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位于加拿大英属哥伦比亚省的新威斯敏斯特，təməsew̓txw游泳与社区中心已正式开放。təməsew̓txw来自于hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓语，意思是“海獭之家”。作为这座城市迄今为止最大的投资项目，本项目以引人注目的统一屋顶融入了周边环境，旨在成为社区的核心和灵魂，成为所有人联系的地方。这个耗资1.14亿加元、面积达10,684平方米（114,571平方英尺）的游泳和社区中心是加拿大首个落成的全电动设施，且达到了加拿大绿色建筑委员会（CAGBC）的零碳建筑设计标准。本项目为建筑类型带来了一次重大转变，在许多地方，游泳馆都是最大的温室气体排放源之一。同时，本项目也是第一个使用重力式InBlue过滤系统的游泳馆，该系统减少了氯的使用和相关有害副产品的产生，从而改善了空气和水质。

təməsew̓txw游泳与社区中心坐落于Fraser河以北的住宅区边缘，数千年来，Fraser河一直是土著人民的文化和经济生活来源。该项目位于Glenbrook峡谷的前源头，在过去的几十年里，该峡谷失去了发展的动力，因此，本项目的设计展现出与景观自然和解的强烈愿望。

建筑与街区等长，大约为146米（479英尺），并成功地融入到了当地景观之中，创造了一个标志性的城市表达。阶梯式的模块化立面具有人性化的尺度，而建筑与地面的接触，则将其锚定在重建的峡谷空间中。坚固的黑色屋顶将不同的空间元素统一成综合的整体。

场地四面向社区开放，两个主要的市民广场作为中心的入口，两个入口之间由开放宽敞的大厅连接，吸引游客进入。两个广场分别为900平方米（9,680平方英尺）与650平方米（7,000平方英尺）为不同的到达体验而设计：南部更具仪式性和自然性，北部则更具游戏性和城市性。广场上坐落着一座由Squamish族艺术家James Harry创作的名为“Miyiwts”（“水边”）的大型公共雕塑，在欢迎游客的同时，向场地的原住民族表示了敬意。

宽敞的通高大厅是建筑充满活力的社区中心。当地的重木材胶合木屋顶是该空间最重要的特征，天窗照亮整个空间，吸引着人们进入。塑般的钢螺旋楼梯定义了大厅的氛围，标志着与活动空间东翼和西翼的连接。

在东翼，设计为公众提供了广泛的以健康为重点的水上运动设施，同时也提供了比赛级别的专业设施。在木材和钢梁组成的厚重折面屋顶下，多功能休闲游泳池包容了所有年龄段的人玩耍运动的需求，同时泳池还结合了一条长25米的带有喷雾元素的循环泳道，以及一条可用于玩耍和康复的缓流泳道。

锯齿状的屋顶结构下，坐落着一座八泳道泳池，一座50米环形泳池，以及两座跳水台。该屋顶结构由混合钢桁架和大量交叉层压木材系统形成。这种屋顶形式将北侧的间接自然光引入室内，更加有利于人们在运动时的舒适度，同时也减少了室内对人造光的需求。屋顶结构内还集成了建筑东翼所需的机械和电气系统。

在游泳池上方，健身中心坐落在大型屋顶体量与底层空间的楼板之间，以丰富的室内活动与户外空间，为人们提供了不同的运动选择和视角。室内设计的选材呼应了外观上永恒的建筑表达，哑光黑色立缝金属屋顶进行了隔音处理，温暖的木制结构元素则为灰白色的墙砖增添了一丝柔和气息。水在空间中也扮演着重要的角色，清澈的池水与波光粼粼的水面在很大程度上塑造了室内的氛围。

PROJECT NAME: təməsew̓txw Aquatic and Community Centre

CLIENT: City of New Westminster

LOCATION: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

COMPLETION: May 2024

SIZE : 10,684 sq m / 114,571 sq ft

COST: $114M

DELIVERY METHOD: Construction Management

TEAM

Principal in Charge:

Paul Fast (Architect AIBC, MRAIC)

Architectural Firm Project Team

Consulting Partner:

