Located in a residential area of Brockville, the school brings together a community’s need for a daycare, elementary and secondary school. It was through the facade’s masonry design, by its rhythm and its change in colour and pattern, that the building was given a dynamic character appropriate for a new community focal point.
Chernoff Hall was designed for the Chemistry faculty at Queen’s University in Kingston. The building’s primary cladding, Kingston Limestone, was used specifically in an attempt to have the new building speak to two quite different ideas: the progressiveness of the faculty and campus, as well as its sense of permanence and substance.
The materials and details are a contemporary take on the historic architecture of downtown Bowmanville. The building is lad in red clay brick with natural stone string courses and a projecting cornice. the forth floor is terraced back to respect the three-storey height of the town hall and to preserve the prominence of the original clock tower.
The development of Fort Sauve Cadet Dormitory was mandated in its design to complement and harmonize with the existing heritage style buildings within the College campus. A natural split face limestone masonry with dimensioned smooth units for banding and window sills to replicated the finishes on the adjacent buildings.
The original design called for a wood structure with brick veneer for the first floor and EIFS above. Through value engineering with the masonry contractor the project was redesigned to load bearing masonry, coreslab floors, and was clad entirely with masonry veneer. This redesign met both budget and original schedule.
We provided complete and effective security in a building that is also open and inviting, inspiring the trust and confidence of the community. Materials and methods were carefully selected to look good over time in a very demanding environment. On the exterior we used a combination of cut limestone and ground face architectural block. The ground face block adds adding texture, colour and variety to the façade. This assists in breaking down the overall scale of the building.
The project provides 585 student rooms on two adjacent sites.The facility is used for student accommodation during the academic year and then as a conference facility during the summer. The scale and massing of the buildings are varied to breakdown the mass into elements which are compatible in scale with the adjacent uses. The buildings are designed as a contemporary architectural expression which is sympathetic to the historic fabric of the campus.
Renovations consisted in a complete rehabilitation of existing masonry: repointing the exterior facade, stone repairs (Jahn mortar repairs), Dutchman repairs, in-situ fracture repairs, fracture repairs, stone removal and re-anchoring, stone replacement, stone cleaning, partial replacement of stone to match original Queenstone Limestone, etc.
The 51,360 sq. ft facility consolidates 14 classrooms, an art and music room, computer rooms, large general-purpose room complete with a stage, 2 kindergarten rooms and a daycare area. This one-storey elementary school uses a tripartite masonry strategy to create distinct elevation facades, much like one would find along a main street. to create a vibrant and interesting visual setting for learning.
