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General Project Information

Architectural Credit:

VJAA Inc. (Lead Design Architect)

RDHA Inc. (Local Architect and Canadian Architect of Record)

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Project Substantial Completion Date: 10/1/2023
Program type(s): Education - K-12 School
Total Site Area (gross sq. ft): 38050
Total Building Area (gross sq. ft): 9400
Project substantial completion date: 10/1/2023
Climate zone: 6
Project site: Greenfield (previously undeveloped land)
Project team: Engineer - Civil: Valdor Engineering Inc.
Engineer - MEP: Smith & Andersen
Engineer - Structural: Blackwell
General Contractor: Prodigy
Landscape Architect: NAK Design Strategies

Project Overview:
This facility on Toronto’s waterfront supports a public-facing mission for a 160-year-old rowing program. The 9,400-square-foot facility houses boat storage bays, locker rooms, and a rowing training room that converts to community space for events. The passively heated and cooled building has no mechanical systems; environmental measures include the primary use of CLT, expansive bird-safe glazing for daylighting, passive ventilation, and green roofs. The boathouse, sited on a sensitive lakefront ecosystem on a former dump site, includes a launch area and crew docks. It is part of Ports Toronto’s masterplan to improve public access and to the adjacent nature preserve.

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