Located in Downtown Mississauga, the recently completed Sheridan College Hazel McCallion Campus Phase 2A (HMC2A) is a vibrant 70,000-sf addition to the Phase 2 academic building, designed to add a range of social aspects to the commuter campus and serve around 6,100 students.
Photo credit: Montgomery Sisam Architects
Designed by Montgomery Sisam Architects in joint venture with Moriyama & Teshima Architects, the architectural teams were challenged to help create a student hub that would enrich campus life in a suburban context.

To ensure that a new hub meets students? needs and expectations and contributes to an added sense of community on campus, the architectural teams put students at the core of the design process and purposely engaged Sheridan?s Student Union, enabling them to provide inspiration for the final design and help shape the ideal athletic and student centre.
Photo credit: Montgomery Sisam Architects
The campus facility houses a series of unique spaces for athletics, food services, and recreation spaces, and features out-of-the-box thinking. A glass-clad exterior provides for more diffused natural light and offers students engaging views to the rest of their campus and the surrounding city core, while encouraging them to spend more time on campus. The glass exterior was also designed to prevent solar glare, while bringing more natural lighting into the building for optimal health and wellness purposes.

In designing the social and wellness centre,...