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Welcome to our annual issue showcasing the winners of the 2020 Canadian Green Building Awards, selected by a jury that included Shelley Craig, Principal at Urban Arts Architecture in Vancouver, Claude Bourbeau, Associate Principal at Provencher Roy Architects in Montreal, and Alan Murphy, Principal at Green Reason Inc. in Toronto. The nine winners reflect the diversity of this year’s competition and the quality of work now being realized in communities large and small across the country.
Three certified projects illustrate how the Passive House program has extended its reach over the past five years: The Charter Telecom HQ, a leading-edge commercial office building in Langford, BC; the Westbay Passive House, a beautiful, light-filled residence on the waterfront in West Vancouver; and the Reach Guest House, the remarkable rehabilitation of a 19th century farmhouse in Prince Edward County, ON into an ultra-low energy contemporary residence. The private sector was also well represented outside of the Passive House program, with three exemplary projects from Ontario: The Rehabilitation and conversion of the 1930s Bata Shoe Factory into a mixed-use building for the community of Batawa; a similar treatment of Cours Bayview Yards, a 1940s municipal building in a former industrial area of Ottawa; and the Sifton Centre, the first structure in a planned 30-hectare net zero mixed-use development in London. Always a source of high quality, high-performance building, particularly in the areas of post-secondary education and supportive housing, the public sector was represented this year by: The Northern Lights College Trades and technology building in Fort St. John, BC, that provides an uplifting environment for students while achieving a remarkable level of energy performance in a harsh northern climate; the Rob and Cheryl McEwen Graduate Studies and Research Building at York University, which combines climate adapted design solutions with a focus on student wellbeing; and Covenant House Vancouver, an exemplar of best practice in the provision of support services for youth at risk. We extend our thanks to our jury (see page 10) for their skill, professionalism, and sincerity in reviewing all of the submitted projects. Thank you, too, to all those who submitted entries this year, many of which we will be featuring in upcoming issues of SABMag or in the regional CaGBC FOCUS publications. And, we especially thank our national sponsors, Masonite Architectural and the Canadian Precast Prestressed Concrete Institute, along with our category sponsors noted below. Without their support we would not be able to mount the annual SABMag Awards program.
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news INTRODUCING A NEW WAY TO CONNECT WITH THE RAIC Tanner Morton Following over a year in development, RAIC Connects launched on October 5, 2020 –in honour of World Architecture Day– to further connect members and foster meaningful conversations within the profession. RAIC Connects is a new online community platform accessible to all members of the RAIC, as well as non-members that are active in committees and task forces. The platform is a forum-based website with multiple functionalities including announcements, email notifications, events, and file sharing. Since it was launched, a plethora of discussion posts have explored topics including procurement trends, design responses to COVID restrictions, the licensing process in Canada, working from home during the pandemic for architects, and questions on mass timber, among others. A key feature of the connects platform, and one that has proved invaluable so far, is the development of separate communities around shared topics and points of interest. Some, like the forums for committees, were established at the outset—so that members of these groups can come together and plan their activities and initiatives regardless of their physical location at the time. Other communities were cultivated through shared interests, specializations, and areas of study in the industry. It’s important for users to feel empowered, to use their voice and, as the name of the platform suggests, build lasting, meaningful connections that will benefit themselves—as well as extend the conversation in the greater profession. Having a dedicated space to nurture conversation in the architectural profession will be a benefit for Canadian architecture in both our current moment and what lies ahead in the future. Creating connections and fostering a stronger sense of community is vital for the health of the profession in the years ahead. The RAIC is working hard to make the cultural conversation on architecture as dynamic and engaging as the profession itself.
