PHOTO: Building for Students

Construction moves along for the Lawson Centre for Sustainability being built on the former parking lot of Trinity College at the University of Toronto’s St. George Campus in Toronto.

The owner is Trinity College and the construction manager is Graham Construction. The work includes a four-storey, hybrid mass timber and concrete structure that will add additional space to Trinity College and is targeting LEED Platinum certification and the Canada Green Building Council’s Zero Carbon Building Standard. The T-shaped building will add approximately 350 residence beds with single and double rooms as well as suites. The building also includes designated residence lounges, academic space, seminar- and lecture-style classrooms, shared-use meeting rooms, office spaces as well as a top-floor marquis event and conference pavilion, with an outdoor terrace. The project was designed by Mecanoo Architecten (Netherlands) and RDH Architects Inc. joint venture and ERA Architects is the heritage architect.