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Sûreté du Québec Police Station, Waterloo
Sûreté du Québec Police Station, Waterloo
Waterloo, Canada
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Sûreté du Québec Police Station, Waterloo
Waterloo, Canada
Firm
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2025
SIZE
10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft
BUDGET
$10M - 50M
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Located on a sloping site between an industrial district and a residential neighbourhood, the new Sûreté du Québec police station in Waterloo is conceived as a compact, highly specialized building whose roof becomes a true fifth elevation. The program brings together administrative zones, services for officers, investigation areas and a detention sector, with strict security, confidentiality and acoustic requirements that choreograph how spaces and circulation are organized. The building settles into the topography, presenting a calm, measured presence to the street while opening discreetly to its surroundings.
Working in consortium with STGM, the design proposes a restrained street façade and an inclined roof with a complex geometry, inspired by the mountain chains of the Eastern Townships. From the higher vantage points around the site, this folded roof becomes the project’s primary architectural gesture, punctuated by carefully placed skylights that draw natural light deep into the interior. All services are distributed from a centralized mechanical room and an accessible temperate attic, a strategy that simplifies maintenance, improves envelope performance and frees the roof from visible equipment.
Rainwater management is treated as an integrated landscape system rather than a technical afterthought. The roof is encircled by steeply sloped gutters that guide water toward roof drains and then to two vegetated bioretention basins totaling 205 m³, which also collect runoff from the parking areas, foundation drains and the site. Developed in close collaboration with civil engineering, this system supports the ongoing LEED certification process and contributes to the protection of neighboring wetlands.
The quality of execution is anchored in an integrated design process. Shared REVIT models on a cloud platform structure coordination between disciplines; an envelope specialist (Laboratoire UL) and an acoustic consultant are involved from the earliest phases; and commissioning is guided by Akonovia with a long-term view of building performance. During construction, the use of the Dreeven platform organizes communications, approvals and revisions between the consortium, the Sûreté du Québec and the Société québécoise des infrastructures, sustaining the same level of precision that underpins the architecture itself.
Working in consortium with STGM, the design proposes a restrained street façade and an inclined roof with a complex geometry, inspired by the mountain chains of the Eastern Townships. From the higher vantage points around the site, this folded roof becomes the project’s primary architectural gesture, punctuated by carefully placed skylights that draw natural light deep into the interior. All services are distributed from a centralized mechanical room and an accessible temperate attic, a strategy that simplifies maintenance, improves envelope performance and frees the roof from visible equipment.
Rainwater management is treated as an integrated landscape system rather than a technical afterthought. The roof is encircled by steeply sloped gutters that guide water toward roof drains and then to two vegetated bioretention basins totaling 205 m³, which also collect runoff from the parking areas, foundation drains and the site. Developed in close collaboration with civil engineering, this system supports the ongoing LEED certification process and contributes to the protection of neighboring wetlands.
The quality of execution is anchored in an integrated design process. Shared REVIT models on a cloud platform structure coordination between disciplines; an envelope specialist (Laboratoire UL) and an acoustic consultant are involved from the earliest phases; and commissioning is guided by Akonovia with a long-term view of building performance. During construction, the use of the Dreeven platform organizes communications, approvals and revisions between the consortium, the Sûreté du Québec and the Société québécoise des infrastructures, sustaining the same level of precision that underpins the architecture itself.
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