MacLennan JaunkaLns MiLLer architects

MacLennan JaunkaLns MiLLer architects

MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects [MJMA] is a Toronto design-based architecture firm founded in 1988 by John MacLennan, Viktors Jaunkalns, and David Miller. Over the past 20 years, the firm has sought to interpret and transform diverse social, economic, and environmental needs into new integrated forms of public environments. In recognizing the primary role that the environment and buildings play to enhance the quality of everyday life, MJMA seeks to create inspired architecture that realizes the many aspirations of both the community and the individual; that which connects people to places. Our projects are often hybrid urban developments that merge overlapping programs and diverse user needs through unique multi-use layering, such as community living rooms integrated into state-of-the-art sporting venues. From sports halls to the halls of academe, with leisure centres, libraries, and everything else in between, these public projects have addressed the specific needs of all types and sizes of communities.

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sport and recreation architecture

MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects is one of Canadas leading specialist designer of sport and recreation architecture for complex multiple usergroup programs. Our firm is unique in its clear focus on community, sport and recreation centre design, developing new forms of architecture that weave diverse public programing needs into vibrant community centres and iconic destination recreation facilities. In our 20 years of unparalleled experience, we have completed over 50 multi-use and recreation projects, and received over 40 national awards for projects of multi-fold community and regional significance. This extensive experience allows MJMA to effectively listen to client needs to establish an optimal building space program with each new project, and in turn, continue to create industry-leading facilities.
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In 2008, MJMA was honored with an unprecedented four out of ten Athletic Business Facilities of Merit Awards, as voted by facility managers across North America. It was the first time in the organizations 30 year history to bestow such an honour on a single firm.

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sustainabLe design

Sustainable design is an essential service provided by MJMA. Our vision is to continually raise the bar for best practice sustainable design, by providing innovative solutions to reduce the energy and water consumption and the environmental impact of our building designs. We believe that each project undertaken by our firm is unique to each Client and therefore must break new ground in terms of sustainability. We begin the design process working collaboratively with our clients to establish green targets that achieve their energy-efficient and environmental goals. Desired principles are analyzed and integrated into the design concept through an interactive design process, involving the client and project team. The design features that most contribute to sustainability are clearly articulated in the architectural design, such that the sustainability principles that drive the design are clearly understood by the all.During the design process, we create a strong business case for the greening of building design, by providing a detailed cost-benefit analysis, evaluating the projects sustainable capital investment against the annual operational returns.We have found that the most successful projects are those that demonstrate healthy building issues while achieving the clients returns on investment. Sustainable design as an integral attribute of all of our work, creating environmentally conscious architecture that is holistic and inclusive. Our relevant project experience includes the following projects: Block 31 Redevelopment, Toronto Regent Park Pool Facility, Toronto South Oshawa Community Centre, Oshawa Credit Union Place, Summerside, PEI Edmonton Eskimo North Central Field House and Multi-Use Recreation Complex, Edmonton (LEED Silver) Innisfil Multi-Use Recreation Complex, Innisfil (LEED) Oakville Quad-Pad Arena, Oakville (LEED Silver) Port Colborne Health and Wellness Centre, City of Port Colborne (LEED Silver) Ajax Sportsplex, Ajax (LEED Silver) Warden Square Development, Markham (LEED Silver)

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Recreation & Sports Architecture Awards

2009 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence Block 31 Redevelopment 2009 Recreation Management Innovative Architect & Design Award Innisfil Multi-Use Recreation Complex 2008 Vaughn Urban Design Excellence Award Vellore Village Complex 2008 Ontario Association of Architects Architectural Excellence Award Brampton Soccer Centre 2008 Recreation Management Innovative Architecture & Design Award Brampton Soccer Centre 2008 Athletic Business Magazine Award of Merit Brampton Soccer Centre 2008 Athletic Business Magazine Award of Merit South Oshawa Community Centre 2008 Athletic Business Magazine Award of Merit Aurora Recreation Centre 2008 Athletic Business Magazine Award of Merit MacBain Community Centre 2008 Canadian Interiors Magazine Best of Canada Design Award Brampton Soccer Centre 2008 Canadian Interiors Magazine Best of Canada Design Judges Choice Brampton Soccer Centre

