Moriyama Teshima Architects

Moriyama Teshima Architects were hired by Conrad Grebel University College for the expansion and renovation of the existing food service facilities, including a new kitchen and dining room. Communal dining is a central feature of the Conrad Grebel experience, and unique to the University of Waterloo Colleges, as all the food is made on-site. The design ensured that the new and renovated spaces were integrated well with the existing atrium, patio, walkways, chapel foyer, and any future expansions in the building.

A sensitively renovated campus facility, a retrofit of the historically listed William G. Davis Building, offers UTM students a newly refreshed area for studying, gathering, and dining. Changes were made throughout both the exterior and interior of the building, improving lighting quality, accessibility standards, space planning, and circulation. To accommodate UTM’s aggressive population growth, a refreshed cafeteria and eatery was designed, providing a place for the community to dine, meet with colleagues, study, or lounge during breaks.

The Discovery Centre transformed a former power station into a cultural attraction on the Halifax waterfront. The creation of thematic indoor and outdoor installations that are both interactive and sculptural, emphasize the Centre’s connection to the Maritimes, adding vitality to the harbourfront with its programming, permanent galleries, immersive dome theatre, traveling exhibits, and special events. 

Building ‘G’ at Humber College is the last of the historic cottages to be restored on the distinctive Lakeshore Campus. Moriyama Teshima Architects worked in collaboration with Humber College to transform the heritage Administration Building of the former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital into a vibrant hub that cultivates relationships between students and industry professionals. 

Moriyama Teshima Architects completed the reconfiguration and reconstruction of the Canadian Hall within the Museum of History, including the addition of a new mezzanine, new ramps, and stairs for visitor circulation and exiting, and the careful relocation and protection of St. Onuphrius Church, a large historic artifact that was re-incorporated into the new gallery sequence. This work had to be very carefully planned and executed within the fully occupied building, prioritizing not only patron and staff safety, but also the protection of the collection. 

The Trinity College School campus is made up of historic neo-gothic brick and stone buildings dating from the late 1800s, woven together with buildings built throughout the 1900s. Complementing this architecture, the primary goal of the Learning Commons Project was to create a space that supports and encourages multiple learning styles: social learning, individual study, group study, group projects, one-on-one guidance, and classroom instruction.