Expansion project by Diamond Schmitt and Sahuri + Partners opens at Lethbridge College
A greatly expanded trades and technologies centre has opened at Lethbridge College. At close to 170,000 square feet, the new facility designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects in association with Sahuri + Partners is one of the largest buildings in the southern Alberta city.
The Trades Technologies Renewal and Innovation Project (TTRIP) supports a 50 per cent increase in students, with space and programming for over 880 additional placements at the College. The expansion organizes new workshops, labs, offices and classrooms around a north-south central spine and adjacent learning commons. ?The goal was to bring a cohesive and legible plan that identifies and provides views into the different program areas,? said Michael Leckman, Principal, Diamond Schmitt Architects. ?Also a priority was to create informal study and gathering space to encourage student encounter and the opportunity to continue learning outside the classroom or workshop setting,? A first phase of the state-of-the-art expansion added large automotive and heavy agriculture equipment bays to the Crooks School of Transportation, which opened in September 2015. The College set a high bar for energy-efficient design with a ?net zero utility cost to operate? goal for the new facility, aiming to maintain the energy cost to operate the building at no more than a smaller facility it replaced.
?Energy modelling, user input and process loads were analyzed and a comprehensive array of passive and active sustainable design ...
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