83A Marlborough 2003 DesignShare Recognized Value Award for Innovative Learning Environment Father Redmond Secondary School/Community Centre 2003 Canadian Interiors Magazine Best of Canada Design Award Polar Capital Headquarters 2003 National Post Design Exchange Silver Award Polar Capital Headquarters 2001 OAA Michael & Wanda Plachta Architectural Excellence Award Cummer Community Centre 2001 Ontario Association of Architects Architectural Excellence Award for Building under $5 million Cummer Community Centre 2000 Toronto Architecture & Urban Design Award Rotary Park Pool/Swell 2000 National Post Design Exchange Gold Award Rotary Park Pool 1999 Ontario Association of Architects Architectural Excellence, Honourable Mention Rotary Park Pool 1999 Governor Generals Medal in Architecture Rotary Park Pool 1997 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence Rotary Park Pool 1997 Ontario Association of Architects Architectural Excellence Award St. Laurent Complex 1996 Ontario Library Association Building Design Award St. Laurent Complex 1993 Canadian Architect Magazine Award of Excellence for Design 83A Marlborough Avenue 1991 Financial Post Magazine Design Effectiveness Award Grand River Recreation Complex/Lyle S. Hallman Pool 1991 Canadian Parks and Recreation Association Facility Design Excellence Award Grand River Recreation Complex/Lyle S. Hallman Pool 1991 Ontario Association of Architects Architectural Excellence Award Grand River Recreation Complex/Lyle S. Hallman Pool 1990 Canadian Parks and Recreation Association Facility Design Excellence Award Cole Harbour Place 1988 National Spa & Pool Institute (USA) Gold Award for Pool Design Grand River Recreation Complex 1988 Canadian Architect Magazine Grand Award of Excellence for Design Grand River Recreation Complex 1985 Canadian Parks and Recreation Association Facility Design Excellence Award 1985 Athletic Business Magazine Award of Merit 1985 Canada Summer Games Aquatic Centre 13

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2008 Architectural Merit Category of the 11th Atlantic Concrete Awards 2008 Design Exchange Award South Oshawa Community Centre 2007 Design Exchange National Awards Bronze Architecture Brampton Soccer Centre 2007 Design Exchange National Award Bronze - Interior Design Brampton Soccer Centre 2007 Nova Scotia Lieutenant Governors Design Award, Award of Merit Summerside Wellness Centre 2007 Ontario Library Association Award of Excellence St. James Town Toronto Public Library 2007 Brampton Urban Design Awards Award of Excellence Brampton Soccer Centre 2007 Recreation Management Innovative Architecture & Design Award MacBain Community Centre 2006 Design Exchange National Awards Bronze Award Wellesley Community Centre and St. James Town Public Library 2006 Pool Council of Canada ( PHTCC) Design & Construction Gold Award Public Pool Aurora Recreation Complex 2006 Pool Council of Canada (PHTCC) Design & Construction Gold Award Special Use Pool Aurora Recreation Complex 2005 Toronto Architecture and Urban Design Honourable Mention: Building In Context St. James Town Library & Wellesley Community Centre 2004 Ontario Association of Architects Architectural Excellence Award

athLetic business deceMber 2008: 28th annuaL athLetic business FaciLities oF Merit

