Red
River College
Princess Street Campus
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Terri
Meyer Boake B.E.S. B.Arch. M.Arch.
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Red
River College Winnipeg, Manitoba
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article
in Canadian Architect January 2003
article
in Canadian Architect January 2004
GBC 2K2 brochure
( 1.4 MB pdf)
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View
of main facade. |
View
of historic facades retained. |
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View
up new portion of building showing integrated PV glazing. |
Reused
materiasl for the benches. |
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Seating
area in front of building. |
Planting
areas. |
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Integrated
PV facade. |
Integrated
PV facade. |
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Planting
area adjacent to building. |
Planting
area and sun shades. |
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View
onto green roof. |
Edge
detail of green roof (seemed inaccessible). |
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View
down main gallery space. |
View
along main gallery space showing steel stair access to upper floors. |
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View
towards steel framed roof. |
Steel
framing infills between portions of existing warehouse buildings. |
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View
up the atrium wall. |
Steel
bridges join opposing sides of the atrium and existing warehouse buildings. |
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Biew
to underside of steel bridges along exterior. |
View
along steel framing. |
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Detail
of steel frame infill. Mostly W sections have been used. |
Detail
of the steel truss. Skylights are used to light the atrium/galleria. |
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In
this portion of the building steel framing is also used. Ducts are left exposed. |
An
existing storefront was retained and worked into the design. |
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View down stairs towards entrance area that sits behind the retained
historic facades. |
View into study area behind sunshades and PV wall. | |
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Integrated PV curtain wall provides constant shading for a classroom. |
Daylight crosses over the atrium and into corridors beside, providing borrowed daylighting. | |
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View down into study area showing sun shades on exterior and interior
(to block glare and direct sun). |
View down into study area showing sun shades on exterior and interior (to block glare and direct sun). | |
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Daylight
can pass through this translucent wall. |
Corridor
spaces. |
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Existing
vault doors remain as a point of interest in the reuse of the building
components. |
Steel
framing supports the existing historic wall. |
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Steel
framing is used for all of the infill support. |
Electrical
centre. |
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