Role*

Prime Consultant, Architectural Design

Project

Fortius Sport and Health

Staff

Fortius Sport & Health is an integrated athlete development centre strengthened through philanthropy and focused on optimizing human performance for life.  This $37 million, five-storey, 158,000 sq. ft. multisport facility contains gymnasium space, strength training, athlete’s village, sport medicine, and coffee and retail shops.  This is a truly unique LEED® Silver sports facility that represents the integration of world-class amenities with sport & exercise science and medicine resources. 

The building components with Fortius Sport and Health include: 

  • Gymnasium - multi-purpose, double gymnasium that features two full size basketball courts
  • Training Centre - Spanning 15,000 sq. ft. over two floors, the large open areas are ideal for functional movement training.
  • Cycling Training Centre (“The Cauldron”) - The Cauldron is  equipped with a state-of-the-art platform of eight training bikes and the authentic PowerWatts™ training program. It also features large screen HDTVs, inspirational cycling artwork and two additional training platforms for performance bikes. 
  • Athletes Village (“The Lodge”) - The Lodge provides comfortable accommodation with easy access to training, conference, sport medicine, rehabilitation and sport science facilities.
  • Sports Medicine and Sports Sciences - The Fortius Sport and Health complex offers extensive services in the following areas:
    • Sport Medicine
    • Hydrotherapy
    • Sport Physiotherapy
    • Performance Vision
    • Biomechanics
    • Performance Nutrition
    • Exercise Physiology
    • Paediatric Rheumatology
    • Chiropractic
    • Pharmacy
    • Massage Therapy
    • Orthopaedics
    • Brace Fitting


*Work completed by JSA Sport Architecture Inc. personnel while employed by Cannon Design

Completion

December 2013

Client

Multisport Centre of Excellence

​Location

Burnaby, British Columbia