KPMB Architects + Greenberg Consultants Inc.

Centennial

CollegeStrategic

Master Plan

Final Draft

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Contents

1 Centennial & The City

Introduction

What is a Strategic Master Plan? 5

Centennial College Today

The Vision 6

Signature Learning Experience 8

Centennial College Today 10

Centennial College Growth 12

World In Motion: Internal &

External Conditions

The City’s Shifting Modal Split 14

Neighbouring Zones to Connect With 16

New Developments In The East 17

Growth & Campus Capacities 18

A Collaborative Effort 19

2 Principles & Strategies

The Master Planning Strategies 21

Leverage New Transit Initiatives 22

Seek Co-Development Opportunities 25

Intensify The Academic Village 30

3 Progress Campus &

Ashtonbee Campus

Progress Campus 35

Analysis

Progress Campus: Site Conditions 36

Applying The Principles 41

Leverage

Connect the Campus to Transit Hubs & Trails 42

Plan Mixed-Use Communities Around the Transit Hub 43

Overlap the Co-Development Hub & the Academic

Village 44

Seek

Identify Potential Locations for Mixed-Use

Commercial Zones 45

Create a Gateway Building 46

Precedents & Inspiration:

Architectural Urbanism 48

Connectivity to the Campus 49

Ecological Innovation 50

Cross-Programmatic Connections 51

Synergistic Parking Strategies 52

Active Landscapes 53

The Progress Hub 54

Phase 1: Establish the Infrastructural Network &

Develop the Connector Spine 74

Phase 2: Use Transit-Oriented Mixed-Use Development

Initiatives to Consolidate the Co-development Hub &

the Centennical Commons 75

Intensify

Phase 3: Expand Beyond the Bow-Tie 76

Phase 4: Capitalize on Investments in Land 77

Future Developments on Progress Campus 78

Ashtonbee Campus 81

Analysis

Ashtonbee Campus: Site Conditions 82

Applying The Principles 90

Leverage

Connecting With Transit Hubs & Multi-Use Trails 91

Seek

Seek Co-Development Opportunities: Eglinton’s

Transforming Golden Mile 92

Enhance Institutional & Co-development Gateways 93

Decant Parking 94

3.4 Acres for New Program Initiatives & a New Public

Realm 95

Precedents & Inspiration:

Industrial Vibrancy 96

Invest in Centennial - Develop 4 Key Sites 97

Intensify

Renovate & Extend the Main Building Spine 98

Establish a New Circulation Network to Guide Future

Campus Developments 99

Develop the Ashtonbee Road Spine & Intensify the

Academic Village 100

A New Identity for Ashtonbee 101

The Future Of Centennial College 102

Next Steps 104

4 The Green Agenda

Embedding Green Initiatives Within

Centennial College’s Master Plan 109

City 110

Campus & District 112

Building 118

Appendices

Appendix 1:

Centennial College Today 130

Appendix 2:

Connections to the City: LRT vs Subway 136

Appendix 3:

New Developments in the East 137

Appendix 4:

Changing Demographics 140

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1 Centennial & the City

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This Strategic Master Plan provides an

overview of the potential of the diverse

land holdings of Centennial College and

creates a set of initiatives within which

to plan growth of academic offerings and

accommodation of an expanding student

body.

Rather than providing prescriptive

solutions, this document sets up a flexible

framework for integrating development

opportunities that include academic,

residential and commercial development

across the major campuses of Centennial

College. Rather than seeing each campus

in isolation the Master Plan looks across

the campuses for opportunities for

adjacent commercial co-development that

both compliments student activities and

provides strategic funding partners in co-

development.

Each initiative described in this document

requires further detailed analysis and

design that is based on the opportunity

at hand. The Plan is based on the unique

qualities of Centennial and its academic

and vocational offerings within a growing

Ontario.

Introduction

What is a Strategic Master Plan?

