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Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
Toronto, Canada
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Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
Toronto, Canada
Project Featured on Apr 08, 2015
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Type
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Built
YEAR
2013
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
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The primary design goals were to provide a welcoming home for the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario; create a highly sustainable and efficient green building; use architecture as an educational opportunity; and achieve effective neighborhood integration and signature architecture. The building's design prioritizes a contextual response to knit together the divergent set of conditions that characterize the neighborhood and its edge conditions. Siting strategies involved preserving the existing tree canopy to provide a natural shading device. The building is massed to respond to the rhythm and scale of Victorian residences to the west. A large black walnut tree was retained by creating a west-facing tree court cutting into the building. A façade of vision glazing, fibre-cement panels and vertical sunshade fins reduces solar gains. For south and west façades, late-day solar gains are countered by a fully automated exterior shading blind system — one of the only large-scale applications in Canada. As the greenest, and most energy-efficient, purpose-built office building in the Toronto region, the new ETFO headquarters will be a model for other organizations to take action and confront energy-climate challenges.
Photos: Tom Arban, Jesse Jackson and Maris Mezulis
Photos: Tom Arban, Jesse Jackson and Maris Mezulis
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