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McGill School of architecture + landscape + urban planning
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McGill School of architecture + landscape + urban planning
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ACT VERTICAL in a built environment to define a central space – rethink the junction between the Macdonald Harrington building and its neighbors - create a vertical campus life and a social incubator – generate hubs for informal education and talks – plan for flexibility, resilience and growth - think bold.
ACT HORIZONTAL - clarify the layout and landscaping of the site - Reveal the potential of McGill campus as Montreal’s downtown oasis – Enhance the main quad with furniture, exhibition space, vegetation and fish.
The project is about expanding and re-envisioning the School of Architecture at McGill University. Many universities’ campuses are located within an urban context and need to expand their facilities; the strategy for this project lies in densifying the complex by acting vertically. The existing Macdonald Harrington building remains the compositional centre of a historic set of buildings while towards the back, a new tower acts as a hinge reconnecting the engineering complex. All the studios (architecture, landscape and urban planning) are located within the new tower, and a network of different programs (such as research labs, printing facilities, workshops, etc.) is distributed throughout in order to promote interaction and curiosity. The interlevel spaces around the stairs are designed as pin-up spaces, encouraging students and professors going up and down the tower to stop, gather, and discuss the different studios’ projects as well as exposing each field of study to the others. The facade of the new building is animated with “pocket” loggia, small but important moments in students’ experiences working at the school: spaces to read, breathe fresh air, just relax. These pockets put the students on display to the campus and also illuminate the building at night. The curtain wall is a tapestry of grey fritted glass relating to the variegated shades of the masonry of the historic buildings on campus. A two storey architecture library occupies the 11th and 12th levels, and finally, a mega-trendy-sky-lobby-plus-reception-hall for the McGill community commands the top level, with grand views on the campus and the Montreal’s downtown.
ACT HORIZONTAL - clarify the layout and landscaping of the site - Reveal the potential of McGill campus as Montreal’s downtown oasis – Enhance the main quad with furniture, exhibition space, vegetation and fish.
The project is about expanding and re-envisioning the School of Architecture at McGill University. Many universities’ campuses are located within an urban context and need to expand their facilities; the strategy for this project lies in densifying the complex by acting vertically. The existing Macdonald Harrington building remains the compositional centre of a historic set of buildings while towards the back, a new tower acts as a hinge reconnecting the engineering complex. All the studios (architecture, landscape and urban planning) are located within the new tower, and a network of different programs (such as research labs, printing facilities, workshops, etc.) is distributed throughout in order to promote interaction and curiosity. The interlevel spaces around the stairs are designed as pin-up spaces, encouraging students and professors going up and down the tower to stop, gather, and discuss the different studios’ projects as well as exposing each field of study to the others. The facade of the new building is animated with “pocket” loggia, small but important moments in students’ experiences working at the school: spaces to read, breathe fresh air, just relax. These pockets put the students on display to the campus and also illuminate the building at night. The curtain wall is a tapestry of grey fritted glass relating to the variegated shades of the masonry of the historic buildings on campus. A two storey architecture library occupies the 11th and 12th levels, and finally, a mega-trendy-sky-lobby-plus-reception-hall for the McGill community commands the top level, with grand views on the campus and the Montreal’s downtown.
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