Leadership and Innovation in Recreation Architecture

Athletic Business is the leading American publication for sport, recreation and fitness professionals. Its annual architectural awards program is judged by an international jury and is a survey of leading American and Canadian University, Professional and Civic sport and recreation projects. The December 2008 issue of the publication highlights the winners of the 28th annual Facilities of Merit awards. Award-winning architecture knows no national boundaries, a statement seldom truer as Athletic Business celebrates its 28th installment of the Facilities of Merit design awards. This year, for the first time, half of the 10 winners hail from Canada, with four designed by the same firm another first. Chosen from among the 89 projects that appeared in the June Architectural Showcase issue of Athletic Business, these [...] state-of-the-art buildings demonstrate sound design principles in the areas of transparency, organization, detailing, sustainability, functionality and appropriateness to their surroundings. (Article Introduction) This publication is a proud affirmation of our firms work. MJMAs multiple award winning distinction four awards in a single year is unprecedented in the magazines 30 year history. It is meaningful to our firm because it comprehensively illustrates our leadership and innovation in recreation and sports architecture. It is also significant for highlighting the following: Confirms our specialty in recreation and sport architecture; Underscores our success in the multi-user, hybrid recreation centre project building typology; Exemplifies that these buildings can be elevated to Civic stature, while being realized on economical budgets; Recognizes the importance of a design strategy that emphasizes a clear public circulation system, and well-defined programmatic organization, that ties the project together; Demonstrates the primary importance of the building PROGRAM derived from intensive user group input; Designs the building to work within a larger master planned campus of sports fields, nature trails and outdoor recreation areas.

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governor generaLs MedaL in architecture 1999: rotary park pooL

Project Stats
Rotary Park Pool succeeds as a truly indoor/outdoor space. Boundaries that appear solid are in fact guiding elements that bring one from the street to the pool, through an orchestrated changing sequence. The architects recognized the opportunities afforded by the seasonal nature of the building and took every advantage to create a delicately detailed structure. Clever use of greenhouse technology allows the indoor space to transform into an outdoor space in summer. The pool has a controlled, yet playful quality that makes it a fulfilling destination of this sequence. Stephen Teeple, Juror Governors General Medal in Architecture 1999 16 Toronto, ON Completed 1999 4,300 sq.ft., $2.0 M City of Toronto

The Governor Generals Medals in Architecture recognize outstanding achievement in recently built projects by Canadian architects. Created by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and administered jointly with the Canada Council for the Arts, this program is a hallmark of the professions highest achievements in architecture. Completed in 1999, the Rotary Park Pool is a significant project amongst MJMAs body of work: ten years after the practices formation, this projects recognition with the Governor Generals Medal in Architecture helped to accelerate the firms momentum and confirmed our growing specialization in athletic and public buildings. This is our favourite award because it highlights the following key characteristics of our work: Contextual: project fits sensitively into the scale of the neighbourhood; Fits into and completes the environmental context, in this case the park system, with pool aprons, landscape, and terraces; Material Appropriation: material palette of brick and wood selected to blend with the surrounding buildings; Sustainability: even before LEED, the design was based on green principles, with a unique flow-through ventilation system and no air conditioning; Civic resonance: enhanced civic quality of building.

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Ten years later, the legacy of this award and the projects significance remain relevant to driving the firms aspiration for design excellence and continued innovation in recreation architecture.

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edMonton north centraL FieLd house and edMonton MuLti-use recreation centre

Project Stats
Edmonton, AB Field House Grey Cup 2010; MURC September 2011 220,000 sq.ft. (field house), $95.0 M project total City of Edmonton, Edmonton Eskimoes Football Club

The City of Edmonton and the Edmonton Eskimo Football Club selected MJMA as the prime consultant for the development of the $95 million multi-use recreation complex and field house attached to the south end of Edmontons iconic Commonwealth Stadium. This facility houses a 60,000 sq.ft. aquatic component, a 80,000 sq.ft. field house, a 20,000 sq.ft. fitness centre, 30,000 sq.ft. of community space and 30,000 sq.ft. of new Edmonton Eskimo Administration and Operations. As well as being the new home and practice facility for the Eskimo Organization, the building knits the shared field house, with the original 3 storey community facility on the back of the stadium into a holistic overall multi-purpose recreation complex for the communities of North Central Edmonton. The project scope included a masterplan for the entire Commonwealth Stadium site and major interventions into the interior face of commonwealth stadium to provide new revenue generating space for the Edmonton Eskimo Football Club and the Commonwealth Facility. MJMA was invited and selected from a shortlist of 12 Sport and Community Architects from across Canada for this highly visible project. Design is complete and MJMA is now working with the multiple client groups, various stakeholders, and the appointed construction manager Clark Builders to deliver a phased and fast tracked design to be open for the 2010 Grey Cup, with the remaining recreation complex to open Spring 2011.
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bLock 31 redeveLopMent

