Fleming College A-Wing, Sutherland Campus, Peterborough, Ontario
Fleming College. Photo by Tom Arban
This fall, students at Fleming College?s Sutherland Campus in Peterborough, Ontario, are enjoying a facility that has been revitalized by Toronto-based architects Gow Hastings. The original 200-acre campus was established in 1973 with a collection of buildings designed by Ron Thom in collaboration with Thompson Berwick and Pratt and Partners within the terraced, park-like setting.
Fleming College A-Wing before revitalization
The 7,060-square-metre A-Wing Building serves as the campus gateway and as a classroom facility. A $13-million project aimed to transform the dark, heavy, and outdated building into a contemporary one that meets the standards of 21st century learning and sustainability. The renovations needed to take place while the A-Wing was fully occupied. Fleming College. Photo by Tom Arban
Gow Hastings began by stripping the building?s dark brown aluminum envelope back to its steel frame, and recladding it with alpolic aluminum panels ? a lightweight material often found on gas stations. The overall effect is clean, uplifting and playful. White and yellow panels transform the facade while integrating it with the original brown campus buildings and a new Corten-clad neighbour. The similarly coloured panels were arranged at varying angles to capture natural light, while some panels were perforated overtop of windows, or treated with ?accordion folds? to add visual variety.
Fleming College. Photo by Tom Arban
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