NEWNHAM CAMPUS
RENOVATION & EXPANSION,
SENECA COLLEGE

Poorly related, inefficient buildings and dark, congested hallways: this was Seneca’s Newnham Campus before the College undertook a major renovation and expansion project. Today, it stands transformed as a bright, graceful and modern campus.

aA’s rejuvenation of Seneca’s first campus turned a collection of buildings with failing exterior envelopes into a welcoming, unified, energy-efficient environment. Three skylit atriums were punched through the deep floor plates, funneling natural light into the core of each building.

The existing buildings were re-clad in clear and coloured glass and corridors moved to the building edges, where exterior views help students to orient themselves within the complex. A new, equally transparent Faculty of Business building gives the College a new presence and visibility in the neighbourhood. The architects renovated classrooms, labs, and the College library, created a new 220-node Information Commons, and doubled the size of the Seneca bookstore.

SENECA COLLEGE OF
APPLIED ARTS & TECHNOLOGY
TORONTO, CANADA
2003
$45.7 MILLION
5,416 m2 CONSTRUCTION
29,165 m2 RENOVATION