RDHA and Mecanoo Architecten (Netherlands) are co-designing the Lawson Centre for Sustainability for Trinity College/University of Toronto. The project will embody sustainability, where students will participate in and benefit from a healthy, low-impact learning and living environment. This 160,000 sq. ft., 4-storey mixed-use project includes a 350-bed student residence, community kitchen, flexible work and study spaces, cafeteria, seminar rooms, teaching and event spaces and a rooftop urban farm.
The structure is comprised of a combination of mass timber components including: Glulam post and beam, cross-laminated timber (CLT) demising walls, prefabricated steel stud demising walls, CLT floor slabs, CLT roof deck and a CLT mass timber and a prefabricated exterior envelope system.
