F. M. WOODS WATERWORKS BUILDING

In collaboration with BSN Architects.

Originally designed as municipal pump-house and maintenance building, the building was reimagined as a vibrant contemporary administrative hub for City of Guelph operations and administrative staff.  Restoring the scale and grandeur of the building’s industrial interiors, a second floor level  added in the 1970’s was demolished to create an inclusive studio-like workplace that features cathedral ceilings, exposed wood  trusses, interior stone masonry and original gantry equipment.

States of historical change and adaptation are expressed through the project’s exterior facades which are restored to feature both flush and tuck pointed stone masonry, and on the interior by reinstating stone details and openings discovered during the interior demolition process.