Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON

The addition to this successful academic training and recreation facility houses a state-of-the-art fitness training facility with specific attention to cardiovascular training, weight training and bike fit areas. Part of the addition are Kinesiology teaching and research functions, physiology and anatomy lab, motor control lab and athletics testing facilities. The building forms a new focal entrance to the Main Campus while exposing its functions to the adjacent main road. The exposed structural, mechanical and electrical systems attempt to create a kinetic environment and reveal the building’s anatomy.