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Havergal College

Toronto, Ontario | Diamond Schmitt Architects

Joined the project team to help complete design development and working drawings for the, respectively, 67,000 sq.ft and 24,000 sq.ft expansions to Havergal College’s upper and junior schools, built originally in 1926 on a wooded, ravine-side campus in midtown. Brick, stone, and copper were selected for the cladding to harmonize with the existing edifices and glulam was used for the exposed structures, to stylistically converse with the heavy timber used in the roof of the Gothic Revival assembly hall. The additions, which were certified LEED Gold, contain a variety of spaces, clustered according to the age of the students who use them, and include a dining hall, multi-purpose rooms, music rooms, classrooms, and laboratories.

[2018-22]

University of Manitoba Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

Winnipeg, Manitoba | Diamond Schmitt Architects / Brook McIlroy Inc

Helped foster this project through the concept design and design development phases. As well as aiming for a LEED Gold certification, the university placed importance on deriving inspiration from Manitoba’s Indigenous cultures, which eventually manifested in a layering and texturing of the facade in ways inspired by woven items, specifically quillwork. A strong emphasis has also been placed on flow and connectivity; of the building to its immediate context, as well as the wider University of Manitoba campus.

[2018-19]

Whitchurch-Stouffville Leisure Centre

Stouffville, Ontario | Diamond Schmitt Architects

Contributed from concept design through to building opening, working during all stages with the structural, mechanical, electrical, and civil engineers, contractor, and client to complete this 42,000 sq.ft, $17.6 million extension to an existing civic recreation centre designed by MJMA, expanding library space and adding a gymnasium, exercise and multi-purpose rooms, and an art gallery. Challenges included designing a temporary library offsite and staging moves, devising complex expansion joints, and repeatedly revising emergency exiting paths to accomodate public access to the pool during successive construction phases. Tasked with construction management, attending regular site meetings, conducting inspections, working with the contractor and subcontractors to resolve problems, creating reports, and certifying payments.

[2016-2018]

944-952 Queen Street West

Toronto, Ontario | Diamond Schmitt Architects

Surveyed the sites’ three existing buildings and prepared drawings thereof as the first steps in the renovations to create retail, dining, and office spaces. Thereafter, assisted with concept design, design development, and working drawings, setting out the requested spaces within the fixed shells and opening up floors, including to create a new suspended feature stair for the main tenant’s offices and a streetfront, double-height volume for a store. On the exterior, detailed the insertion of new windows, soffits, and sills (one of which became a new stone public bench). as well as the redo of an entrance stair and addition of a rooftop patio/outdoor event space; penhouses for access, washrooms, and emergency exiting; and screens to conceal HVAC equipment.

[2016-17]

Aaniin Community Centre and Library

Markham, Ontario | Perkins + Will Canada

Aided in concept development and creation of presentation images, devising connections between the building, site, and community, all in harmony with sustainable design practices, including passivhaus. Later re-engaged with the 121,000 sq.ft, $54 million, LEED Gold targeting project to complete wall sections and plan and section details, resolving complex intersections between structure and building envelope.

[2012-14]

Bank of Canada headquarters renovation

Ottawa, Ontario | Perkins + Will

Focused on the plaza upgrade within this extensive $460 million, LEED Gold aiming renovation of the Bank of Canada's Arthur Erickson-designed headquarters. Working with the structural engineers and curtain wall consultant, devised the complex envelope and interiors of the three new prismatic pavilions with green roofs, including the entrance to the subterranean currency museum, directly adjacent to Parliament Hill.

[2012-13]

Minto Recreation Complex

Barrhaven, Ontario | Perkins + Will Canada

Developed the interior volumetric arrangement and elevations for a 135,000 sq.ft, LEED Silver certified community centre with a swimming pool, four-pad arena, gymnasium, cafe, and lobbies. Pedestrian approaches, the entrance experience, and the main lobby (which received panelling fabricated from ash trees felled by the city for maintenance purposes) received particular attention and required collaboration with sculptural artists. Additionally, honed the building's final form through production of exterior sections and details.