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The Vision

1. School of Engineering Technology & Applied Science, Science & Technology Centre; 2. School of Community & Health Studies,

Progress Campus; 3. Vinayaka Centennial Canadian Business School; 4. School of Communications, Media & Design, Centre for Creative

Communication; 5. Ashtonbee Campus - School of Transportation; 6. School of Hospitality & Tourism, Progress Campus; 7. School of

Transportation, Ashtonbee Campus; 8. School of Business, Progress Campus; 9-10. School of Community & Health Studies, Science

& Technology Centre; 11. School of Advancement, Progress Campus; 12. School of Continuing Education, Progress Campus; 13. Police

Foundations, Progress Campus; 14. Student Services, Progress Campus; 15. Executive Team, Progress Campus; 16. School of Engineering

Technology & Applied Sciences, Science & Technology Centre; 17. Joint Centennial College and University of Toronto Scarborough

Campus Programs; 18. Medical Robotics & Automation, Post Diploma Program; 19. Student Life, Science & Technology Centre; 20.

Library & Academic Facility, Progress Campus

Transforming Lives & Communities Through Learning

Centennial College is growing quickly. A diverse and inclusive institution,

it appeals to numerous communities across Toronto, and has recently

seen a dramatic rise in international enrolments, in addition to continuing

growth in domestic applications.

Increasing demand for college programs that prepare students for

opportunities in the global marketplace has led to efforts to promote

connectivity beyond the physical campus, extending to online social

networks that provide students with leadership platforms to engage with

both local and global communities.

This message of connectivity needs to inform and shape a long-term

master plan strategy that will aid Centennial College in developing a

sustainable, institutional, and transit-oriented community.

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Signature Learning Experience

Create an Inclusive & Collaborative Learning Environment

Centennial’s reach extends far beyond the

boundaries of the GTA and the College

has been experiencing a dramatic rise in

international student enrolment in recent

years.

An International Education Office has been set

up at Progress Campus to assist students with

adapting to life abroad and to offer information

and counselling to current students. But to

reach out to a broader global community

and to foster multicultural diversity on their

Canadian campuses, Centennial has also set up

new education and resource centres in major

cities throughout the world. They facilitate the

application process to help potential applicants

understand the programs and student life being

offered by the College.

Centennial also offers international training

and development programs overseas in

China, Dubai and India. These programs

have been developed to i) provide training in

Canada to faculty from international colleges

and universities; ii) offer customized study

programs for students being sponsored by their

business/industry/government overseas; and

iii) helping developing countries set up training

centres and colleges that address their needs.

Building a strong campus community that

encourages inclusiveness and collaborative

education within a pluralistic framework is

essential to Centennial’s Signature Learning

Experience.

CREATE AN INCLUSIVE & COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

SIGNATURE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

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Centennial College Main Campuses:

Progress, Ashtonbee, Science & Technology

Centre, Centre for Creative Communications &

the Guild Inn

DUBAI, UAE

Exchange program with the Canadian University of Dubai

Potential exchange programs or satellite campuses

Academic co-operative agreements with

Bahçeşehir, KÜltÜr, izmir & Doğuş Universities

Istanbul International Education Resource Center

Vinayaka Centennial Canadian Business School

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Signature Learning Experience

Reaching Out Locally & Globally -

A Social Network With A Cause

More students, especially those coming

from overseas, are choosing Centennial

because of our unique pledge to teach

global citizenship, preparing them for

work anywhere and educating them for

a changing world. - Ann Buller

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Centennial College Today

Science & Technology Centre

Progress Campus

Centre For Creative Communications

Total Campus Area: 370,300 Sqm (91.5 Acres)

Total Academic Space: 76,489.5 Nasm

Total Students Enrolled, Fall 2010: 15,200

Please see Appendix 1 for overviews of individual campus site conditions and programs.

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Centennial College Today

Science & Technology Centre

Ashtonbee Campus

Progress Campus

The Guild Inn

Centre For Creative Communications

Scattered across Toronto East, most of Centennial’s

campuses have an enviable connection to the

green parks and ravines that surround them, often

featuring local trail networks.

Given the distribution of campuses and the distances

between them, the College is seeking to consolidate

programs within each campus to reduce the need for

students to travel between campuses.

