Limberlost Place
The Limberlost Place is the latest addition to George Brown College's Waterfront Campus. Formerly known as The Arbour[1], this building will serve as an educational hub for George Brown College students. Limberlost Place embraces sustainable design by meeting the requirements for Toronto's Green Building Standard. The net-zero carbon emissions building includes solar chimneys to create natural convection, pulling air upward and drawing fresh air into the building from operable windows. It will also use deep-water cooling, circulating water pumped from Lake Ontario throughout the building to cool it. Additionally, rooftop solar panels will generate energy used within Limberlost Place.[2] The Green Buildings Requirements ensure all developments achieve Tier 3 of the Toronto Green Standard. With its innovative design, Limberlost Place not only exceeds Tier 3, it will meet Tier 4, the minimum standard for all new construction in Toronto as of 2030. [3]
History
| Limberlost Place | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Under construction |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario |
| Address | 185 Queens Quay E, Toronto, ON M5A 1B6 |
| Country | Canada |
| Cost | $150 million (Canadian) |
| Height | 52.5m |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Timber Concrete Steel Hybrid |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Moriyama & Teshima Architects, Acton Ostry Architects |
| Developer | George Brown College |
| Engineer | Fast+Epp, Introba |
In 2017, George Brown College launched an international design contest for their Waterfront Campus expansion. This competition called for submissions of a 12-storey, all-wood design that would be known as The Arbour. [4] This newest addition would house George Brown's School of Information Computer Technology, The Brookfield Sustainability Institute, and a childcare facility.
The four finalists were Moriyama & Teshima and British Columbia-based Acton Ostry Architects, British Columbia-based Patkau Architects and Toronto-based MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects (MJMA), Montreal-based Provencher Roy and Toronto-based Turner Fleischer Architects, and Tokyo-based Shigeru Ban Architects and Toronto-based Brook McIlroy.[5]
A jury of 5 members considered a number of criteria before unanimously naming Moriyama & Teshima and Acton Ostry Architects the winners of the competition.[6]
Construction
The funding for the Limberlost Place is part of the Green Construction through Wood Program (GCWood) launched by Natural Resources Canada. Moriyama & Teshima with Acton Ostry designed the building with structural engineering firm Fast + Epp..
Construction began in 2021 and is estimated to be completed in 2024-2025. The Limberlost Place building will be 10 storeys high[7] with an area of 175,000 square feet. Fast + Epp worked with Moriyama & Teshima and Acton Ostry Architects to develop a large span beamless structural system that is comprised of timber-concrete-composite CLT slab bands with perpendicular CLT infill panels, all supported on glulam columns.[8]
Awards
Architecture Press Release - Global Future Design Awards 2022[9]
Architizer Awards - 2023 Jury Winner (Unbuilt Sustainable Non-Residential Project category)[10]
Canadian Architect - Award of Excellence 2018[11]
Re-Thinking the Future - Architecture, Construction & Design Awards 2018, Category: Institutional(Concept)[12]
Royal Architecture Institute of Canada - Research & Innovation in Architecture Award 2023[13]
Waterfront Design Review Panel - Excellence in Design Innovation[14]
World Architecture News - Future Projects: Education 2019 (Gold)[15]
References
- ↑ Canada, ReNew (2023-06-20). "George Brown College's Limberlost Place - ReNew Canada". Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ↑ "Limberlost Place: Leading the Mass-Timber Movement | Waterfront Toronto". www.waterfrontoronto.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ↑ "Toronto Green Standard". City of Toronto. 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ↑ "George Brown College's". urbantoronto.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ↑ "Finalists Selected for". urbantoronto.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ↑ "The Arbour's Winning Design Selected in Unanimous Decision | UrbanToronto". urbantoronto.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ↑ "Limberlost Place". Moriyama Teshima Architects. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ↑ "Limberlost Place, George Brown College". Fast + Epp. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ↑ APR (2022-10-10). "Gold Winner | Limberlost Place | Moriyama & Teshima Architects and Acton Ostry Architects". Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ↑ "2023 Sustainability Winners - Architizer A+Awards". winners.architizer.com. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ↑ Moffatt, Laura (2019-04-07). "The Arbour". Canadian Architect. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ↑ Future, Rethinking The (2019-03-18). "'The Arbour' - George Brown College Tall Wood Building | Moriyama & Teshima Architects & Acton Ostry Architects". RTF | Rethinking The Future. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ↑ Canada, Royal Architectural Institute of (2023-04-04). "2023 RAIC Research & Innovation in Architecture Award". Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ↑ "Waterfront Toronto celebrates design excellence with first ever Waterfront Design Review Panel Awards | Waterfront Toronto". www.waterfrontoronto.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ↑ "Winners 2019". WAN Awards. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
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