John Deutsch University Centre Revitalization
WINNER OF A 2019 CANADIAN ARCHITECT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
The addition provides new study and student-run retail spaces, while improving access to the existing student centre.
Sitting at the entrance to Queen?s University, the John Deutsch University Centre is a well-loved student hub. It houses student clubs, a pub, meeting rooms, and a 100-room residence. At its heart are Wallace Hall and the ceilidh?large assembly spaces for concerts, performances, debates and exhibitions.
But the building?built in 1949 and expanded in the mid-1970s?doesn?t have a single accessible entrance. A solution was needed to open the centre to all.
The new addition pulls visitors up and into the historic building, providing accessible access to each floor. It also acts as an extension of the student centre. A secondary circulation route doubles as tiered seating, creating an informal auditorium and study area. A student-run café occupies most of the addition?s second floor. A community kitchen on the upper level is a new social hub, serving the residents upstairs as well as the larger student body. A restaurant and student-run retail space tuck under the tiered space, facing the street. Steps double as tiered seating, creating an informal auditorium
From the outside, the new addition features monumental fins, a nod to the Collegiate Gothic of surrounding university buildings. The fins also deflect southern and western light. This passively regulates heat gain, allowing the addition to use oversiz...
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