Exterior of the Environmental Science and Chemistry Building at University of Toronto Scarborough. Photo by Michael Muraz.
An innovative new research and teaching facility for the study of environmental sciences and chemistry opened officially last week at the University of Toronto Scarborough.
Designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects and delivered with design-build construction partner EllisDon, the 110,000-square-foot building provides state-of-the-art laboratory and teaching space for some of Canada?s brightest new minds. The project is a showpiece for integrating the requirements of a modern and dynamic post-secondary academic campus plan and meets institutional objectives for stringent sustainable design targets. The facility also features collaborative learning opportunities while providing flexible lab space that ensures adaptability for the ever-changing nature of research and teaching methods. Lab stations are composed of mobile furniture, allowing for reconfiguration as needed. Photo by Tom Arban.
?The building is designed to be a model of new thinking in laboratory design ? open, transparent, flexible, adaptable for lab usages as yet unimagined, not to mention providing a safe and secure work environment for students and researchers,? said Donald Schmitt, Principal, Diamond Schmitt Architects.
View of the skylit atrium. Photo by Tom Arban.
At its core, the five-storey building connects laboratories and academic offices around a skylit forum and crossroads designed...