Complex Urban Design

Toronto, ON Construction 2011 510,000 sq.ft., $110.0 M City of Toronto, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, Toronto Catholic District School Board, Toronto District School Board

Situated in the heart of the Toronto Railway Lands West Re-development, Block 31 serves as the community core for this new downtown neighbourhood. Through the provision of public amenities at street level, mid-block pedestrian access to the adjacent City park, and socially integrated housing ownership models, the project aspires to set new precedents in family-friendly urban development and innovative multi-partner building relationships. By attentiveness to the Toronto Green Development Guidelines and LEED recommendations, Block 31 also aims to serve as a didactic model for sustainable development, in particular for the students of the two schools located on-site. Within the scheme are plans for a shared geothermal mechanical system, floor-plate and elevation design conducive to day-lighting, extensive green roof coverage, and solar and wind energy harvesting, complete with pedagogical status monitors for inhabitants. On an urban scale, Block 31 is a rare opportunity to transcend the typical oppositions of public and private interests; indeed the challenge to accommodate the requirements of five stakeholder agencies naturally results in a gradient of negotiated social spaces. Shared courtyards, sky-lobbies, transparent public facades (both phenomenal and literal), a developed park address and integrated public through-fares are but a few of the architectural outcomes of a complex social dynamic. The project recently was the recipient of the 2009 Canadian Architect Design Excellence Award. This award is important to our current body of work because it is indicative of our success with joint ventures and with projects of multi-stakeholder and program complexity; and substantiates our ongoing commitment to design excellence, while confirming our continued innovation in defining the hybrid building typology. Block 31 Redevelopment is a joint venture project undertaken by MJMA Architects with architectsAlliance.

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This is a very important civic project. The mixed-use program is artfully arranged and is at the appropriate urban density to create real community identity. The architectural expression is playful, yet refined. This is the type of city-making that transforms neighbourhoods. Jury comments, 2009 Canadian Architect Awards

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braMpton soccer centre

Civic Placemaking
Brampton, ON Completed 2007 152,000 sq.ft., $28.0 M City of Brampton

A rigorous modern language and urban sensibility are used to create a unique sense of place and civic destination for this recreation facility in the rapidly developing community of north Brampton, Ontario. 26

The Brampton Soccer Centre is a multiple award-winning project recognized for its programmatic resolution, architectural achievement on budget, and thoughtful contextual negotiations on a master planned site. The design of this sport and recreation centre reflects the changing demographics of many Canadian metropolitan areas. The facility meets the needs of its emerging South Asian community by delivering both a citywide soccer centre and a community gathering space through a modern vocabulary focused on urbanity and civic place making. Bright, open, and colourful spaces reflect the community identity and the aspirations of sport; and establish a landmark presence on this busy arterial intersection. The design applies an urban approach to a prototypical suburban site by engaging the street and planning framework with meaningful spatial relationships. Shifting pairs of arena boxes help to break down scale and define a corner Civic Space and an internal Arrival Courtyard, both of which are connected by a skylit circulation. These spaces identify movement on site and create a sustainable pedestrian realm. Although the sporting arenas were purpose built for indoor soccer, they are, however, flexible venues for other activities, able to operated independently and are adaptable to other sports in the future: hockey, other indoor sports, exhibition space for trade show events, and other community functions.
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Entry Information Soccer Arena Main Lobby Soccer Foyer Maintenance Change Rooms Seating (above) Viewing Corridor Community Rooms Activity Court Arrival Court
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innisFiL MuLti-use recreation coMpLex

Project Stats
Innisfil, ON Completed 2007 140,000 sq.ft., $31.2 M Town of Innisfil

