A Meeting Place In order to create a sports centre that invites people to excel, Microclimat imagined a large open space on two levels that allows all the services and facilities for body-builders, gymnasts and fitness enthusiasts to be united under one roof. The combination of red cedar, cherry wood and steel helps create a warm and inviting space that lends itself to the members' sense ofbelonging.

© Adrien Williams

Architects: Architecture Microclimat

Location: Waterloo, QC J0E, Canada

Structural Engineer: Geniex

Area: 4200.0 ft2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Adrien Williams

© Adrien Williams

A Meeting Place In order to create a sports centre that invites people to excel, Microclimat imagined a large open space on two levels that allows all the services and facilities for body-builders, gymnasts and fitness enthusiasts to be united under one roof. The combination of red cedar, cherry wood and steel helps create a warm and inviting space that lends itself to the members' sense ofbelonging.

© Adrien Williams

Attention to Detail
Every element of the project was conceived for those who use the centre: from the mezzanine?s structure that supports the horizontal bars, to the wide stairway that can also be used for training, and the roof where the gymnasts? rings are attached, ...