Aquilini Centre South, Vancouver

Rogers Arena is an indoor sports and entertainment complex that hosts some of Vancouver’s biggest events, and includes facilities for ice hockey, basketball, concerts and a variety of other indoor sports. Recently, the venue was expanded into a precinct-level development to include Aquilini Centre South, with two of three new residential towers built across Rogers Arena in the heart of Vancouver CBD.

As such, the mechanical and hydraulics or plumbing systems need to be able to cope with high variations in temperature and volume. Aquilini Development engaged NDY to design solutions for these platforms within the 32 storey South Tower of Rogers Arena.

Our team developed a work plan for the plumbing and mechanical upgrades for the residential building with multi-purpose rooms, fitness area, meeting rooms, amenity lounge and lobbies (excluding the podium level car park).

Sustainability was identified as a key performance indicator, and the project was certified as a LEED Gold Equivalent Building. Several LEED credits included in our scope included stormwater design: quality control, water use reduction of 37% and enhanced refrigerant management.

NDY partnered with Aquilini Development, BMZ, Francl Architecture, Nemetz and Pitt Meadows Plumbing to complete the successful project.

NDY also worked on tenant improvements for the West Tower, excluding the base building design.

The hydraulic solution selected is a Sovent plumbing system that utilises an alternate way of waste and venting by slowing the velocity of the liquids and solids through a series of aerator fittings and double offsets. This removes the need for a secondary vent line, saving cost on materials, labor and maintenance, a considerable benefit to a high rise building.

The building also utilises a Vancouver-based Neighborhood Energy Utility company called Creative Energy to create flexible, low carbon neighborhood energy across the city.

© Photos from Aquilini (Mark Mazzone)