Centennial College is the oldest publicly funded college in Ontario with four campuses serving the Greater Toronto Area east.Near a major intersection and in the Golden Mile neighborhood of Toronto, the Ashtonbee Campus serves as the largest transportation technology training school in Canada.
Photography: Shai Gil
The campus is surrounded by residential, parklands, and is situated within a retail/commercial/ light industrial typology. While generating successful industry partnerships and a thriving training program, the circa 1970’s campus suffered from safety concerns, accessibility issues, aging infrastructure, and lacked student support services and social gathering spaces.
Photography: Shai Gil
The goal of the new project was to rejuvenate the campus and deliver student-oriented services to support the thriving academic programming. Locating the new building at the front of the site and spanning the access roadway with a continuous second level circulation, the project expands the master planning goals by establishing a strategy to solve future opportunities and constraints. This move allows connection of all current and future buildings while creating a new expressive and open ‘face’ for the campus.
The building forms a literal and figurative bridge over an entry court inspired by a ‘complete streets’ landscape methodology. Internally, the spaces are open and transparent with ample natural light.
Photography: Shai Gil
The project provides student-oriented programming on the campus; including a Library, Student Hub, Student Commons, Athletic Center, Classrooms, and Study Spaces. This strategy underscores Centennial’s desire to provide its student population with adaptable, modern academic spaces.
Photography: Shai Gil
Project Info
Architects: MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects
Location: Ontario, Canada
Manufacturers: Kingspan
Area: 87000.0 ft2
Year: 2014
Type: Educational
Photographs: Shai Gil
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