Completion Date: 2010
Square Footage: 74,500
LEED Gold Targeted

The London Community Recreation Centre and Library will be the new civic and recreational hub for north London. The City of London and the YMCA of Western Ontario expressed the desire for this building to demonstrate leadership in sustainable design by directing the project team to aim for LEED Gold Certification.

The brown-field site for this project sits between a major urban thoroughfare and a protected woodlot. The design responds to its location between the urban and the natural and focuses on the ideas of an aesthetically pleasing front aspect and a visually stimulating prospect from the back of the building. The project is designed to be a seen as landmark from the street, while the focus on the interior is a visual engagement with the meadow and woodlot to the north. In addition to this, the "Lantern", "Saw-tooth" and sloping green roof elements lend the layout a visual hierarchy to the civic face, while the use of natural materials throughout the building brings the elements of the outside to the experience inside.

The 74,500 sq. ft. London Community Recreation Centre and Library will include a 12,000 sq. ft. fitness centre, a gymnasium, a six-lane pool along with a 1,300 sq. ft. teaching/leisure pool, multi-purpose program rooms, and a library.