Some conceptual images of the proposed storage facility at Bethel High School.
The building is oriented at a 45-degree angle from the track radius. Each level has a covered porch to protect the doors and provide some shelter in precipitous weather. The roof is painted metal (Bethel maroon school color) with a 12:12 pitch in the middle and 6:12 pitched wings, symbolic of the winged foot. Prefabricated wood trusses support the roof. The walls are brick on the lower level and white (school color) vertical siding on the track level. This theme could be used in the future two-storey baseball building. The track storage area has minimal windows, enough for a bit of natural light to dissuade the using of the artificial lighting. We imagine the floors to be a concrete slab on grade for the lower level and a slab on metal decking supported by steel beams for the upper level. 
On the trackside, a clock will help remind athletes, coaches, and parents of starting and ending practices and contests on time. The opposite side has a round window, somewhat reminiscent of a birdhouse in keeping with the ‘flight’ theme. Fences might have maroon colored plastic fence (with 1” +/- squares) in the shape (either negative or positive) of athletes applied to metal chain link, which will transform this normally boring building material in order to tell a story. 
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