Darryl Condon (Architect AIBC, AAA, SAA, OAA, FRAIC, LEED® AP)

Project Architect:

Alexandra Kenyon (Architect AIBC, MArch, BDes)

Senior Architect:

Ian McLean (Architect AIBC, LEED AP)

Architect Registered in Ireland:

Maeve Counihan (Architect MRIAI, LEED GA, March, BScArch)

Technical Director:

Rob Wilson (Dip Arch Tech, BSc)

Architect: Michael Dimock

Intern Architect: Elena Bushell

Intern Architect: Katherine Mathers

Architectural Technologist: Nicole Laguit

Senior Director of Sustainability: Rebecca Holt

Building Performance Advisor: Jason Burtwistle

Building Performance Advisor: Zina Berrada

Sustainability Coordinator: Natalia Mulekova

Senior Director of Social Impact: Marni Robinson

Inclusive Design Advisor: Fiona Jones

Wayfinding and Signage Designer: Amanda Klassen

Wayfinding and Signage Designer: Alice Rooney

Wayfinding and Signage Technologist: Maianne Capellan

Production Lead: Judy Bau

Other:

Structural: Fast + Epp

Mechanical: AME

Electrical: AES Engineering

Landscape: PFS Studio

Cost: Ross Templeton

Civil: Aplin & Martin

Acoustic: RWDI

Wayfinding + Signage: hcma

Public Art: James Harry

Project Manager: Turnbull Construction

Contractor: Heatherbrae Builders

CERTIFICATION

-Canada Green Building Council Zero Carbon Building

– Design Standard Certified

-Pursuing LEED v4 Gold Certification

-Pursuing Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Gold Certification

PROGRAM FEATURES -Four-pool aquatic centre, including:

-Eight lane 50m competition level lap pool with moveable floor and dive platforms

-Leisure pool with lazy river, 25m lanes and spray features

-Adult hot pool

-Family hot pool

-Sauna and steam rooms

-Universal and gender-specific change rooms

-Outdoor patio

-Fitness centre

-Two gymnasia

-Community multi-purpose rooms

-Central lobby / community gathering space

-Licensed child-care operated by the YMCA

-Active rehabilitation and food services commercial lease spaces

-Administrative offices

-Two plazas

-Redeveloped green spaces with rain garden

-Miyiwts public art installation by James Harry (jamesharry.ca)

-Sustainable design strategies, including:

-Rooftop photovoltaic array producing 5% annual operating energy

-All-electric facility (heating and cooling)

-InBlue gravity-fed pool filtration drum system

INCLUSIVE DESIGN AND

PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES

-Ramp and beach entry into the leisure pool and family hot pool

-Transfer ledge entry into the adult hot pool

-Moveable floor in the 50m pool (which raises from 2.5m depth to 0 depth in less than a minute)

-Provision for blocking visual access to pool areas for All Body swims (women only, cultural or neurodiverse)

-Fully accessible change & washrooms with adult-sized change table and lift mechanism

-All-gendered washrooms

-Consideration of washroom accessory impact on those with neurodiversity (hand dryers)

-Wide circulation paths and high contrast wayfinding

-A tactile directory for spatial navigation complete with braille

-High contrast signage with braille for visual impairment

-Hearing loop for the hearing impaired

-Elevator access to level 2 programming

-Provision of benches and accessible furnishings throughout the facility, many with backs and armrests

SITE DESIGN AND FEATURES

-EV vehicle parking

-Bike racks and bike storage

-Children’s playground

-Public art

-Retractable wall connections to plaza from gymnasium and lobby

-Benching with event power

-Covered waiting pavilions at drop-off locations

-Rain gardens (for on-site stormwater retention and filtration)

-Trees and low irrigation native plantings

-Glenbrook Ravine greenspace

-Pedestrian, cycling, and transit connective pathways

-Direct connection to the Rotary Crosstown Greenway

– New Westminster’s major pedestrian and cycling route.

-Sustainable design strategies for reduced environmental impact (solar photovoltaic, all-electric facility, InBlue filtration system)

AWARDS

-2021 World Architecture Festival, Winner, Future Projects: Civic

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