The Former RYTAC (Rotary YMCA Tennis and Aquatics Club)
facility has been abandoned for several years until recently,
when Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology acquired
the property.
The intent of the College is to replace the
building and offer it as both a community resource and to utilize
various components for programmes for the College.
Currently the site is comprised of the Boathouse building, which
contains boat storage and launching facilities on the ground
floor and a social room on the second.
In addition to the
aquatics related activities housed within and adjacent the
building, the other major use is an array of six tennis courts.
These have recently been opened, with new nets, windbreaks
and lighting.
Our solution is to separate the two functions, with the social
aspects being housed in one building, raised to maximize views,
and the ’boathouse’ aspects constructed in more of a
utilitarian nature as a second. Since the construction of the
‘social’ facilities would have a higher standard of finishes and
be heated, it was determined substantial savings in both
capital and operational cost can be obtained by creating
co-joined distinct pavilions