MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO AND INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY - Architectural firms to unveil design concepts for new tall wood, net positive building on Toronto's Waterfront

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MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO AND INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY - Architectural firms to unveil design concepts for new tall wood, net positive building on Toronto's Waterfront

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George Brown College enters final stage in selection of design concept for The Arbour

TORONTO, March 22, 2018 /CNW/ - Four internationally-renowned architectural/design firms are set to showcase their innovative design concepts for the construction of The Arbour, a new tall wood, net positive building at George Brown College's waterfront campus, marking another step forward in the development of Canadian mid-rise structures using mass timber.

Poised to bring the first tall wood structure to Toronto's skyline, The Arbour joins George Brown College's existing LEED gold certified Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences as an example of its continued commitment to sustainable development and green building construction. The planned 12-storey, low carbon facility will be a unique landmark in the East Bayfront community, housing a tall wood building research institute, George Brown's School of Computer Technology and a new child care facility to serve the growing new community. The Arbour is expected to be net-positive, reducing the college's carbon footprint, and in turn, lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Once built, students and researchers will learn to design, construct, operate and monitor climate-friendly buildings.

What:

World-renowned architectural finalists present their innovative design concepts for The Arbour.


Each firm will showcase their concepts to a distinguished jury on March 27, 2018. The firms will have 20 minutes to present their concepts to both the jury and the public. Models and panels with poster presentations will be on display. The jury will deliberate on March 28, 2018 to choose the winning selection. The event is open to the public.



When/Where:

Tuesday, March 27, 2018, 6:30-9pm.


George Brown College Waterfront Campus, 51 Dockside Drive, Auditorium, Second Floor, room 237



Who:

  • Anne Sado, President of George Brown College
  • Luigi Ferrara, Dean, Centre for Arts, Design & Information Technology, George Brown College

Presenting architectural/design firms:


  • Moriyama & Teshima Architects + Acton Ostry Architects
  • Patkau Architects + MJMA
  • Provencher Roy + Turner Fleischer
  • Shigeru Ban + Brook McIlroy

 

Members of the media are invited to attend the event and interview college spokespeople and the competing firms. To download high resolution images of competing designs, background information on The Arbour, and biographies of the architectural/design firms, please visit https://tinyurl.com/yc9pxnzw.

SOURCE George Brown College

View original content: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2018/22/c1249.html

Copyright CNW Group 2018

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