Walker Sports & Abilities Centre and Canada Summer Games Park
St. Catharines, Ontario
In Collaboration with Raimondo + Associates
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Quadruple Gymnasium, Twin-Pad Arena, Team Rooms, Fitness Space, Indoor Track, Wrestling and Combative Sport Centre, Sports Hall of Fame, Concession, Outdoor Beach Volleyball Courts, Track and Field Spaces, Cycling Station
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2024 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Canada: Award of Merit
2023 Athletic Business: Facilities of Merit Design Award
2022 Niagara Biennial Design Award: Outstanding Achievement in Architecture
The Walker Sports & Abilities Centre (WSAC) is located at Brock University and initially hosted competitions for the 2022 Canada Summer Games, a biennial multi-sport event that represents the highest level of competition for Canadian athletes.
The WSAC comprises two arenas, a quadruple gymnasium with a 200m running track, and a central program block housing services for sport research and rehabilitation. A large folded roof collects the varied heights of the three large sport halls under a single unified plane that is bent down to proudly display portions of a vegetated green roof. The graphics for the games overlay as well as the interior wayfinding plinths are derived from the buildings angular form and dynamic expression.
In order to break down and humanize the vast 160,000-sf floorplate, the interior and its navigation has been designed with interconnections that afford views across programs throughout the building.