Each campus has a unique set of conditions that

either limit, or allow for future development. Satellite

sites are also currently under consideration for the

expansion of current programs, including the Culture

and Heritage Institute at the Guild.

Currently accommodated in four major

campuses, Centennial College is spread across

the Greater Toronto Area in primarily suburban

locations. Actual footprints on Centennial’s

campuses occupy a relatively small portion

of their sites, creating opportunities for

strategic intensification and restructuring.

Each campus has a unique identity and urban

context, creating opportunities for connectivity

and integration with their neighbouring

communities. Of Centennial’s 5 locations across

Toronto, Progress & Ashtonbee campuses

were identified as priorities by the Educational

Consulting Services Corporation (ECS), with

the support of Centennial College. They each

possess great potential for growth & expansion.

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Centennial College Growth

Estimated Growth by 2011 was 29.1% Four Years Ago.

Actual Centennial Growth Rates Far Exceed Expectations.

Student Enrolment from 1966 - Present

Source: CAAT II Enrolment Report, Centennial College Financial Planning Department

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Updated student enrolment figures from March

2011 demonstrate that actual full time student

enrolment numbers continuously exceed

previous growth projections, which means that

Centennial is growing far more quickly than

they had ever imagined.

Strong International student growth is

expected to continue and Centennial’s Financial

Planning Department foresees continued

enrolment growth in all program clusters.

Constraints in space have led to the

programming of classes that would normally

have been scheduled during the daytime to be

shifted either to evening or to weekend time-

slots at both Progress Campus and the Science

and Technology Centre.

The rapid growth is also redefining how

programs are redistributed across Centennial’s

campuses, and the College is seeking smart

relationships that will encourage new synergies

and support the clustering of programs to

support shared resources.

Source: Strategic Space Plan: Centennial College Draft

Report, Educational Consulting Services Corp, September

2010

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Centennial College Growth

Student Enrolment from 1966 - Present

Source: CAAT II Enrolment Report, Centennial College Financial Planning Department

Full-Time Student Enrolment

Projected Full-Time Student Enrolment Growth in 2006

Projected Full-Time Student Enrolment Growth, as of March 2011

Note: Recent enrolment growth is attributed to the continuing rise in international visa student

numbers, as well as "Second Career" participants.

Figures do not include part-time enrolments.

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Future LRT Transit Connections

The City’s Shifting Modal Split

The campuses are all served by major roads

and infrastructure. Under the current Metrolinx

and City of Toronto transit plans, all four

campuses and Centennial’s satellite site at

the Guild Inn stand to benefit from new and

improved transit stops at each location.

The future development of transit-oriented

‘hubs’ surrounding these transit stops will

catalyze movement across the city enhancing

accessibility to the college and increasing the

visibility of the campuses. Therefore, the city’s

transit plans should be strategically factored

into future plans for the college, allowing the

college to reach out to a wider student pool

while reducing reliance on automotive forms of

transportation.

These connections to the city would benefit

the College by helping to integrate a diverse

student body – many of whom having only

recently immigrated to Canada – with

surrounding communities, but also by allowing

the communities to take part in Centennial’s

many cultural and educational initiatives.

Currently, the College’s on-campus residence

can only support 330 of its 15,200 students.

The remaining students commute from across

the GTA and 23.2% arrive from surrounding

regions.

42% of students spend more than 6 hours

commuting each week, and while the

automobile is the predominant form of

transportation in the Scarborough area, more

than 82% of students currently use alternative

modes of transportation. These would include

taking transit, cycling and car pooling.

There are plans underway to expand the transit

network across the city and Centennial must

tap into new transit developments by taking

a proactive role in ensuring that new transit

lines reach each of their campuses to provide

frequent and efficient connections for students,

faculty and staff and that the design of the

stops and stations is conducive to a transit-

oriented College and mixed-use development.*

*Please see Appendix 2 for an overview of potential

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Major Multi-Use Trail Developments

improvement of signalized intersections, public

space and landscaping along this green path.

Since more than 35% of the student population

lives in Scarborough3, promoting the use of

this trail network as an alternative mode of

local transportation, which is cheaper, healthier

and more environmentally friendly, is a realistic

option.

