The City of Ottawa retained WMA to provide full design and construction administration services for a new community centre in south Ottawa. Set in a small park, the building replaces a 30-year-old “temporary” structure. The program includes a small gymnasium, dividable multi-purpose room, and administration areas. The siting of the building is intended to preserve as much open space and existing trees as possible, as well as to provide natural light and passive solar heating in the multi-purpose room. The gym, which for security and operational reasons has minimal windows, is set to the rear of the site.
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WMTA, in joint venture with Wood Banani Bouthillette Parizeau, a mechanical and electrical engineering firm, lead the Owner’s Advocate Consultant Team (OACT) for this project.  The OACT has provided Defence Construction Canada and CSEC with strategic, technical and professional advice, has prepared many key proposal call documents, reviews submissions, monitors performance and quality and served as the independent commissioning agent.

An expansion and adaptive re-use of an historic structure to accommodate a 60-bed Long Term Care Centre, located in Athens, Ontario. The structure is planned to allow views of the surrounding countryside, and generous communal spaces are provided for activation programs and social events.
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Desmarais Hall at the University of Ottawa houses the School of Management as well as parts of the Faculty of Social Sciences, and most notably the new School of Political Studies. The design has provided each faculty with distinctive spaces suiting their particular corporate nature. In association with Moriyama Teshima Architects.
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The Canadian Coast Guard Rescue Station in Cobourg’s harbour is past its service life and requires replacement. Designed to Passivhaus standards, the new structure will have a highly air tight and heavily insulated walls and high performance windows. The summer cooling demand is expected to be near zero, with solar shading and an extended phase shift due to the insulation levels keeping the structure cool in summer months. Similarly the shoulder seasons will require minimal heat with most energy coming from passive solar gain, and the building will be kept frost-free in the winter off season with no energy. With the minimal energy inputs coming from electricity, the building will emit zero emissions.

An addition and renovation to an existing community centre for the City of Ottawa, including a community kitchen, multipurpose room, and fitness centre.
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A motions court for the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law. It is a fully functional courtroom overlooked by a classroom. All AV and IT hardware is integrated into custom made millwork. Photography by William McElligott.

A free-standing, advanced facility for horses, cattle and larger animals at the University of Guelph. It completely separates potentially infectious external patients from non-infectious patients, especially horses that are being admitted for elective medical/surgical evaluations or other procedures.