The new Instructional Centre provides additional modernized and technologically advanced facilities for teaching. Some of the features included are a 500-seat auditorium, 350-seat auditorium, numerous tiered classrooms with 40 to 150-seat capacity, seminar rooms, computer labs, study space, food service area and Technology Resource Centre. The building consists of one basement level and three levels above grade, incorporating a central feature staircase. A concrete structure is utilized with strategic use of post-tensioning. The exterior wall cladding is a combination of curtainwall and copper alpolic panels. The building has achieved LEED® Silver Certification.
Awards
- Top Urban Design Award - 2011 Award of Excellence at the 30th Annual Mississauga Urban Design Awards Competition.
- 3rd Annual Global Excellence Awards, 2012 presented by IIDA (International Interior Design Association) - Best of Category for Cultural/Institutional/Educational
- 2012 IIDA Interior Design Competition Award.
- Honouree in 2012 for Interior Design Magazine’s Best of Year Awards.
