, and white Corian sinks that evoke the feeling of a cascading waterfall.