Brampton Soccer Centre

BRAMPTON SOCCER CENTRE Brampton / Ontario / Canada

BACKGROUND 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. The City of Brampton required a city-wide indoor ‘Soccer Centre of Excellence’ which also served the needs of the immediate community. The building completed May 2007, provides year round soccer facilities nurturing youth and adult soccer to a high level. Located at the corner of two arterial roads in an emerging part of Brampton, the building is designed as a full site community and soccer destination. An array of outdoor activities compliments the building’s four indoor soccer fields, bleachers, change rooms, community wing, and main lobby. The facility is designed for future and current flexibility as it is fully convertible to other sports and is sized and scaled to operate four concurrent independent programs including trade shows and on-going community functions.

BRAMPTON SOCCER CENTRE

CITY CONTEXT

SANDLEWOOD PKWY DIXIE ROAD

HWY 410 EXTENSION

N

SITE CONTEXT

SITE PLAN

BUILDING MASSING

The building develops a language of ‘floating’ interlocking planes with metallic outer shells and cedar lined interiors. These planes comprehensively organize the site by forming clerestory towers and hooded overhangs creating views in and through the building while also creating visually inter-penetrating program areas and filtered light inside.

ARRIVAL COURT

COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY PLAZA

ARRIVAL COURT

MAIN LOBBY

COMMUNITY

With the growth and shifting demographics in Brampton the client requested sporting arenas that were purpose built for indoor soccer – a favoured sport of the South Asian community – but could, however, still be 1) flexible for other activities, 2) operated independently and 3) adapted to other sports in the future. The project is designed to be convertible to hockey and other indoor sports and is sized and scaled to operate with 4 independent programs running concurrently, including trade show events with a host of on-going community functions.

COMMUNITY PLAZA

HOCKEY ARENAS, EXHIBITION SPACE

ARRIVAL COURT

C

C

CONVERTIBILITY + FLEXIBILITY MAIN LOBBY

SOCCER ARENA, HOCKEY ARENA, PLAY COURTS

COMMUNITY

INDOOR SOCCER ARENAS

B

B

COMMUNITY PLAZA

A

MAIN LOBBY

ARRIVAL COURT

COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY PLAZA

MAIN LOBBY

ARRIVAL COURT

MAIN LOBBY COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY PLAZA

A

12 Arrival Court

11 Activity Court

10 Community Rms.

2 Info

3

6 Maint.

4

5

4 Main Lobby

7

8

5 Soccer Foyer

9 Viewing Corridor

3 Soccer Arena

8 Seating (above)

7 Change Rooms

6

1 Enter

1 3

1 12 2

9

1

5 10

10

7

3

3

8

6

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

N

11

1

ENTER

2

INFORMATION

3

SOCCER ARENA

4

MAIN LOBBY

5

SOCCER FOYER

6

MAINTENANCE

7

CHANGE ROOMS

8

SEATING (ABOVE)

9

VIEWING CORRIDOR

10

COMMUNITY ROOMS

11

ACTIVITY COURT

12

ARRIVAL COURT

SUSTAINABILITY / ACCESSIBILITY

Sustainable principles such as natural day-lighting, zoned lighting control, solar shading and passive ventilation systems are design drivers. The building operates predominately without electrical lighting during the day. A high standard of envelope, mechanical, electrical, commissioning, and BAS monitoring systems promote ‘best practice’ maintenance / lifecycle standards and reduced energy usage. Brampton Soccer Centre is ‘the first’ project in the City to fully integrate the newly created City of Brampton, Design Accessibility Standards.

From high contrast wayfinding to highly accessible change and washroom features, BSC is the city’s template for accessibility.

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For more information about this project, please contact:

Amanda Chong T: 416-593-6796 ext 245 E: achong@mjma.ca www.mjma.ca