The project consists of a new 270 sq. ft. three-season Timing Booth facility on the grandstand of University Stadium built in 1967 at the University of Manitoba for the Pan Am Games.
The Timing
Booth was treated as a legacy piece to celebrate the 2017 Canada Summer Games, the 50th anniversary of University Stadium, and Canada 150. The design goal was to provide a straightforward building that compliments the aesthetic of the existing stadium and press box while providing the most obstruction-free view of the track possible for the 8-10 officials to accurately track events. To achieve this, the east façade of the building features full-height butt-joint glazing, with additional windows wrapping the north and south corners.
The north and south windows are operable to provide passive cooling through cross-ventilation. A tongue-and-groove wood roof deck supported by exposed steel beams provides an overhang to reduce glare during morning meets.
The entrance of the building on the north side includes a porch that provides a covered outdoor area for officials to signal people on the track below, or to meet for a conversation outside of the main timing booth.
The interior includes a long desk with integrated cable-management and salvaged rubber track on the floor. The west wall matches the colour of the track flooring and features a graphic with eight “lanes” that align with the seams of the glazing.
Client: Athletics Manitoba Type: Recreational Construction Value: $122K Date of Completion: July 2017 Building Area: 270 sq. ft. (25 s.m.) Consultant Team Prime Consultant: 1x1 architecture inc.
Structural: Crosier Kilgour & Partners Ltd.
Mechanical: Epp Siepman Engineering Inc.
Electrical: Epp Siepman Engineering Inc.
Photography: Lisa Stinner-Kun Filed under Recreational