The Innisfil Recreation Complex (IRC) is a joint venture project between the Town of Innisfil and the Simcoe Muskoka YMCA, involving a master planned 85 acre site for the new recreation complex. The local arena is one of the iconic social spaces of small town Ontario. The IRC represents a hybrid of this idea, integrating a large range of highly functional recreation and community facilities into a single complex and simultaneously creating a lively and layered public space that acts as a social hub for the community. A twin-pad arena, aquatic centre, gymnasium, indoor running track, fitness facilities, and outdoor playing fields are among the long list of amenities available to the greater population. The Innisfil IRC is designed as a LEED certified building, incorporating sustainable strategies to reduce lighting loads with daylight harvesting and to reuse rejected refrigeration system heat to supply radiant heating and hot water system needs. A landscaped retention pond receives all stormwater from roof and parking areas.

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Entrance / Concourse Fitness and Aquatics Hall Change Rooms / Fitness Centre Above Gymnasium Community Rooms 1000 seat Arena Arena Change Rooms Arena w/ Running and Walking Track GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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wooLwich MeMoriaL centre

Project Stats
Woolwich, ON Completed 2009 117,450 sq.ft., $21.3 M Township of Woolwich

The WMC in Elmira, Ontario is a consolidation of the Township of Woolwichs recreational programs into one public complex. The project is sited in an open green zone directly west of the centre of Elmira, overlooking a playing field and running track shared by the local high school. The twin pad arena component has a multi-purpose 1200 seat arena that is home of the Elmira Sugar Kings Junior B Hockey Club. Overlooking the field to the south, the aquatic and fitness areas open onto terraces shaded under a large-scale overhanging verandah roof. The pool hall houses a 6 lane 25m pool and a leisure basin with wide, shallow-water steps. The fitness component of the facility overlooks the pool hall and connects to the concourse / running track that forms the circulation system of the main arena. A major multi-purpose room and seniors facility form the civic corner to the facility.

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Large south facing windows reduce lighting loads in the pool while the roof overhang to block bright summer sun. The surplus heat from the arena refrigeration system and pool dehumidification systems are shared with other areas of the building through an energy loop system.

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Entrance / Concourse Fitness / Leisure Pool Change Rooms / Fitness Area Community Rooms Community Arena Spectator Arena Running Track Ground Floor Plan

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credit union pLace (suMMerside weLLness centre)

Project Stats
Summerside, PEI Completed 2008 196,170 sq.ft., $36 M City of Summerside

The Credit Union Place (Summerside Wellness Centre) is a major component of this coastal towns revitalization strategy. Constructed in 9 phases to allow for the continued use of existing facilities on the site, the project integrates several diverse civic programs into one complex. A large public lobby centralizing access to the 3,600 seat spectator arena and a second practice rink. A regional aquatic complex, fitness centre, wellness facilities and bowling alley comprise an active living complex for the community. Multi-purpose halls provide an additional convention centre support for the vital tourism industry. The project is meant to organize its surroundings, providing new civic elevations and an urban entrance terrace on the city. Construction of the aquatic component with a 25m fitness pool and shallow water basin with a water slide was completed in 2005. The Arena phase opened in the autumn of 2007. Because PEI has no local energy source, sustainability was a primary objective. The project was originally conceived and designed to a LEED Certified designation. The mechanical system includes an energy loop connected to ground source heat pumps that move heat back and forth between the main building areas and the infinite heat sink of the adjacent Atlantic Ocean.
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Macbain coMMunity centre

Community Responsiveness
Niagara Falls, ON Completed 2007 106,000 sq.ft., $20.0 M City of Niagara Falls

