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Hiwa - The University of Auckland Recreation Centre / Warren and Mahoney + MJMA

Miwa Negoro — Tue, 26 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000

The University of Auckland is an urban campus that is fully meshed into the heart of this city of 1.8-million people. Auckland's dramatic topography is dotted with rainforest and 53-inactive volcanic centres that make up the Auckland volcanic field. This project's dense student precinct and sloping site created challenges for accessibility, interconnection, and serviceability.

Churchill Meadows Community Center and Sports Park / MJMA

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 03:00:00 +0000

This project is situated within a rapidly growing neighborhood in Mississauga, a suburban city west of Toronto, Canada. It converts a 50-acre agricultural field into a richly textured parkland with a 75,000 sf Community Centre as its focus. The park connects to an existing multi-use trail system, making it a new destination in the network.

Regent Park Aquatic Centre / MJMA

Cristian Aguilar — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Located in downtown Toronto, Regent Park is Canada’s oldest and largest social housing project, built in the late 1940’s. The community has historically been viewed as a transitional community for new immigrants, but due to social and physical planning ills, has contributed to the concentration of a socially marginalized population. 41% of the population living in Regent Park are under 18, and over 70% of the population lives below the Low-Income Cut-Off Rate.

La Trobe University Sports Park / Warren and Mahoney + MJMA

Andreas Luco — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 23:00:00 +0000

Our ‘hubbing’ strategy combines key functions into a single vibrant centre, delivering significant efficiencies and bringing diverse users together. La Trobe University Sports Park at La Trobe University, Melbourne, has been designed as the first purpose-built facility of its kind in Australia. The sprawling site integrates academic research and teaching functions with world-class playing facilities for professional, state, and community clubs. We were awarded the project following a competitive tender. A high-level masterplan had already been drawn up, situating buildings in multiple locations across an enormous site. Among the first things we did was to interrogate this plan with clients and stakeholders through extensive consultation and user group workshops.

Lake Manitouwabing Residence / MJMA

Martita Vial della Maggiora — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:00:00 +0000

A Toronto family required a new four-season residence to replace their existing 1930s structure on a west-facing peninsula with the goal of maximizing outdoor living and entertaining. An interlocking plan allows for indoor spaces to support a central outdoor living space as a weather protected microclimate extending seasonal use. The definitively modern structure is designed to cascade and hover over the grade, to blend with the landscape, and to have a quiet presence from the water.

UBC Aquatic Centre / Acton Ostry Architects + MJMA

Daniel Tapia — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 09:00:00 +0000

“How can this new Aquatic Centre effectively train Olympians, serve its community, and enhance the student experience. How can it operate ‘learn-to-swim’ programs while at the same time run a 1000 person swim meet?"

Conestoga College Student Recreation Centre / MJMA

Cristobal Rojas — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 13:00:00 +0000

The project renovates and expands an existing aging facility to enhance student-life on campus and promote healthy, active living. The existing facility housed a gymnasium and an underutilized arena. A campus survey indicated only one-percent of students used the ice and a need for more gymnasia, fitness, and social space. The redesign updates the existing gym, adaptively reuses the arena with a new triple-gym and track, and a large student commons and classrooms at the second-level concourse. The new front addition contains a large welcoming reception, wellness centre, therapy rooms, and student rooms, and second-level fitness centre and multipurpose studios.

Emerald Hills Leisure Centre / MJMA + MTa

Daniel Tapia — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 11:00:00 +0000

The Emerald Hills Leisure Centre caters specifically to leisure, therapeutic, and learn-to-swim programming. The facility is co-joined to an existing Catholic High School with an operating partnership to create a shared ‘Community Centre’ as well as aquatic programming for students.

Centennial College Ashtonbee Campus Library & Student Hub / MJMA

Daniel Sánchez — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 11:00:00 +0000

Centennial College is the oldest publicly funded college in Ontario with four campuses serving the Greater Toronto Area east.Near a major intersection and in the Golden Mile neighbourhood of Toronto, the Ashtonbee Campus serves as the largest transportation technology training school in Canada. The campus is surrounded by residential, parklands, and is situated within a retail / commercial / light industrial typology. While generating successful industry partnerships and a thriving training program, the circa 1970’s campus suffered from safety concerns, accessibility issues, aging infrastructure, and lacked student support services and social gathering spaces.

Commonwealth Community Recreation Centre / MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects

Jonathan Alarcón — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The project is a joint-use partnership between the City of Edmonton and the Edmonton Eskimos Football Club; combining football operations, stadium programming, and a recreation centre. The facility adaptively reuses the 1978 stadium fitness centre and connects these usergroups over 4 stories through a cascading promenade and an innovative approach to materials and transparency. The project has revitalized a vacant stadium ground into a 24/7 urban park and community destination. The LEED-silver development includes a 60,000 sf 3-basin aquatic hall, 80,00 sf field house, 30,000 sf fitness centre, running track, gymnasium, and 30,000 sf of community space and new Eskimo Administration and Operations.

Polar Securities Office / MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects

Jonathan Alarcón — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

This office renovation involves tenant fit-up to the 19th floor of a downtown Toronto high-rise, home to the new corporate headquarters of Polar Securities, a successful Bay Street Hedge Fund and Investment firm.

Clear Lake Cottage / MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects

Jonathan Alarcón — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

A Toronto family of five required a new four-season cottage to replace their existing 1950's structure. The goal was to blend with the rural character of the quiet lake community and provide a clean modern environment that engages the landscape and captures a 'cottage' feel.

Brampton Soccer Centre / MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects

Jonathan Alarcón — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

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