Ontario Tech University Shawenjigewining Hall

Shawenjigewining Hall delivers new, technology-enhanced academic, administrative and student support spaces as well as a range of amenity and social spaces. A large open atrium provides access to levels one and two, the Student Union, enhanced learning space, lounge areas, and study spaces which serve to create a centralized hive of activity at the perimeter of the building which in turn animates the building frontage.

A feature stair connects the activities of these floors with the Lower Level student club space and conference centre. As students ascend the building, high traffic functions give way to more private, acoustically sensitive areas on levels three, four, and five where visitors may access Student Life amenities, classrooms, and administrative offices which are furnished with modest social spaces for quieter study.

The structural grid was developed to allow inherent flexibility in the floor plan without compromising access to windows. Shawenjigewining Hall also houses Mukwa’s Den, a space that offers a home away from home for Indigenous students.

Highlights

• Two-stage design-build
• New construction + interior fit-out
• Global classrooms, administrative, office spaces
• Research / labs, innovation areas, food services facilities
• Sustainable features including geothermal
• Diversity services, space celebrating Canada’s Indigenous People