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NORTHERN LIGHTS COLLEGE TRADES TRAINING CENTRE McFarland Marceau Architects Ltd. Institutional [Large] Award / Prix institutionnel (grande taille)
THE ROB AND CHERYL MCEWEN GRADUATE STUDY AND RESEARCH BUILDING, SCHULICH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, YORK UNIVERSITY Baird Sampson Neuert Architects Institutional [Large] Award / Prix institutionnel (grande taille)
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THE REACH GUEST HOUSE Kearns Mancini Architects Residential [Small] Award / Prix résidentiel (petite taille)
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BATA SHOE FACTORY REVITALIZATION Architect of Record: Quadrangle Collaborating Design Architect: Dubbeldam Architecture + Design Residential [Large] Award / Prix résidentiel (grande taille) Heather Dubbeldam and Scott Sampson, Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
CHARTER TELECOM HEADQUARTERS Waymark Architecture Commercial/Industrial [Small] Award / Prix commercial industriel (petite taille) (l to r): Will King and Graeme Verhulst, Waymark Architecture
COURS BAYVIEW YARDS Hobin Architecture Incorporated Existing Building Upgrade Award / Prix amélioration/rénovation d’un bâtiment existant (l to r): Leila Emmrys, Sandy Davis, Dan Henhoeffer, and Hugo Latreille, Hobin Architecture Incorporated
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SIFTON CENTER London, ON
Diamond Schmitt Architects Commercial/Industrial [Large] Award Jury: This is a really great case study building for commercial developers. The clever articulation of the form to reinforce the street at ground level, and to optimize solar exposure above, combined with a low window-to-wall ratio and the attention paid to indoor environmental quality are all strategies that are both affordable and effective. The abundant natural light, communal spaces, and a biofilter living wall to clean the air,
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all enhance occupant wellbeing.
The Sifton Centre is the first building in the 30-hectare (75 acre) West 5 development – a new net zero community planned by Sifton properties in the western region of London, Ontario. The
The office floors located on levels 2 and 3, however, are oriented directly east-west in order to maximize the façade facing due south. This split in orientation provides added benefits as roof areas created by the
West 5 community will be a mixed use, residential/commercial
different alignments of the ground and second floors
development, with a focus on increased density, walkability and
provide opportunities for living roofs and amenity
lively streets, in contrast to the low-density suburban development that surrounds it. Taken in combination, the buildings that
terraces. Further enhancing these passive strategies is the
comprise West 5 will generate as much energy as they consume,
design of the building envelope, which is comprised
and this energy will be produced entirely through photovoltaics.
of high-performance insulated panels (effective R28) and roof systems (R40). Glazing accounts for less than 30% of the overall envelope area and is comprised of a
The Sifton Centre is a 5,600m2 (60,000sf) commercial building, with approxi-
mixture of triple-glazed vision windows, light-diffusing
mately 2,300m2 (25,000sf) of retail space and 3,300m2 (35,000sf) of office
insulated slab glazing and insulated spandrel glazing.
space. Sifton occupies the top floor of the building. As the flagship building of
Solar heat gain on the ground floor is controlled by
the development, the Sifton Centre incorporates several important sustainable
generous building overhangs.
strategies that will be repeated in subsequent buildings. The floor plate of the office levels is 18m (60ft) The masterplan responds to the existing municipal street framework and pro-
deep. All occupants have access to light and views,
vides a new network of streets and laneways that define the sites of the various
even if located in the centre of the building. Daylight
new buildings. The success of the development will depend on the creation of
penetration is enhanced by the light-diffusing insu-
refined streetscapes to support retail and commercial activity, but the street grid
lated slab glazing, which refracts sunlight entering
is not at the optimal solar orientation.
the windows driving it further into the space. The use of this glass offsets the dynamic chromatic glazing
The Sifton Centre addresses this issue by splitting the building programmati-
used to control glare and heat effects at vision glass
cally to provide ideal site orientation for each program type. The retail program,
locations, which greatly improves user comfort at the
located on the ground floor, follows the street edge in order to support the
building perimeter.
public realm.
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ROB AND CHERYL MCEWEN GRADUATE STUDY AND RESEARCH BUILDING Schulich School of Business, York University, ON Baird Sampson Neuert Architects Institutional [Large] Award Jury: Post-secondary institutions continue to lead the
The 5,575m2 Graduate Study and Research Building
way in the implementation of advanced sustainable
for the Schulich School of Business is an academic
design practice. This academic research and class-
building designed to promote progressive pedagogy
room building, incorporates climate-adapted design
and research. Its section and plan are arranged around
and advanced technology, while also supporting
an atrium that organizes access to a cafe, three large
occupant wellbeing and forging a strong connection
flat-floor classrooms and four seminar rooms, which
to the surrounding campus. The solar chimney and
are clustered with associated breakout rooms to allow
the twist in plan to optimize building orientation
various teaching and peer-to-peer learning formats.
