Newnham Campus expansion continues
Construction is continuing this fall on our new 160,000-square-foot building at Newnham Campus. The new building will include additional classrooms and faculty spaces as well as a new auditorium, which will have a flexible design that can serve as a single classroom, be divided into multiple teaching spaces or host Seneca functions. As part of the construction, the Computer Commons is being expanded and a collaborative student study space is planned.
“This is an exciting project for all of us at Seneca,” says Seneca College President David Agnew. “Even though this is our largest campus, it needs to grow in order to provide more state-of-the-art teaching and learning areas for our students.”
The building was designed by architects at Cohos Evamy Integrated Design, which has worked on projects such as the McMaster University Electron Microscopy Facility, the Lethbridge College Instructional Building, the International Arrivals Hall at the Calgary International Airport and the national headquarters of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
The construction manager for the building is Ellis Don, one of the largest building contractors in Canada. Ellis Don has previously worked on Seneca construction projects like the TEL Building at our Seneca@York Campus.
Seneca received $20 million from the provincial government and $3.7 million from the federal government to create the new building. The funding is in response to an expected surge in post-secondary participation and is expected to create space for an additional 1,100 students at the campus. The new building will be open in September 2011.
A webcam overlooking the site is providing a live look at the construction site.
“This building will be a main feature of the campus,” David says. “It will help to tie together other buildings on the campus, improve access throughout and create a new main entrance – a front door if you will – to welcome everyone who visits Newnham Campus.”
Please note that the architectural renderings on this page represent early plans, and the final views and building's appearance may change as the project evolves.
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