The McEwen School of Architecture (french: link=no, l'École d'architecture McEwen), formerly the Laurentian School of Architecture, is an

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belonging to

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, Canada."Architecture school planned for Sudbury’s Laurentian University"
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'', May 24, 2011. The school opened in September 2013, and was the first new school of architecture to open in Canada in 45 years. It is also the first school of its kind in

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, and the first in Canada outside

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to offer courses in French. The school adopted its current name in 2016 following a $10 million donation from former

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CEO

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Background

The school is part of

, and was granted authorization by the provincial

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in 2011, with the province committing $21 million toward its creation."More professional programs calling Northern Ontario home"
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'', May 27, 2011. The architecture project, which began as a community initiative in mid-2007, gained initial community support from the City of Greater Sudbury ($10 million) and the

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($5 million). Federal support from

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was also requested ($5 million). The school announced the selection of its founding director, Dr. Terrance Galvin, MRAIC, in January 2012. Galvin was previously the director of the architecture school at

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in Halifax,

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. In September and October 2012 interviews were to take place to fill the school's 24 faculty positions. The school accepted its first students in September 2013. It was the first new school of architecture to open in Canada in over 40 years. It is the first Canadian school of architecture to offer a design studio curriculum in both English and French, as well as a cultural learning environment for the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities.

Campus location

The school faced some initial controversy when it announced its preferred campus location in

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, which would displace the city's existing

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. Both the city and the school have proposed alternate locations such as the local watering hole Peddlers Pub to resolve the relocation as the school will occupy the former Market Square, including the CP Telegraph Building (1914) for faculty offices and the CP Rail Shed (circa 1905) as its design studio and classroom for the first two years. The city voted on November 9, 2011, to accept the school's request to purchase the site, and struck an advisory panel to make recommendations on the relocation and development of the farmer's market. The panel ultimately decided to relocate the farmer's market to the Sudbury railway station. In a new chapter in Sudbury's history marking downtown revitalization, the School of Architecture site incorporated, rather than demolishing, the former market building as well as the neighbouring CP Telegraph Building, which has a heritage designation and which housed offices and a restaurant. In a presentation to

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in April 2012, Galvin announced that the site plan design by

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would involve four distinct buildings — the two existing buildings and two new structures, arranged around a central courtyard, with above-ground walkways connecting the buildings to allow pedestrian and bicycle traffic through the site. The landscape plan and the building performance matrix are aimed at referencing the

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while addressing ecology and the impact of climate change in architecture. The $27 million project included

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of the existing buildings and a new building. An entire wing of the new building is constructed in cross-laminated timber (CLT), the first building of its kind in Ontario. The campus also houses the studios of

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, Laurentian University's

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station.Laurentian University's campus radio station moves to Sudbury's downtown

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, March 14, 2016.

Curriculum

The curriculum will directly address building with wood and the diverse cultures of the north, including

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s and the

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and

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(FNMI) peoples. Design studio will focus on design-build exercises with local communities; the program will follow the co-op model of education, with work-terms in local industries as well as architecture offices, and the standard focus on western traditions will be tempered by the study of Aboriginal traditions, ceremony, and knowledge. The overall focus is on that of 'place' within the context of the

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References

External links

* {{official, http://laurentianarchitecture.ca/ Architecture schools in Canada Laurentian University Buildings and structures in Greater Sudbury 2013 establishments in Ontario Educational institutions established in 2013