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CHARTER TELECOM HEADQUARTERS VICTORIA, BC
Waymark Architecture Commercial/Industrial [Small] Award Jury: An unusual solution born from the
This three-storey office building, located in Greater Victoria,
creative response to site constraints, and a
aims to be the first commercial office in North America to
practical approach to a Passive House project
achieve Passive House Certification. It is also ambitious in
that was a first-time challenge for all concerned.
its use of locally-sourced engineered mass timber. Most
Covered at-grade parking has the potential to
importantly, this project has demonstrated that the Passive
be used for future expansion of the building, or
House standard can provide value to private commercial
enhanced green space. The wall assembly and
building owners without incentives or subsidies. The primary
construction sequence were carefully considered
motivation for the owner was not sustainability, but rather
so that the project could be competitively bid to
that of creating a quality working environment for staff.
local contractors. Exposed mass timber makes
Also, he realized that investing up-front could achieve
for an inviting interior.
lower operating, maintenance and life cycle costs.
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COVENANT HOUSE VANCOUVER VANCOUVER, BC
NSDA Architects Institutional [Small] Award Jury: This project, which provides residential
Covenant House Vancouver (CHV) is the main
accommodation and a range of support services for
provider of residential and outreach services for
youth at risk, balances its strong social agenda with
the city’s homeless and at-risk youth. CHV’s core
a high level of environmental performance. On a tight
programs include: Street Outreach, which engages
urban infill site and an equally tight budget, the
with at-risk youth on the street and provides food,
design nonetheless manages to achieve high levels
counselling, and medical attention as well as referring
of natural light throughout, as well as providing
youth to other programs; the Drop-In Program, which
attractive communal spaces for its occupants and
provides both immediate and longer term support
visitors. A low window to wall ratio and a high-
services; the Crisis Program, which provides shelter and
performance envelope, underpin a durable, low
support services; and Rights of Passage, which provides
maintenance solution that ensures maximum funds
longer term housing, support, and life skills training to
can be made available for youth programs.
youth while they transition away from life on the street.
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BATA SHOE FACTORY REVITALIZATION BATAWA, ON
Quadrangle (Architect of Record) and Dubbeldam Architecture + Design Residential [Large] Award
(Collaborating Design Architect)
1 1. The renovation of the Bata Shoe Factory is an ambitious conversion to a modern mixed use residential, commercial and community building.
Jury: This conversion of the original 1939 Bata Shoe Factory
The late Sonja Bata pursued her passion
provides the small town of Batawa with an amenity uncommon
for architecture and the built environment
in a community of this size: mixed income rental accommoda-
through the revitalization of the town of
tion with recreational amenities for residents; a daycare and a
Batawa, located 30km east of Belleville
community art space. The project is exemplary for its respectful
on the Trent river. As a sustainable com-
adaptation of an important part of Ontario’s industrial heritage,
munity and satellite town adapted to 21st
its well-considered mixed-use program, and its rehabilitation of
century living, where residents could live
the former parking lot that surrounded the building. In addition
close to nature but maintain a connection
to the carbon benefit of retaining the concrete structure, the
to work through broadband, she envi-
project has very good energy performance.
sioned Batawa as a model community for social and environmental sustainability.
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NORTHERN LIGHTS COLLEGE TRADES TRAINING CENTRE DAWSON CREEK, BC
McFarland Marceau Architects Ltd. Institutional [Large] Award
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Jury: A remarkable response to the challenging industrial workshop program and an equally challenging climate. The result is a refined, restrained and beautiful building, with a great sense of warmth emanating from the exposed wood finishes and the high levels of natural light. The requirement for large expanses of solid wall is cleverly used for the collection of solar heat. And, the overall performance metrics are impressive.
