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Viktors Jaunkalns
Partner
OAA Architect AIBC AAA NSAA FRAIC International Assoc. AIA UIA S&L WP SCUP
vjaunkalns@mjma.ca
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Viktors is a founding partner of MJMA and has overseen the programming, site analysis, and conceptual design of the firm’s major multi-use recreation facilities, focusing on the programming of in-between spaces to give each project a “social heart” that elevates community interaction. He has dedicated his career to sports and recreation, and has industry-leading expertise in the design of aquatics centres and arenas—the result of 30 years of experience planning facilities that seamlessly integrate complex systems while creating an architectural landmark and civic destination. He is one of the few Canadians to contribute to the UIA Sports & Leisure Working Program, an international group of specialist sports architects drawn from every continent that is dedicated to exploring international innovations and trends in aquatics and recreation architecture. Vik’s big picture design thinking and relentless focus on issues of urbanity and city building is applied for greater civic use as a sitting member of the Toronto Urban Design Review Panel. 
 
Vik graduated from the University of Waterloo, School of Architecture in 1981. He was awarded the Ontario Association of Architects Scholarship to conduct independent research in Switzerland and Italy. He subsequently taught at the University of Waterloo, School of Architecture's Rome Program and the Carleton University's Foreign Study Program.
MAJOR PROJECTS
Pan American Games Athlete's Village & Cooper Koo Family Cherry St YMCA
Acton Arena
All Saints Catholic School
Ashburn Community Recreation Center
Atlas Tube Centre Essex County Library
Atlas Tube Centre, WFCU Pools and Library
Audley Recreation Centre
Bernie Morelli Recreation Centre
Ethennonnhawahstihnen’ Community Centre
Brampton Soccer Centre
Branksome Hall Athletics & Wellness Centre
Cavan Monaghan Community Centre
Churchill Meadows Community Centre and Mattamy Sports Park
Clarkson Community Centre Expansion
Commonwealth Community Recreation Centre & Edmonton Elks' Field House
Credit Union Place
East Lions Community Centre
Emerald Hills Leisure Centre
Grand River Recreation Complex
Great Plains Recreation Facility
Greater Sudbury Multi-Use Recreation Facility
Guelph South End Community Centre
Guelph West End Community Centre
Innisfil Recreation Complex and YMCA
La Trobe University Sports Park
Long Bridge Park Aquatics and Fitness Center
MacBain Community Centre, YMCA and Library
Malton Community Centre Expansion
Parakiore Recreation and Sports Centre
Mold-Masters SportsPlex
North Bay Community Recreation Centre
North Kawartha Community Centre
Orillia Recreation Centre
Queens Place Emera Centre
Red Deer Multi-Use Aquatic Centre Conceptual Model
Robert Crown Community Center and Library
Rotary Park Pool
Sherwood Community Centre and Library
South Oshawa Community Centre
Stronach Aurora Recreation Complex
University of Alberta Varsity Arena
University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau Recreation & Wellness Centre
University of British Columbia Aquatic Centre
Vale Health and Wellness Centre
Vellore Village Community Centre & St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic High School
Wellesley Community Centre & St. James Town Library
Whitchurch-Stouffville Leisure Centre
Woolwich Memorial Centre