Killarney Community Pool
Vancouver, BC
Year in Showcase: 2007
Project Description
Anumber of years in the making,
Killarney Community Pool began
life as a 1960s-era community
center that added a gymnasium, fitness
center, multipurpose space and a
child-care center in 1999. This phase of
the project encompasses three new pools
and related spaces within a masonry,
wood, standing-seam galvalume and
glass structure that one panelist called,
simply, “very cool.” Extensive glazing on
the north side of the building, with the
colored glass panels marking operable
windows for natural ventilation, allows
for ample indirect natural lighting and
takes advantage of both immediate and
distant views. The natatorium’s slender
rectilinear form, torqued to form a parallelogram,
focuses the view to two prominent
peaks on Vancouver’s north shore.
Judges also were impressed by the
project’s European-style universal changing
room. Whereas three equally sized
changing rooms (male, female and family)
are typically provided in a project of this
scale, Killarney provides smaller, private
changing rooms surrounding a large
day-lit locker space that is open to view.
Judges' Comments
The colored glass in the large expanse
of glazing provides a hint of playfulness
that is reinforced with wonderfully
detailed interior wood columns and roof
structure.
— Tom Betti
The team used very simple solutions
that result in wonderful space, daylighting
and views of the mountains. The
universal changing room is a great
way to maximize space.
— James Meyer
The angular geometry of the plan and
section complement each and enhance
the large pool volume.
— Tom Scarlata
Project Details
Architect of Record: Hughes Condon Marler : Architects; Vancouver, B.C.
Funded By: Public funds
Major Facility Components: 25-meter
pool, spa, leisure pool, administrative
suite, changing facilities
Construction Cost: $9.2 million (Canadian)
Square Feet: 42,370
Occupancy: January 2006
Vendors
Filters:
Nemato Corp.
Lockers:
Shanahan's Manufacturing
Sanitization Systems:
Del Ozone
Shower/Toilet Partitions:
Shanahan's Manufacturing
Water Play Features:
WhiteWater West Industries Ltd.
