The eight-storey Student Learning Centre will be built at the corner of Yonge and Gould Streets. It will feature a glass façade, a welcoming elevated plaza, a bridge to the existing library and a host of academic, study and collaborative spaces for Ryerson’s students, faculty and staff. Yonge Street frontage will feature destination retail at and below grade, creating a major commercial façade.
The 155,463 square-foot Student Learning Centre will feature a host of creative and inspiring learning environments and spaces. Every floor will be designed differently with some spaces to be open and interpretive with flexible furniture and terraces while others to be densely filled with enclosed study rooms for groups of four to eight people. Special spaces for independent, quiet study will also be featured.
The transparent glass skin of the Student Learning Centre will feature a surface design that will create varying light qualities within the interior space. The building will also be LEED Silver compliant. At least 50% of the roof will be a dedicated green roof.
The Student Learning Centre received a contribution of $45 million from the Government of Ontario in 2008. Construction on the building is expected to begin in late 2011, with a targeted completion date of late 2014.
