Zancor Centre

King City, Ontario

Aquatic Centre, Twin-Pad Arena, Indoor Track, Fitness, Gymnasium, Turf Field House, Multipurpose Rooms, Community Kitchen, Community Courtyard and Gathering Lawn
Structural: Blackwell
Mechanical / Electrical: Smith + Andersen
Civil: EMC
Landscape: Strybos Barron

The Zancor Centre is the first multi-use recreational facility to achieve the Canada Green Building Council’s Zero Carbon Building Design certification. The project serves both the Seneca College campus and the Township of King’s diverse and growing population, with a wide range of sport, recreation, and social programming.

The complex’s design takes advantage of its magnificent natural setting while prioritizing spaces that accommodate multiple uses and bring user comfort. Exterior amenities include a generous lawn for community gatherings and a sunlit courtyard with direct access to the facility’s aquatic hall and large multi-purpose room. The design also anticipates later expansion of the park. The building’s ambitious sustainability goals were achieved through energy-saving strategies that encompass the use of a geothermal field, a high-performance building envelope, ample daylighting in all primary spaces, and natural ventilation in the field house.

Occupying 25-acres, the new park and facility anchor the southeast corner of the campus. The site is one of great natural beauty and is located within the Oak Ridges Moraine, a 470,000-acre environmentally significant landform in south-central Ontario.

The complex is unified by a ‘social heart’ spine that provides access and expansive views into all primary programs. This continuous public space is lined with skylights and links the main entries off a new plaza and the park.