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Student Commons
Quick Facts
Cost: $52 million
Size: 110,000 square-feet
Sustainability certification: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
Projected completion: Fall 2012
Design-build team: Prime Contractor - PCL Constructors, Prime Consultants/Architects - IBI Group Architects / Teeple Architects, Structural Engineering Consultants - Adjeleian Allen Rubeli, Mechanical / Electrical Engineering Consultants - Crossey Engineering
Features:
- 700-seat auditorium, for concerts, theatrical productions, and lectures
- Student commons spaces, complete with private study areas
- Centralized student support services
- Expanded Mamidosewin Aboriginal Student Centre
- Student meeting rooms and club spaces
- Counselling Services
- Centre for Students with Disabilities
- Student Employment Services
- Student Success Centre
- International food outlet
- Expanded New Technology Store
- Travel and Tourism Lab
- Outdoor green spaces, including a ceremonial grove connected to the Mamidosewin Centre and a large urban park fronting the main entrance
- Wired to support the “learning anywhere” initiative which envisages that Algonquin will be a fully mobile college by 2013
- A new home for the Ombudsperson
The building will be built adjacent to the existing home of the College’s Hospitality and Tourism programs, and serve as a gateway for visitors arriving via the eastern approach to the campus, including the College’s principal parking areas. An official ground-breaking ceremony is set for April 2011 and construction will begin soon after. The building will open in September 2012.
Timeline:
Feb - Apr 2011 - IDP Handover Session, Design Charrettes & Workshops
May 2011 - Construction starts
May - July 2011 - Renovation of D (Bookstore) and H (at link) Buildings
July 2012 - Furniture move/installation
Aug 2012 - Occupancy
Sept 2012 - Building opens