Centennial College
A-Building Expansion




Located on Centennial College Progress Campus in Scarborough, ON, the A-Block Expansion Building’s design will be like no other. This campus gateway building will have the potential to become the first net-zero carbon, mass timber, LEED® Gold higher education facility in the province when it is completed in 2023. It will also embody the College’s deep commitment to truth and reconciliation.

All drawings, images and photography are the property of DIALOG
Photography by James Brittain ( https://www.james-brittain.com/ )

Program
 Classrooms, Labs, Spaces for Student Engagement and Gathering, Administration and Faculty Office

Area
133,000 sq ft + 16,000 sq ft

Location
Scarborough, Ontario - Canada

Year
2019 - 2023

Sustainability
Zero Carbon - LEED Gold - WELL Certified

Client
Centennial College

Firm
DIALOG - https://dialogdesign.ca/

Collaborators
Smoke Architecture
EllisDon

Architectural Design Team
Juan Carlos Portuese (Lead Project Designer & Architect)
Eladia Smoke
Craig Applegath
Chen Cohen
Farah Al Amin
Jason D’Altroy
Maya Jarrah
Leo Decaney
Otto Ojo


Awards
RTC GADA – 2024 Institutional Built
Architizer A+Awards – 2024 Winner Educational Interiors
The Architecture MasterPrize - 2024 Other Interior Design
OAA – 2024 Design Excellence Awards Winner
OAA – 2024 People’s choice
Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design - 2024 Social Good
Wood Design & Building Awards - 2024 Woodworks Ontario Awards
Interior Design Magazine - 2024 Best of Year
FSC - 2024 Leadership award
IDC - 2024 VODA
BLT Awards - 2024 Institutional Interior Design
CertainTeed Gypsum Trophy Awards - Canada Winner
Canadian Interiors Best of Canada – 2023 Single Detail winner
AIA Canada Society – 2023 Award of Merit
CGAGBC – 2024 New Construction
Architizer A+Awards – 2021 Special Mention Unbuilt Educational
RTC GADA – 2020 Institutional Concept

https://www.dialogdesign.ca/our-work/projects/centennial-college-a-block/







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Juan Carlos Portuese
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