1-3 Source: Centennial College Student Demographics

(Based on 2009-2010 Data)

New multi-use trails have recently been

developed along the Hydro Corridor, providing

a strong link across eastern Toronto that

connects to the city’s existing trail network.

Centennial’s Scarborough campuses all find

themselves conveniently located within close

proximity to this major multi-use trail.

Multi-use trails along the Hydro Corridor

provide a safe cycling and pedestrian route in

a park-like setting, and Centennial should take

full advantage of the opportunity to promote

connections to their campuses through the

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Neighbouring Zones to Connect With

Centennial is not growing in isolation. It is

part of an established suburban pattern that

holds numerous potential relationships to be

pursued.

Transit investment is a trigger of development

by making surrounding properties more

attractive for mixed-use and allowing residents

and businesses to better connect with the rest

of the city.

While Scarborough’s residential

neighbourhoods are well established, there

are 5 major concurrent areas of active re-

developments that are emerging within some

of the mixed-use & industrial zones close to the

Centennial campuses - all of which fall within

close proximity of the proposed future Transit

investment.

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Major Developments that Centennial College Should

Seek to Leverage Include:*

New Developments in the East

1 UTSC Expansion & Pan Am 2015

2 Scarborough Centre Development

3 Markham-Ellesmere Revitalization

4 Guild Inn Cultural Precinct

5 Eglinton’s Rezoned Golden Mile

*Please see Appendix 3 for overviews of the new developments in the east.

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Growth & Campus Capacities

Full-time international student enrolments are expected to

double by 2015, rising to 3290.

Domestic student enrolments were expected to exceed capac-

ity at fewer than 14,000 students in 2013.

There are currently 15,200 full-time students; therefore the

college is currently operating over-capacity.

Current facilities provide 70 GSF per full-time student, which is

45% below the Ontario College System average.

To meet the Ontario college system average

area per student figure, based on current

student numbers, Centennial College would

require an additional Progress Campus.

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Note: Overviews of changing student demographics can be found in Appendix 4

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A Collaborative Effort

Planning for Centennial College’s future

development should not occur in isolation.

To tap into the numerous co-development

opportunities in surrounding neighbourhoods,

the next step for the College, would be

to establish a strong dialogue with key

stakeholders in both public and private sectors.

A 21st century institution does not exist in

a vacuum. Essential to the prosperity of a

progressive institution is mutually beneficial

engagement with the city and community that

it is a part of. Collaboration with stakeholders

early in the development process would ensure

that synergistic opportunities are recognized

and challenging issues are addressed in a

timely fashion and incorporated, and most

importantly, that a coherent plan is developed

and carried forward, that receives support from

all parties that are represented in the Core

Team.

The Centennial College Strategic Master Plan

is an overview of the guiding principles that

will allow the College to proceed with its high

demand for new and improved facilities in a

coherent, well conceived, and flexible manner.

Finding intelligent, creative, and context-

specific opportunities for fusing Centennial’s

development strategy with neighbouring

expansion and revitalization plans leads to

the following guiding principles that can lead

to the creation of a sustainable, institutional

and transit-oriented communities for each of

Centennial Colleges campuses.

The key concepts of

1 Leverage new transit initiatives

2 Seek co-development opportunities

3 Intensify the academic village

express this dynamic interaction between the

campuses and their surrounding contexts.

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2 Principles & Strategies

1 LEVERAGE New Transit Investments

2 SEEK Co-Development Opportunities

3 INTENSIFY The Academic Village

The Master Planning Strategy

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Centennial College must actively engage with

transit planners and become a player in the

city’s “world in motion”. Orientation towards

Centennial’s campuses from transit lines

should be shaped by the College to ensure that

new transit hubs will support co-development

initiatives In adjacent areas while raising the

profile of the College.

Studies of the stimulative effect of improved

transit and changes in modal split, such

as those observed on the Yonge Street

Corridor, have demonstrated that enhancing

connectivity by improving pedestrian access

to transit at stops and stations can create the

conditions for increased economic activity.