The MacBain Community Centre in Niagara Falls is representative of MJMAs success with multi-stakeholder consensus building, hybrid projects. This civic project overlaps several community programs under one roof. While small surrounding towns had thriving community centres, Niagara Falls was lacking in such facilities. Emerging out of a multi-partnership management model between the City of Niagara Falls and YMCA, the facility provides much-needed programming for the 80,000 population. A central lobby, with reception and snack bar, provides common access and views to several key building areas: the public library, gymnasium and swimming pools. The YMCA of Niagara operates the gymnasium, courts, fitness and aquatic centre for the City of Niagara Falls Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture. Multipurpose facilities for community meeting and wellness functions are shared with Heart Niagara, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Niagara and the Coronation 50+ Seniors Centre. Also accessible from the lobby is a state-of-the-art branch of the Niagara Falls Public Library. Built on a highly visible landfill area at the corner of Montrose and McLeod Road in Niagara Falls, the rejuvenated site now features re-naturalized areas, parkland, walking trails, childrens playground and skateboard park. Since the facilitys opening, YMCA membership has been overwhelming while library patronage has significantly increased.

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Tremendously timeless and sophisticated use of daylighting, building details and connections to the outdoorsvery well executed....Sharp design, unique floor plans and site orientationan outstanding design and public appeal. Jury comments, 2007 Recreation Management Awards

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south oshawa coMMunity centre

Exceeding Expectations
Oshawa, ON Completed 2006 45,000 sq.ft., $15.6 M City of Oshawa

The South Oshawa Community Centre (SOCC) is a hybrid community recreation centre that forms a shared use facility for the City of Oshawa and the Durham District School Board, simultaneously serving the regional leisure needs of the City and the specific needs of the Centres immediate residential community. The SOCC is a state-of-the-art aquatic facility with a fitness and dance/ aerobics studio, an outdoor terrace, community rooms complete with a fully equipped teaching kitchen, and a youth centre. While the Centre draws a citywide circle of recreation users, the integration of the new facility with the existing high school specifically addresses the needs of the large youth demographic in the area. Because many users are from low income families, social engagement and accessibility to program were critical design drivers. As such, internal connections, shared facilities and programming, and a fully equipped youth centre catering to their particular interests (computers, pool tables, tv lounge, arcade games), engage the youth to embrace the centre as their own. Considering this broad range and scale of program requirements, the design challenge was to create a coherent, identifiable landmark that would resonate with the community. In response, the program elements are tucked under the roof plane, which folds downward to become a frame for views, a perforated metal screen for filtering light and a canopy for pedestrian protection.

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The community centre has proven to be a benefit not only to the communitys recreation needs but to their sense of belonging to something beautiful and important [...] They appreciate the attention to detail and the special features designed for their pleasure. This complex has been over 25 years overdue in the minds of the community and exceeded every expectation. Sandra Black, Program Supervisor, City of Oshawa

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stronach aurora recreation coMpLex

Sustainable Arena
Aurora, ON Completed 2006 100,000 sq.ft., $19.5 M Town of Aurora

This recreation facility consolidates the Towns recreation needs on a master planned site that is capable of expansion with future growth. The building serves the communitys need for year-round ice and pool facilities as well as childrens programming. LEED energy saving strategies, such as natural lighting and capturing waste heat from the arena refrigeration plant to pre-heat pool water, were critical design drivers. Located on a green field park site off of the main East-West artery, the building is situated adjacent to a wooded river basin and uses the site topography to its best advantage for immediate relationship to natural features and to allow for future expansion on the remaining buildable portion of the site. The lobbys central spine adjoins a clerestory-lit multi-use twin pad arena and a childrens program area overlooking the parkland and gardens to the west.

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The building was designed for cost effectiveness and speed of delivery to meet the goals of the client and community groups. The approach was to adapt the proven cost effectiveness of a pre-engineered system while tailoring the building to fit the site and present a completely customized solution and presence. An innovative project delivery schedule based on a combination of pre-engineered and custom-designed building structural and cladding systems were introduced in a modular fashion to roll out the tendering of the project. The strategy proved successful with the ice pads operational for hockey season commencement 8 months prior to the full building opening.

