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Daniels Building at One Spadina Crescent

Project Type:

Addition, Renovation, Historic Structure, Higher Education

Project Location:

1 Spadina Crescent
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2J5
Canada

Project Scope:

Gross Area:

155,000 SF

Net Area:

155,000 SF

Site Area:

123,150 SF

Occupants:

10,000

Construction Cost:

$51,963,900

Cost Per SF:

$335

Levels Above Ground:

Performance Metrics:

Total PEUI:

Net PEUI:

Annual Potable Water:

290,000 Gallons

Rainwater Managed:

Lights Off Daylighting:

95%

Views to Outdoors:

95%

15' to Operable Windows:

80%

Awards and Acknowledgements:

AIA Committee on the Environment:
2019 Top Ten

Design Features:

Holistic Design Approach, Daylighting, Structural Optimization, Utilization Efficiency, Energy/Water/Material Efficiency, Properly Insulated Building Fabric, Indoor Environmental Quality, Landscape, Voided slab

Project Summary:

The renovation and expansion of One Spadina Crescent for the University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design (DFALD) embodies a holistic approach to sustainable design. The project focused on the context of the city and dynamic use patterns over time as opposed to focusing exclusively on static accreditation frameworks. The project strove to distinguish itself in utilization efficiency, energy/water/material efficiency, properly insulated building fabric, indoor environmental quality, landscape, and urbanity. Most important, the project anticipated the dynamic nature of design education and technology through its flexibility and resilience. The project objectives were twofold: (1) rehabilitate the landscape, historic Knox College architecture, and urban significance of Spadina Crescent (2) demonstrate DFALD’s objective of overt sustainability through the deployment of materials and systems to accommodate a program for studio space, workshops, classrooms, offices, a library, a cafe, a gallery, an auditorium, a Living Lab, a Fab Lab, a public amphitheater, and an event terrace. Design strategies were multifaceted to address environmental, economic, and social values. One example of this is the new, dynamic ceiling on the third floor of the new addition. Using the cantilevered structural logic of the Firth of Forth Bridge, the ceiling of the studio is shaped to integrate daylighting, hydrological control, and structural optimization, creating a desirable space that engages the senses while simultaneously saving energy and water and serving as a pedagogical tool. For years, many initiatives have attempted to preserve, reuse, and repurpose One Spadina Crescent. This project has revived the site and offers a north face for the first time in its history. The preservation of the north addition will have value in how it establishes a dialogue with the urban and campus context and serves as a critical piece of infrastructure for the city of Toronto.

(Source: AIA COTE 2019)

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CA-DNLSBL

Added:

2019-04-23 15:07:19

Updated:

2020-03-26 18:28:52

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141.43

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