We are happy to announce that the winner of the last month's JMA Architectural Scavenger Hunt is... Paul Lucier, who was the first to identify the May clue: the paramedic services station at Weber St. West and Water St. North in Kitchener.
A bit about this paramedic services station:
Completed in 2014, this small station with just one bay, fits two ambulances, parked in tandem. These stations have highly standardized operational components, consistent with other stations around the Region of Waterloo. This particular station had to also comply with City of Kitchener regulations for downtown urban development. This produced the concrete storefront façade addressing Weber Street and a front door entrance facing Water St. The various functions within the building were expressed with volumes in different textures, colours and materials. Given how compact the whole building had to be, visually it evolved into something akin to a wood brain teaser puzzle.
And now, the 10th clue of the JMA Architectural Scavenger Hunt:
The first to respond correctly identifying the building wins a bag of coffee beans (or loose leaf tea, if you prefer) from Matter of Taste, or a gift card from Four All Ice Cream. Your choice! You'll just have to drop by our office to pick up your prize and say hi.
If you can identify the building, please tell us what the building is (for example “the fire/EMS station”) and the location (for example, “in Breslau visible from the road to Guelph after the turnoff for the Breslau bypass” or “51 Beacon Point Ct, Breslau”)
Send your responses to me, [email protected]. Write Scavenger Hunt on the subject line. The winner will be announced the following month, along with the new clue.
The small print:
If you worked on, or in, the building, or if you are related to anyone who worked on or in, you can’t win. The first one to respond by email with the correct answer, wins. No one can win more than once. If you cause us to have to make more small print, you can’t win either.
The next scavenger hunt clue will be posted on July 11, and subsequently on the 11th of every month, ending on August 11, 2025.