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university oF waterLoo cooperative education and career services buiLding (wiLLiaM tathaM centre)

Project Stats
Waterloo, ON Completed 2004 50,500 sq.ft., $9.0 M University of Waterloo

The University of Waterloo has based its theory of education on a workstudy model that has evolved into the worlds foremost and largest university co-operative education program. MJMA worked in collaboration with a committee of students, administrators, and staff to design a new facility for the Cooperative Education and Career Services (CECS) department that acts as a bridge between the academic and corporate communities. The project houses a fully digital and interactive student career centre, interview rooms, presentation and meeting halls, and an administrative centre. The design of the project was integrated with a new planning proposal for the University that located the CECS complex as an entrance to the entire south campus and created a new student hub. In 2005, the CECS building (now the William Tatham Centre) was featured at the Design at Riverside Cambridge Gallery in the Then and Now Exhibition, sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts. This project was chosen for the exhibition for its architectural responsiveness, and MJMAs success in masterplanning and design process for hybrid building projects. This institutional project is equally recognized by the University and the design community for the following: Creative Interpretation: New type of building program designed to link the University with the community and the local and international employment world beyond the campus; Collaborative Design: Design evolved from in-depth research, vision sessions, programming analysis and user group meetings to determine how this new type of program would work for students, faculty, community, and employers; Building for the Future: In parallel with research on the building program, MJMA organized a South Campus master plan with the goal to introduce a new entrance for the University, plan new outdoor public spaces and courts in anticipation of future expansion and connection to the adjacent student centre and academic buildings.

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Father redMond cathoLic secondary schooL

Project Stats
Toronto, ON Completed 2006 160,000 sq.ft. school 20,000 sq.ft. community centre $22.0 M City of Toronto, Toronto Catholic District School Board

This project is a joined community recreation centre and Catholic high school, located in Colonel Samuel Smith Park at Kipling and Lakeshore in west Toronto. The joint venture project between the City of Toronto and the Toronto Catholic District School Board combines a 160,000 sq.ft. high school, triple gymnasium, state of the art library / resource facility and community meeting rooms with a 20,000 sq.ft. recreation component. The new complex was developed within the framework of site specific Toronto Urban Design Guidelines, meeting prescribed desired pedestrian connections, and providing view corridors across the park to Lake Ontario. The overall urban design approach and concept was profoundly affected by the building scale and heights. Recognizing the sensitivity of any new development within the Park, the design respected the existing campus character of the site, and evolved out of a master plan approach that balances the heritage/park space needs of the local community with those of a new school. This project was a joint venture with ZAS Architects.

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weLLesLey coMMunity centre and st.JaMestown Library

Project Stats
Toronto, ON Completed 2005 55,000 sq.ft., $10.0 M City of Toronto, Toronto Public Library

The Wellesley Community Centre and St.Jamestown Public Library was a joint project between the City of Toronto and the Toronto Public Library, and brings renewed vitality to one of Canadas most densely populated neighbourhoods, St.Jamestown in Toronto. Area residents now have a new library branch, public athletics, childcare facility and numerous multifunctional community rooms. The athletic component includes a fitness room, an aerobics studio and a gymnasium. Beyond adding new amenities, the architecture itself breathes new life into the urban fabric with its rigorous geometry of shifting masses, large areas of glazing and vibrant materials. Running along the east side of Sherbourne Street, north of Wellesley Avenue, the building serves as a westerly portal to the neighbourhood. Anchored on the corner of Sherbourne and Wellesley by one of the Citys last remaining white elm trees, the centre itself acts as a gateway both figuratively and literally. Within the centre, the facilities pivot around a spacious central lobby that connects the neighbourhood entryway, on the Bleecker Street facade, to the more formal city entrance on Sherbourne Street. This central lobby is the core of the building with views to all of the major principal building components. Views into, out of and throughout the building are emphasized by an abundance of glazed curtain wall and strip windows. The building configuration maximizes exterior space by providing a variety of outdoor areas. On the sites western end, hard and soft landscaping connects the building to the street. On the east side, a playground, elevated plaza and casual open space integrates the facility and community park.

