Newmarket Operations Centre
Newmarket, Ontario
Setting a new design standard for this under-appreciated typology, this project acts as a civic landmark celebrating those who maintain the community's physical infrastructure. The 65,000-square- foot program consolidates three municipal departments and includes offices, meeting and training spaces, and facilities for the storage, repair, and washing of vehicles and equipment.
The building is conceived around a linear sequence of great rooms, adopting a rigorously pragmatic vocabulary using off-the-shelf components. Full-height glazed bifold doors help to unify the elevations in a seamless composition of glass and metal. A suspended, welded wire mesh ceiling forms a scrim over mechanical and electrical components and prevents birds from nesting in the building.
AWARDS
2009 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence
2011 Governor General's Medal for Architecture