Project Facts
Client
Toronto Metropolitan University
Location
Toronto, ON
Status
In Progress
Size
18000 Sq. Ft.
Partner
The Student Wellbeing Centre (SWC) at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) is a bold commitment to supporting student health and wellness as an integral part of campus life. The university selected a prime site at the heart of its downtown campus to bring together under one roof wellness programs that are currently dispersed. A high visibility location is matched with a transparent design that aspires to embrace the community and create a restorative setting for students and staff with welcoming, warm, non-clinical spaces where students can feel at home.
O’Keefe House, a heritage building that was a student residence, stands on the narrow corner site and will be preserved, renovated and incorporated in the program. An eight-story, L-shaped tower enfolds and emerges from this historic house with a double-height green atrium providing relief between the heritage component and the tower on the west elevation. A new entrance for O’Keefe House responds to the pedestrianized Gould Street while the tower provides access from Bond Street. The curtainwall is to have 50 percent frit and interior pre-fabricated wood fins will further limit solar heat gain and provide shading and privacy with views to the main campus.
The design of SWC conveys a compelling message of TMU’s priority to foster community and belonging.
Project Facts
Client
Toronto Metropolitan University
Location
Toronto, ON
Status
In Progress
Size
18000 Sq. Ft.
Partner
O’Keefe House, a heritage building that was a student residence, stands on the narrow corner site and will be preserved, renovated and incorporated in the program. An eight-story, L-shaped tower enfolds and emerges from this historic house with a double-height green atrium providing relief between the heritage component and the tower on the west elevation.
O’Keefe House, a heritage building that was a student residence, stands on the narrow corner site and will be preserved, renovated and incorporated in the program. An eight-story, L-shaped tower enfolds and emerges from this historic house with a double-height green atrium providing relief between the heritage component and the tower on the west elevation.
The Food Forest teachings of Elder Duke Redbird speak of nature as both a healer and teacher. This informed the central project concept of the ‘Tree of Wellbeing’ reaching upwards through the building with a multitude of green spaces created in the massing of the tower.
The Food Forest teachings of Elder Duke Redbird speak of nature as both a healer and teacher. This informed the central project concept of the ‘Tree of Wellbeing’ reaching upwards through the building with a multitude of green spaces created in the massing of the tower.
The ground floor is configured around the hive, a double-height space with a verdant green wall. This waiting area with personalized digital appointment alerts serves the needs of a diverse student body with an equitable and inclusive approach to wellbeing.
The ground floor is configured around the hive, a double-height space with a verdant green wall. This waiting area with personalized digital appointment alerts serves the needs of a diverse student body with an equitable and inclusive approach to wellbeing.
Exposed wood decking throughout the hybrid mass timber structure reinforces the presence of natural materials and the positive benefits on occupants from this calming connection to nature.
Exposed wood decking throughout the hybrid mass timber structure reinforces the presence of natural materials and the positive benefits on occupants from this calming connection to nature.
