York University’s Markham Centre Campus (MCC) is the first public university in York Region, which features a vertical campus building that is fully integrated with the area?s network of commerce, athletics, arts, and entrepreneurial communities.
Image credit: Diamond Schmitt Architects
Designed by Diamond and Schmitt, the $275.5 million building form consists of a five-storey podium with five-storey tower above. Bronze-anodized aluminum cladding and fritted bird-friendly glazing are interspersed within a syncopated fenestration pattern. Cantilevers and curves animate the building form and create fluid, interactive spaces supporting teaching and research within a vertical campus.
?The design of this highly accessible building defines a collegial academic community within a series of interconnected, multi-storey spaces of gathering and interaction,? said Donald Schmitt, principal, Diamond Schmitt. Image credit: Diamond Schmitt Architects
?The Markham Centre Campus will offer professionally relevant degree programs and micro-credentials with a strong focus on digital technologies, entrepreneurship and experiential education in high demand areas such as business and entrepreneurship, data analytics, new media and communications,? said York University President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda L. Lenton.
The 400,000 sf (37,160 sm) facility opens onto a sloping Campus Green that creates an outdoor focal point for social gathering, Indigenous learning and respite. Low-incline cur...