[2013]

University of Guelph Thornbrough Building

Guelph, Ontario | Perkins + Will Canada

For this $14 million, 49,300 sq.ft design-build project consisting of two separate additions to the existing engineering complex, devised an organizing grid based on the extant building's structure and arranged the exterior and interior elevations within it. Then created all wall sections for the project, as well as stair drawings, and designed details for sliding barn doors and guard rails.

[2010-11]

Brooklin Library and Community Centre

Whitby, Ontario | Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners

Took on the section detailing of the 57,000 sq.ft, $10.2 million project, which was a key aspect of the overall design. As such, great attention was paid to form and material choice. Complex detail assemblies were devised in collaboration with the structural consultants to ensure consistent expression—on both the interior and exterior—of the minimalist barn concept at the core of the scheme.

[2010]

University of Waterloo Engineering V

Waterloo, Ontario | Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners

Worked with the landscape architects to form the entire approach to the 154,000 sq.ft building, considering aspects of scales both large—connections to the surrounding campus—and small—handrail detailing. Resolved the complexity of multiple, varying functions occupying a limited outdoor student work area and formed the ceilings and lighting layout in coordination with the relevant consultants.

[2008-09]

Newcastle Recreation Centre

Newcastle, Ontario | Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners

For this $16 million social hub that balances openness to the community with respect for its neighbours (by keeping ample glazing on the street front low and nestling itself into its site), engaged deeply in devising wall sections and plan and section details that maintained the restrained material palette. Further, for the interior, arranged spaces and designed and detailed ceilings and wood highlights.

[2007-08]

University of Toronto Mississauga Recreation, Wellness, and Athletic Centre

Mississauga, Ontario | Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners

Involved from concept design for the 73,000 sq.ft building, exploring options via models and drawings, with particular focus on physically manifesting in minimalist ways the concepts of connection and place and fitting the programme into a limited site. Devised through working drawings many interior and exterior assemblies and the fusing of the new and existing structures.

[2005-07]

Peterborough Lakefield Police Service headquarters

Peterborough, Ontario | Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners

Aided in interior plan layout and creation of construction drawings for the $6.9 million renovation and small addition to the existing 30,000 sq.ft headquarters building. Undertook the responsibility of both designing and creating working drawings for the public lobbies and all the millwork and custom furniture throughout. Further, helped with staging plan for removal of asbestos.

[2005-06]

Peterborough Sport and Wellness Centre

Peterborough, Ontario | Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners / Trevelyan Architect

Tasked with designing wall sections and plan and section details for this 63,000 sq.ft athletic centre, with particular attention given to the knife edged soffit on the prominent, gull-wing roof. The project's tight, $12.5 million budget created the challenge of producing a spatially and visually active edifice from inexpensive materials, leading to the use of a minimal material palette, including MDF board slats.

[2003-04]

Canadian National Institute for the Blind

Toronto, Ontario | Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners / Sterling Finlayson Architects

Became involved at the early design stages, aiding in site positioning, layout, and massing, as well as honing the concept of governing spatial recognition by way of differing types and intensities of light affected by shading devices and material transparencies. Various other universal design techniques were employed to aid visually impaired occupants navigate the 140,000 sq.ft building.

[2003]

Angus Glen Community Centre

Markham, Ontario | Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners

Created presentation models to communicate the design parti of uniting the building with the site, both by form and material. Developed sections on all scales for the resulting complex, stepped and partly buried, 150,000 sq.ft edifice, involving heavy collaboration with the structural engineers and prompting of them to create members more harmonious with the building's architectural language.

[2001-03]

The Berkeley Institute

Hamilton, Bermuda | Makrimichalos Cugini Architects / Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners

Evolved the articulation and detailing of the extensive interior and exterior facades of the three campus buildings arranged on a hillside, devising railings, window and arch surrounds, colonnades, and the like with mind to the distinctive Bermuda vernacular. Fully designed the generator and storage building, working jointly with the structural and mechanical consultants.

[1999-2000]