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With a population of 13,000, Dawson Creek is located in the Peace River region of northern British Columbia, the western
Seeking LEED Gold certification, the Trades Training Centre subverts the sprawling pattern of adjacent rural development by framing positive public outdoor space and inverts the standard trades building typology in favour of one more suited to a multi-disciplinary, interactive approach to trades education.
extremity of the Canadian Prairies. The city has become the regional centre for the province’s energy industry and home for BC’s ‘Energy College’. The recently completed Trades Training Centre is the third phase in a campus expansion plan that has
The 5,600m2 Trades Training Centre provides workshops for the instruction of carpentry, welding, plumbing, millwright, and wind turbine technology, as well as student commons, classrooms, and offices. The building is located at the entrance to the campus, close to the phase 1 CECET building and linked to it by a colonnaded walkway. These connected structures define three sides of an open courtyard that
previously included a Centre for Excellence
embraces visitors and forms a new and welcoming entrance plaza for the col-
in Clean Energy Technology (CECET) and
lege. The colonnade has a continuous CLT rear wall and an exposed CLT roof
a 26m-high cross laminated timber (CLT)
supported on laminated veneer lumber columns. The colonnade continues
training tower for the college’s wind turbine maintenance program.
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WEST BAY PASSIVE HOUSE WEST VANCOUVER, BC
1 1. Partial view of south elevation as seen from the waterfront.
Battersby Howat Architects Residential [Small] Award Jury: A beautiful example of how the transparency, openness and site responsive character of traditional West coast Modern design can be integrated with the high-performance requirements of Passive House. The project is also notable for its prefabricated cross laminated timber structure. The project team also made a commendable effort to provide educational and other benefits for the community, creating a video series about the project and by donating demolition and surplus construction materials to Habitat for humanity.
Located on the West Vancouver waterfront, the West Bay Passive House achieves a rare fusion of beauty and efficiency in its pursuit of net zero energy performance. With a super-insulated, airtight envelope and highly efficient mechanical and electrical systems, the home achieved a Passive House Plus certification, an Energuide Rating confirming zero tonnes of Green House Gas emissions, and net-zero Giga-Joules of energy consumption when measured on an annual basis.
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REACH GUESTHOUSE PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, ON
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Kearns Mancini Architects Residential [Small] Award Jury: A meticulous rehabilitation and upgrade project, that converts a 19th century four-bedroom farmhouse into a 2-bedroom guesthouse, with the original post and beam structure being enclosed in a new high-performance building envelope. The addition of a Passive House standard kitchen, dining and living area to the rear of the house integrates seamlessly with the original, being barely discernible as a new structure. An elegantly detailed project notable for its restraint.
Originally a four bedroom, one�bathroom house, this 19th century farmhouse was renovated into a two bedroom, twobathroom house incorporating Passive House EnerPHit standards. Conceptually, a new insulated, airtight structure was built over the existing post and beam house. The rear of the building was substantially rebuilt to accommodate a large, double height kitchen, dining and living space. The new front gable window was intentionally oversized, offering visitors a glimpse of the original arched front gable window within. In future, the house will serve as a guesthouse for a new great house on the same property. In the interim, it serves as a
1. The renovation and double-height construction at the rear maintains the proportions of the original home. Pre-finished wood siding by Maibec unifies old and new.
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vacation property for visitors to Prince Edward County.
COURS BAYVIEW YARDS OTTAWA, ON
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Hobin Architecture Existing Building Upgrade Award Jury: This conversion of a 1940s City Works Yard building into an Innovation Hub demonstrates how the careful and pragmatic adaptive reuse of an unprepossessing building can transform the dynamics of a neighbourhood, create a sense of place, and at the same time support social and cultural continuity. The act of preservation conserves embodied energy in the existing structure and avoids that associated with a new building. The LEED Gold certification is exemplary for an adaptive reuse project.
Also known as The Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards, Cours Bayview Yards is Ottawa’s epicentre for entrepreneurial programs and services. The centre was developed within a 4,460 m2 (48,000ft2) industrial building, originally constructed in the 1940s as a City Workshops facility, and now having historical importance as one of the few survivors of a once sprawling industrial area.
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