In Richmond Hill Centre and Langstaff/

Longbridge, the number of people and jobs per

hectare, within a 500m diameter of proposed

transit hubs, is expected to increase by more

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Strategy 1.1: Introduce Transit Hubs to Stimulate

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intelligent long-term transit-oriented planning

for a post-secondary institution.

Planning for more than 2 decades, York

strategically oriented its mixed-use and

academic developments around future transit

hubs.

Mixed-use areas are focused around transit

stations and in areas with land use transitions,

such as along Pond Road and in the northwest

area of the campus.

Two new subway stations will provide the

University, not only with increased access to

transit, but also a sense of arrival and identity.

The new line will be in operation by 2015.

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Strategy 1.2: Plan Mixed-Use Development Around

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YORK UNIVERSITY'S PARKING STRATEGY

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local and global communities, the College can

continue to expect steady growth in student

numbers.

Better transit connections suggests that the

modal split will alter to favour increased transit

usage. Even as student numbers increase,

parking requirements would likely decline,

which would allow the College to decant

surface parking from their site and invest

intensifying their existing campuses.

Despite rising student

numbers, York's parking

figures continue to decline

due to enhanced transit

services.

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Strategy 1.3: Decant parking into concentrated parking

structures to plan for changes in the modal

split and allow for site densification over

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1. Marine Gateway, Vancouver - Perkins + Will; 2. Canada’s National Ballet School with Radio City Condominiums in the background; 3.

Ashtonbee Campus Training Partners; 4. Guild Inn, Toronto; 5. Ryerson Master Plan, Toronto - KPMB Architects

Centennial College has an opportunity to

leverage transit development investments

and while drawing support from all levels of

government and forging partnerships with

the private sector.

SEEK Co-Development Opportunities

Strategy 2.1: Create gateways through co-development &

increase Centennial’s visibility on a city-scale

by initiating community partnerships.

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When developing student accommodation,

Centennial should seek to provide a diverse mix

of housing options and living arrangements

to serve a demographically diverse staff and

student body by working with private sector

partners. The provision of basic services

associated with this housing within walking

distance of the of the campuses will contribute

to sustainable growth that both serves the

College’s needs and benefits from its presence.

Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) UniverCity

Master Plan is a model sustainable community

that incorporates a commercial core,

community facilities, and an extensive network

of pedestrian paths and bike trails with the

demands of SFU’s expanding student body.

Mixed-use and transit-oriented, UniverCity

upholds SFU’s 4 Principles of Sustainability:

Environment, Equity, Economy and Education.

The 1996 Official Community Plan (OCP) had

envisioned a dense, mixed-use community on

approximately 65 hectares of land surrounding

the SFU campus. It allows for up to 4536

residential units in 2 distinct neighbourhoods,

each with its own elementary school and

neighbourhood park.

UniverCity is currently home to approximately

3,000 residents and is planned to

accommodate more than 10,000 when fully

built out.

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Strategy 2.2: Develop residential communities with a variety

of housing types, including townhouses, mid/

high-rise towers & mixed-use blocks

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In approaching new development opportunities,

Centennial should seek to densify and urbanize

its campuses by layering a mix of programs

that make efficient use of its land holdings

while creating a more vibrant and continuously

active campus environment. By moving beyond

the single use paradigm and overreliance on

single occupant vehicle access that defines

many suburban campuses, and developing

more compact and diverse campus settings that

overlap and integrate with private development,

Centennial can leverage relationships with

the private sector that simultaneously help

to subsidize expansion costs and nurture

attractive and active campus communities that

host academic, commercial, residential and

recreational programs.

Ryerson University has made a virtue of a

necessity. Its campus exploited the advantage of

developing within a rapidly growing high density

urban neighbourhood that was within walking

distance of many of Toronto’s most important

retail, business and cultural districts.

This has enabled Ryerson to develop a strategy

for working with the private sector to to meet

the University’s needs while occupying bulidngs

that have active street levele commercial

uses, and allow for overbuilding with high rise

components of private market housing or office

uses sitting atop the academic podium. This form

of co-development will will help to pay for the

University’s expansion.

