This adaptive reuse houses the Aviation and Engineering Technology & Applied Science program at Centennial College’s Downsview campus on a site that was once Canada’s epicentre of aviation design and manufacturing. The College’s educational programs are housed inside the heritage structure and new extensions; the complex comprises two hangars, classrooms, admin offices, a library, and learning and fabrication spaces that include avionics, electronics, engines, and composite labs, and group study and collaborative zones. The new facility establishes a museum of artifacts with a collection drawn from the site’s storied past and exhibits conveying the history of Canadian aviation.

Jury Comments

“This is a creative, adaptive reuse that transforms suburban Downsview into a people-oriented place. A deft integration of old and new that makes the most of its inherited spaces and facades.”


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Publish Date : 2022/Jul/13