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veLLore viLLage coMMunity centre

Project Stats
Vaughn, ON Completed 2005 170,000 sq.ft., $42.0 M City of Vaughn, York Catholic School Board

The building is designed as one of the communitys main civic spaces. Major components, including a Catholic high school for 1250 students, sports fields, outdoor splash pad and a community recreation centre, are organized as a central place of gathering for the community. The recreation centre comprises of an aquatic centre, gymnasium, community program rooms, a seniors area and staff rooms. In addition to the 31 classrooms, the school includes a chapel, library, 6 computer labs, a triple gymnasium with change facilities and an exercise room. 2005 DesignShare Recognized Value Award Innovative School Design.

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greater sudbury MuLti-use coMpLex

Project Stats
Sudbury, ON Design Completed 2007 220,000 sq.ft., $70.0 M City of Greater Sudbury

The City of Greater Sudbury retained MJMA to plan the Citys new central community recreation complex to serve the entire population of the amalgamated city. The program includes a quad pad arena complex with a 1200 seat signature arena, a gymnastic centre, a walking track, a leisure pool aquatics complex, public meeting rooms, multi-purpose space, restaurant, offices and public concourse. The project is designed with a heat loop system to share surplus heat energy from the quad pad arena complex with the rest of the facility. MJMA master planned the 98ha site to include a 3 field soccer complex and a year round soccer field with an air supported dome. Other selected elements of the outdoor program include: 2 lit grass multi-use fields, 2 lit artificial turf fields, multi-use trail, skate park, NCAA basketball court, and playground.

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Project Stats
First Nations, New York State Completion 2010 142,000 sq.ft., $40.0 M Seneca First Nations

MJMA designed twin projects involving multi-use community programs to complement the existing facilities and to facilitate the second phase sport field development. Each building includes a 1500 seat arena, an aquatic centre with a 4 lane 25m lap pool and a therapy-recreation pool, a gymnasium fieldhouse, multi-purpose meeting rooms, offices and the Department of Education. Phase II outdoor facilities include a football field with track, baseball field and walking/cycling paths. The site, master planned by MJMA for the new building and future sports fields, is a 25-acre irregularly shaped parcel that includes several existing Nation buildings, fields, outdoor pool, playground and parking areas. The clients mandate for this project is to promote an active lifestyle leading to improved community health and wellness. The facility is designed to appeal to all generations and to engender community pride. Of primary importance is the need to encourage heritage awareness, particularly in sport.

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Queens pLace recreation centre

Project Stats
Liverpool, NS Completion 2012 80,000 sq.ft., $19.5 M Town of Liverpool

Queens Place is an 80,000 sq. ft. multi-use community recreation centre that includes a 1000 seat NHL size ice pad with walking track; an aquatic centre with a four lane 25 m lap pool and separate therapy-leisure pool, a fitness / conditioning centre and community multipurpose rooms. On a highly visible site near a major highway, but accessed from a county collector road, Queens Place will be the social and recreation heart of the community for this region of South Shore Nova Scotia. Set to open in 2012, Queens Place will offer a wide variety of year-round recreation and fitness options for all ages, levels and abilities. Queens Place will satisfy the communitys growing demand for updated recreation facilities, more programming space and more ice time. It will also serve as a venue for events and activities which the region previously lacked the facilities to host, such as trade shows and concerts. This is a joint venture project in association with WHW Architects.
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Project Stats
Toronto, ON Completion 2010 24,000 sq.ft., $12.0 M City of Toronto

New state of the art aquatic facility designed as part of the Regent Park revitalization project. Regent Park pool will be a key component of the communitys reintegration into the surrounding urban fabric, designed to be a community centre not only for Regent Park, but a facility accessible to all of Toronto. The building will incorporate environmentally sustainable strategies and demonstrate the Citys new Green Development Standard. Some features currently being developed are a green roof system, a thermal energy supply from a new central plant built for Regent Park, natural ventilation, and natural lighting to all areas of the building.

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MacLennan JaunkaLns MiLLer architects 19 duncan street, suite 202 toronto, ontario M5h 3h1 t. 416.593.6796 f. 416.593.0212 www.mjmarchitects.com