Thanks to some federal stimulus funding, the Mississauga campus of the University of Toronto is getting a new $70-million building.
Built on a former parking lot on the west-end campus, the 150,000 square foot Instruction Centre will include new lecture rooms and larger spaces for such things as exam-writing and other mass gatherings. The building was designed by
Shore, Tillbe Perkins and Will.
The design includes distinctive copper cladding for the building, which will appear to be constructed out of stacked blocks.
According to the architects, the building is intended to "frame a new entry plaza at the north end of the campus" and create a "new hub of student life."
Work began on the project in March of 2009 and according to Nadeem Shabbar, the university's chief real estate officer, it's one of the few large recipients of the stimulus funding that is expected to be completed in time for the program's stated March 31, 2011 deadline.
This is the second large commission on the UTM campus for the architecture firm, which also designed the
Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre and Library, a 98,000 square foot, four-storey building completed in 2006.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Nadeem Shabbar
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