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Projects — Civic & Commercial — Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation Headquarters and Multi-Tenant Commercial Building

Project Description[+]

Overview

The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) new Headquarters and Multi-tenant Commercial Building is currently under construction. This progressive 3-storey 124,000 SF Mass Timber project will seamlessly integrate commercial opportunities with the revitalization of the OSSTF/FEESO’s existing office complex in Toronto. Overlooking the Don Valley ravine landscape, the building is a highly sustainable, financially viable, and innovative new workplace that uses Net-Zero Carbon strategies, and targets LEED Platinum certification and high-energy performance levels at 67 kWhr/m2/year.

The new OSSTF/FEESO Headquarters and Multi-tenant Commercial Building is spatially divided to house the OSSTF/FEESO offices as well as two floors of leasable tenant space. Joined by a central atrium, the building will offer abundant outside views, light, openness, and numerous opportunities for spontaneous interactions between the OSSTF/FEESO staff and tenants. Furthermore, shareable spaces on the Main Floor include the Lobby, Café, and Main Floor Terrace, and features a multipurpose, convertible Event Space; this space will be shared not only by the building occupants, but also by outside groups, providing opportunities for engagement with the wider community.

The architecture promotes health and wellness at every level: natural daylighting has been maximized thanks to generous structural bays; building automation systems move fresh air through the building; large overhangs reduce solar heat gain and control glare; geothermal heating, a rainwater harvesting system for toilet flushing and irrigation, green roof, rooftop solar PV panels, and automated daylight dimming controls further contribute to significant energy savings. Constructed out of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) floor slabs and Glue Laminated Timber (GLT) beams and columns, structural components will be sourced nationally where possible, and demonstrate a robust, honest, yet innovative application of natural materials. Designed to the highest environmental standards, the OSSTF/FEESO headquarters is built on a foundation of social, environmental and financial sustainability.

Project Details

Client

Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO)

Size

124,000 SF

Team

Carol Phillips, Partner in Charge
Phil Silverstein, Project Manager
Corey Brown, Construction Administrator
Cathy McMahon, Architect
Deya Iskandarova, Architect
Emmanuel Awuah, Technologist
Maya Desai, Senior Urban Designer
Sean Robbins, BIM Manager
Kayley Mullings, Interior Designer (Public and Shared Spaces)

OSSTF/FEESO 
Jim Spray, AGS, CFO

Project Director 
Kristan Burley, Arutitive Group Inc.

Project Manager 
Penny Phelan, BTY Group

Construction
Ryan Dejardins, Construction Manager, Eastern Construction 

Consultant Team
Workplace Interiors: Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning
Structural: Fast + Epp
Mechanical, Electrical, A/V, IT, Lighting: Integral Group
Civil: Matrix Solutions Inc.
LEED: Integral Group
Landscape: FORREC
Acoustic Engineer: RWDI
Code: LMDG
Sustainable Design: Transsolar Inc.
Envelope Consulting: Morrison Hershfield
Door Hardware: Assa Abbloy
Irrigation: Creative Irrigation Solutions
Fire: CHM
Vertical Transportation: Soberman Engineering
Traffic and Parking Systems Engineering: LEA Consulting
Food Services: Kaizen Foodservice Planning & Design
Wayfinding: Strange Colour
Branding: Alias Color
Planner: Martin Rendl
Public Affairs: Hammersmith Consultants
Commercial Leasing: Avison Young

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Press

  • OSSTF Moments
  • OSSTF Tour in September
  • OSSTF Headquarters Construction Update
  • OSSTF HQ Construction Site Tour
  • Construction at OSSTF Headquarters and Multi-Tenant Building
  • OSSTF HQ Construction During March
  • Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation HQ Construction

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Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation Headquarters Moriyama Teshima Architects architecture mass timber Toronto construction
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Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation Headquarters Moriyama Teshima Architects architecture mass timber Toronto construction
Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation Headquarters Moriyama Teshima Architects architecture mass timber Toronto construction
Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation Headquarters Moriyama Teshima Architects architecture mass timber Toronto construction
Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation Headquarters Moriyama Teshima Architects architecture mass timber Toronto construction
Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation Headquarters Moriyama Teshima Architects architecture mass timber Toronto construction
Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation Headquarters Moriyama Teshima Architects architecture mass timber Toronto construction
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