U of M announces a $100 million campus redevelopment plan

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[这个贴子最后由止爱之殇在 2008/03/20 05:20pm 第 1 次编辑] http://myuminfo.umanitoba.ca/index.asp?sec=2&too=100&eve=8&dat=3/20/2008&npa=15441 虽然要5年,但还是希望大学能建设的更好,大家的文凭将来更值钱 Over the next five years, the University of Manitoba will undergo one of the largest and most ambitious redevelopment plans ever undertaken on campus. The $100-million project – dubbed Project Domino – was announced today by University of Manitoba President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Emőke Szathmáry who said the plan will ensure students and faculty continue to have the facilities they need to succeed and excel while maintaining and preserving the historic buildings that define the campus. “It’s a project that’s been close to a year in the making,” said Dr. Szathmáry. “We have enormous space in old buildings on campus and we want to provide students with the facilities that the new world requires.” The project will be a massive undertaking. In total, at least 13 faculties and departments will be affected over the course of the next five years. The project focuses on the retrofitting of old buildings on campus. Just one new building – a 350-bed residence - will be added. Dr. Szathmáry said the University of Manitoba has long maintained that historic buildings on campus should be refurbished – not demolished. She pointed to the successful concept of the Engineering and Information Technology Complex as an example of how the old can be blended with the new. “We retrofitted the Engineering One Building, which is a fabulous space where the professors, technicians, and students are happier. Now we can do that for more than 13 units on campus as we get this project started,” said Dr. Szathmáry. Music, art, biological sciences, graduate studies and international students will see the most direct impact from the project. The plan will see Taché Residence East, West, and Centre Block become the new Centre for Music, Art and Design. It will also become the new home of the Faculty of Music and School of Art. A 400-seat auditorium in the Taché Residence will become a revamped musical performance venue for the Faculty of Music. Consultations with students on what they’d like to see in new living spaces have already begun. The Music Building will become the home of the new International House, English as an Additional Language (EAL) and English Language Centre (ELC) programs, as well as the International division of the University. The current Faculty of Music Building has a gross area of 23,000 square feet, and the space requirement for the International House project is the same number – a perfect fit. The FitzGerald Building – currently home to the School of Art -- will become the new location for the Faculty of Graduate Studies, which would relocate from their current home on the 5th floor of University Centre. The Faculty would gain a highly visible profile in an historic 1912 building. The current Pharmacy Building – which will be made available when the faculty moves to its new facilities at the Bannatyne campus this summer – will become the new Biological Sciences Building. The current Pharmacy Building fits well within the long-existing cluster of science buildings such as Armes, Allen, Parker, Buller, and Machray. The Faculty of Architecture will gain access to a new studio located in the Education Building, replacing their current location in the ‘tin bin’ they currently use. Szathmáry said the university will consult with students about what they’d like to see in new living spaces before proceeding with a residence. Project Domino calls for the new residence facility to be developed and constructed first, which would enable Taché Residence to be vacated and permit renovation of the building to begin after completion of the academic term in April 2009. The current Pharmacy Building will be updated in late 2008, after the new Apotex Centre has been completed at the Bannatyne campus. Music Building and FitzGerald Building will be redeveloped and renovated after the Faculty of Music and the School of Art respectively have moved to the renovated Taché Residence, by fall 2010. Szathmáry said she is excited by the size and scope of the project and its focus on sustainability.

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