Calgary Japanese Community Centre | 11m | 3s | CJCA | MoDA

[Surrealplaces]

The Calgary Japanese Community Association currently resides in two adjacent buildings: an aging four-plex from the 1970s, and a mid-century community centre that has undergone many ad hoc renovations. To optimize the use of its property and reverse its declining membership, the Association’s board set out to create a new contemporary cultural centre and community hub for Japanese immigrants in Calgary.

Located HERE

 

[Beazley66]

Nice project. MoDA just won an award of excellence as noted in Canadian Architect. Good work @MoDA

 

[Surrealplaces]

Yup, good on them. It's a very cool little project, glad to see them get an award for it.

Calgary Japanese Community Centre

"It does a lot of things very beautifully and almost effortlessly, with its approach to structure, light, and fitting into its urban context."

www.canadianarchitect.com

 

[Mountain Man]

This looks awesome and well done Moda! I wonder if the community will fight this at all...

 

[Silence&Motion]

It's too bad a beautiful building like this will be hidden away on an nondescript residential street. Even if it was one block north, it would be visible from Killarney Park.

 

[Surrealplaces]

This looks awesome and well done Moda! I wonder if the community will fight this at all...

Hopefully not, as it's not a huge building, and much nicer than the one there now.

 

[Surrealplaces]

It's too bad a beautiful building like this will be hidden away on an nondescript residential street. Even if it was one block north, it would be visible from Killarney Park.

It would look so nice on 33rd ave in Marda or on 17th ave SW in Killarney. Edmonton Trail or down in Bridgeland or Kensington area would also be nice.

 

[Mountain Man]

Hopefully not, as it's not a huge building, and much nicer than the one there now.

It would be an odd thing to protest since they already have all the traffic it will generate, and would only be good for property values, but CAs are weird.

 

[danby85]

That little park area is going to look gorgeous! Be curious to see the the interior of residential units planned!

 

[Atticus]

What a great design!

 

[adamyyc]

We need more @MoDA in the city!

 

[GoVertical]

I absolutely adore this design!

 

[Chinook Arch]

This is a fantastic proposal, too bad it's not in a more high profile location.

 

[LloydBraun]

I hope the skin would be similar to the UofC downtown campus building!

 

[MoDA]

Thanks guys for all the kind words! Glad to see the excitement being generated around this one. We're awaiting board approvals and fund raising so it'll be a bit of a slow burn but we're hopeful we can get this one going in 2021!