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This 19,300 SF expansion to an existing elementary school capitalized upon an unusually wide, shallow site constrained by a major traffic artery and a steeply rising, two-storey embankment. In response, Moriyama Teshima Architects embedded a long, linear classroom wing lengthwise into the slope, preserving the limited amount of play space on level ground while adding eight new classrooms, an art, science, and wood shop suite, and new daycare facilities.
Dalhousie University’s Collaborative Health Education Building (CHEB) is designed to support a truly interdisciplinary approach to health education, where students of medicine, pharmacy, nursing and related professions will “learn with, from and about one another” in collaborative healthcare teams. Facilitating this peer-to-peer learning process are interior spaces that encourage and support social interaction and informal collaboration, including a health science learning commons, clinical simulation laboratories, and active learning classrooms with movable seating for impromptu group and individual study.
Founded in Halifax in 1802, Saint Mary’s University is the second oldest English-speaking University in Canada. The Entrepreneurship Centre (then called, the “North East Campus Project”) is a landmark academic building and campus gateway; the project aims to advance a culture of collaboration and partnership for the university’s renowned institutes for business development and language training.
Protecting, respecting and enhancing the Rideau Canal and River is a fundamental municipal, provincial and national priority. The Carleton University Campus is quite literally framed by these two waterways – the Canal along the east and north edges, and the River to the south.
The tremendous success of Phase 1 of the New Waterfront Campus at Nova Scotia Community College led to the commission of Phase 2, which involves the Centre for the Built Environment (CBE). This building brings together engineering students, faculty, and industry partners in a collaborative and experiential environment.
Overlooking the Rideau Canal, Carleton University’s Canal Building is home to some of the school’s most distinguished engineering programs. Supporting the university’s education, research, and partnership objectives are advanced laboratory facilities. Appropriate to its high-tech mandate, the Canal Building is certified 5/5 Green Globes, equivalent to LEED Platinum sustainability level, and has been lauded by Carleton Engineering Dean as one of the smartest buildings in North America.
Cape Breton University’s Verschuren Centre for Sustainability in Energy and the Environment is a commercially focused contractible research, development and demonstration service provider for Clean Tech Solutions. The Centre was established to find innovative and sustainable solutions to energy and environmental issues and is uniquely positioned to address these challenges.
The first building on Lakehead University’s new 85-acre Orillia LEED Platinum Campus, the Academic Building set a strong precedent for all future development. A focus on “Future Proof” design, the integration of architecture, landscape, and building systems, and achieving high sustainability metrics is what guided this project. The central Learning Commons is an open, airy, and welcoming space which attracts students and promotes social interaction and collaboration.
