Bucholz McEvoy Architects & ZAS Architects in collaboration have unveiled a mass timber headquarters for the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), designed to be one of the most sustainable office buildings in Canada. The facility, located in Toronto, integrates renewable energy, rainwater harvesting, and advanced energy efficiency measures while using timber to reduce its carbon footprint. This project reflects TRCA’s environmental mission, setting a new standard for sustainable civic architecture in the region.
"This $65 million dollar campus in Toronto is a community space with a green roof & solar panels!" /
Downtown Toronto and the city’s students just got a green upgrade in the form of a $65 million dollar project called Canoe Landing Campus! This structure is now a social nexus that acts as a community recreation center as well as an educational institute divided into public and Catholic elementary schools plus a childcare center – all of that under one gigantic green roof! ZAS Architects designed the campus to provide a much-needed social infrastructure to CityPlace which is one of the city’s most populated residential developments with over 20,000 residents. So a facility the size of Canoe Landing Campus was needed to cater to everyone while also being functional. Given the scale of the campus, it was important to make it energy-efficient and therefore the team added solar panels that generate 10% of the building’s total energy needs – a small start with the potential to grow a lot more!
Read More"At Canoe Landing Campus in Toronto, the green roof becomes a fifth facade" /
“A lot of Program, One Canoe”
Situated in downtown Toronto’s sprawling CityPlace residential district, Canoe Landing Campus is a mixed-use complex that brings life and a spot of color to a 3.3-acre lot that had sat empty for years. The $65 million, 158,893-square-foot compound introduces vertical community in a drastically different manner than the tall, blue-gray towers that have dominated the neighborhood since the late-1980s.
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"ZAS and CEBRA Unveil University of Toronto's New Student Hub" /
"ZAS Architects Unveils Design for University of Toronto's New Learning Landscape" /
ZAS Architects, in collaboration with CEBRA Architecture, has unveiled the design for a new student-centered learning and support hub at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus (UTSC). The new facility - Instructional Centre Phase 2 (IC-2) - is a dynamic learning landscape that promotes agile and asynchronous education through a complex arrangement of rooms and open public spaces spanning multiple floors.
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The University of Toronto Scarborough Campus (UTSC) is set to receive a new student-centered learning and support hub courtesy of ZAS Architects, in collaboration with CEBRA Architecture.
The design of the building is inspired by the form of a 19th century Printer’s Tray. The building’s four distinct facades mirror the tray’s compartments and represent the diversity of spaces and educational environments within. The framed grid that forms the building’s facade creates a design that combines various volumes, scales, surfaces, and spatial qualities.
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