Sheridan College Hazel McCallion Campus Phase 2

Accommodating an additional 3200 full-time students, HMC2 combines state-of-the-art formal and informal learning spaces to become an incubator for invention and applied creativity. Architectural interest is found in the complex sectional character of the building achieved by intersecting a porous inner bar with a variety of public spaces below. 

Experience
The sequence of discovery begins in the Creativity Commons, a double-height atrium around which series’ of learning spaces gravitate—research, training and leadership centres, maker spaces, meeting rooms, technology-enabled classrooms, food services, a gallery, and bookstore. A feature scissor stair, escalating 5 storeys through the atrium, connects these spaces visually and physically with the Commons and projects their energy and animation upwards. As users ascend and circulate, their experience of the building changes. Openings have been staggered and site lines curated to provide natural light and views across the floorplate, down into the atrium and or out to the new quad.