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Centennial College Applied Research and Innovation Centre

Location
Scarborough, Ontario

Client
Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology

Completion
2004

Size
276,000 ft² / 25,641 m²

Project Type
Education

KPMB Team
Bruce Kuwabara (design partner), Shirley Blumberg (partner-in-charge), Luigi LaRocca (senior associate), Paulo Rocha (project architect), Steven Casey, Andre D’Elia, Ramon Janer, Shane O’Neill, Jimmy Sun

SMV Project Team
Heinz Vogt (principal), Craig Bonham, Benny Domingos, Hassan Gardezi

Consultants
Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd. (structural), Keen Engineering Co. Ltd. (mechanical), Mulvey + Banani International Inc. (electrical), Leber/Rubes Inc. (fire and life safety), Halsall Engineers (building envelope), NAK Design Group (landscape), Leber Rubes (life safety), IBI Group (IT), iTRANS Consulting Inc. (traffic), Urban Watershed Group (stormwater management), Decommissioning Consulting Services Ltd. (geotechnical), Entro Communications (signage)

Construction Manager
Vanbots Construction Corporation

Photography
Tom Arban, Eduard Hueber

Awards
2006 Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award
2006 American Institute of Architects/Committee on Architecture for Education, Educational Facility Design Award
2006 Canadian Interiors Best of Canada, Project Winner
2004 Ontario Concrete Awards – Cast-in-Place Concrete – Architectural Merit Award

Press
iiC – l’industria italiana del Cemento, June 2007
Design City Toronto, 2007
Global Interior Design Collection a2, September 2006
The Architectural Review, October 2004