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Projects — Educational — Nova Scotia Community College, Sydney Waterfront Campus

Project Description[+]

Overview

Moriyama Teshima Architects together with Barrie & Langille Architects have designed a new waterfront campus for the Nova Scotia Community College, relocating from its previous location to the Sydney Waterfront to revitalize the downtown core, and to offer enhanced educational opportunities for the local community.

The vision of the project was to create a campus with a dynamic learning environment offering both academic and hands on learning spaces including welding, carpentry and plumbing trade shops as well as cosmetology, nursing and childcare labs. Ocean related learning environments taking advantage of the adjacencies to the Harbour are also in development with the College with a living-lab pedagogical approach.

The architectural form takes inspiration from the historic piers that lined Sydney Harbour during the 19th and 20th centuries and is comprised of four connected blocks, each with a unique identity. The campus form was also inspired by the local coastal terrain and the layers of rock visible along the coast. Architectural zones are roughly outlined to reflect the identity of the College as well as the community within which it is situated. These zones will provide distinct experiential spaces that utilize the underlying concepts of way-finding design to help with navigation through the campus with spatial cues.

The design considers the character of student spaces outside the classroom setting, creating a variety of space types for group projects, independent study, club and committee meetings, and repose. The new campus has also been designed in accordance with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards, currently on track for LEED Gold V4, Certification.

Project Details

Client

Nova Scotia Community College

Size

300,000 SF

Team

Moriyama Teshima Architects in association with Barrie and Langille Architects

Carol Phillips
Daniel Teramura
Louis Lortie
Cathy McMahon
Damineh Dehnadfar 
Troy Wright
Chris Ertsenian
Mahsa Majidian
Emmanuel Awuah
Luis Quezada
Vincent Chuang

Construction
Construction Manager: Ellis Don

Related Projects

  • Phase 1, Nova Scotia Community College
  • Centre for the Built Environment, Nova Scotia Community College
  • Discovery Centre

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Press

  • Grand Opening of NSCC Sydney Waterfront Campus
  • Looking to the Future of NSCC on Sydney Nova Scotia’s Waterfront
  • Official Name Announced for NSCC Sydney Campus
  • Nova Scotia Community College Development Breathes New Life into Downtown Sydney
  • Nova Scotia Community College Construction Impact on Community
  • Nova Scotia Community College Drone Footage of Construction
  • Nova Scotia Community College Sydney Waterfront Campus – Construction
  • Phase 1, Nova Scotia Community College
  • Centre for the Built Environment, Nova Scotia Community College
  • NSCC Sydney Waterfront Campus Construction Drone Footage
  • NSCC Sydney Waterfront Project Reaches Construction Milestone
  • Sustainability of the Nova Scotia Community College Sydney Waterfront Campus
  • Nova Scotia Community College Sydney Waterfront Campus – April 2024
  • NSCC Sydney Waterfront Campus to become most Sustainable and Accessible Building Developments in the province

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Moriyama Teshima architect architecture Nova Scotia Community College campus Sydney waterfront building design construction student post-secondary
Moriyama Teshima architect architecture Nova Scotia Community College campus Sydney waterfront building design construction student post-secondary
Moriyama Teshima architect architecture Nova Scotia Community College campus Sydney waterfront building design construction student post-secondary
Moriyama Teshima architect architecture Nova Scotia Community College campus Sydney waterfront building design construction student post-secondary
Moriyama Teshima architect architecture Nova Scotia Community College campus Sydney waterfront building design construction student post-secondary
Moriyama Teshima architect architecture Nova Scotia Community College campus Sydney waterfront building design construction student post-secondary
Moriyama Teshima architect architecture Nova Scotia Community College campus Sydney waterfront building design construction student post-secondary
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