Heritage Reframed
University building renovation and extension
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Project update February 2019 – Heritage reframed: University building renovation and extension, Toronto, Canada
The historic Knox Building is now integrated into the new structure. The site posed a special challenge for meaningful heritage preservation that acknowledges the cultural memory of the university. Image: Courtesy John Horner.
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Project entry 2014 North America – Heritage Reframed: University building renovation and extension, Toronto, ON, Canada
The complete DFALD restores the architecture, landscape and urban design within the round of Spadina Crescent. The east façade and green space frame a plaza oriented towards the University of Toronto campus. The silhouette of the building reflects the strategies of daylighting, structure and ventilation. The site’s hydrology is evident in the roof profile, shaped to guide water into pools, bio-swales and ultimately to cisterns for irrigation.
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Project entry 2014 North America – Heritage Reframed: University building renovation and extension, Toronto, ON, Canada
The new wing engages its counterpart through a tripartite section of renovated office space, flexible auditorium and new design studios/workshops. These zones are linked by circulation, seating and aperture elements that intensify the building’s use and expand its influence into the landscape. Using the logic of the Firth of Forth Bridge, the new roof is shaped to create opportunities for stormwater collection, stack ventilation, radiant cooling and daylighting of the large studio floor plate.
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Project update February 2019 – Heritage reframed: University building renovation and extension, Toronto, Canada
The historic areas are all treated sparely, but boldly reveal the original surfaces and clearly delineate contemporary interventions. Image: Courtesy John Horner.
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Awards Acknowledgement prize 2014–2015 North America
The renovation and extension project the Daniels Building at One Spadina Crescent opened in November 2017. The new home for the John H Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design is on the site of a culturally significant nineteenth century structure. The project rehabilitates existing urban, landscape, and architectural elements – and demonstrates the University of Toronto’s aim to foreground sustainability as part of its pedagogic program.
Last updated: April 01, 2020
By Katherine Faulkner - NADAAA, Boston, MA, USA; Nader Tehrani - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA and
Ideas: Urban Requalification, Circular Design
The renovation and extension project the Daniels Building at One Spadina Crescent opened in November 2017. The new home for the John H Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design is on the site of a culturally significant nineteenth century structure.
The project rehabilitates existing urban, landscape, and architectural elements – and demonstrates the University of Toronto’s aim to foreground sustainability as part of its pedagogic program.