Centennial can adopt a similar approach for its

campuses. Since it is itself a major land holder

and its surrounding neighbourhoods are on

the verge of major transformation related to

transportation initiatives and increased real

estate activity it has an opportunjity to take a

much stronger leading role in shaping future

development to take full advantage of these

synergistic opportunities.

1. Ryerson University Co-development Implementation Strategy, Toronto - KPMB Architects

Strategy 2.3: Develop private sector partnerships to help

exploit unused density within the Academic

Village while funding expansion.

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CENTENNIAL COLLEGE STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN: SEEK Co-development OpportunitiesKuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects · Greenberg Consultants Inc

BOOK 2: PRINCIPLES & STRATEGIESDecember 2010 13

QUARTIER INTERNATIONAL DE MONTREAL - Daoust Lestage

SYNERGETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE MULTIPLE INTERVENTIONS GENERATED SIGNIFICANT RETURNS ON INVESTMENT.SEEK

40 M + 1 M/year

20 M/year

42 M + 6,6 M/year

95 M + 8,2 M/year

Centennial has the opportunity to use its

master plan to foster excellent urban design

within its campuses and their surrounding

neighbourhoods, generating attractive and

active mixed-use communites that in turn

increase the value of surrounding real estate.

In Montreal, the Quartier International de

Montreal (QIM) was a public project that was

based on a partnership with private investors.

While government seed funding was provided

by a combination of federal, provincial and

municipal levels, another $16 million was

needed from private investors.

12 of 25 local businesses agreed to provide

funds to revitalize the neighbourhood, and the

QIM was able to generate a nine-fold return

on investment that helped to transform a

derelict neighbourhood into one of the city’s

most prestigious neighbourhoods in less than

5 years.

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1-4 Quartier International de Montréal, Montréal - Daoust Lestage Inc. (1. The Initial Context; 2. Square Victoria; 3. Returns on Capital

Investment for QIM; 4. The Urban Design Concept)

Strategy 2.4: Use development initiatives for financial

leverage through urban design strategies

that enhance real estate value.

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Given the widespread distribution of

Centennial’s campuses across Scarborough,

future plans should consider how the campuses

can better connect to each other and with the

city around them and how the strengthening

of links between the campuses can ultimately

benefit both the College and the city.

One example is the vision set out by the

Penn Connects master plan, which links the

University of Pennsylvania to the City of

Philadelphia and the City to the University.

Penn Connects seeks to bridge UPenn’s

campuses on opposite sides of the Schuylkill

River.

The eastern expansion of UPenn continues

the strong network of pedestrian pathways

building on urban design principles which have

shaped the existing main campus. The new

series of bridges/connections and gateways

will establish a expanded network, linking

the campus, City Center and neighbouring

communities.

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1-3 University of Pennsylvania: PENN Connects, Philadelphia - Sasaki Associates. (1. Walnut Street acting as the main artery of the campus;

2. Campus vision: strong pedestrian networks between the 2 sides of the river; 3. Programmatic bridges strengthening connections

between the East and West Campuses and the city)

Strategy 2.5: Use connections between campuses to

reinforce the existing networks that link

neighbouring communities, green spaces and

mixed-use developments.

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The suburban layout of the existing campuses

with large areas devoted to surface parking has

endowed Centennial with a significant asset,

a land bank in which to grow. A reassessment

of these holdings reveals the opportunity to

colonize and reconfigure theseparking lots

into patterns that anticipate phased future

intensification and development.

With future transit networks extending across

Scarborough,transit use will increase and

parking requirements can be expected to

diminish over time, allowing each campus to

densify within property areas recovered from

surface parking.

INTENSIFY The Academic Village

Strategy 3.1: Intensify and pedestrianize the Academic

Village by expanding the network of

academic and student spaces.

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1. Concordia University, Montréal - KPMB Architects; 2. Centennial College’s Science & Technology Centre, Toronto - KPMB Architects; 3.

Centennial College’s New Library & Academic Facility, Toronto - Diamond & Schmitt Architects Inc

Building a network of open and accessible

spaces throughout the campus will enhance

the vibrancy and attraciveness of the Academic

Village.

Developing a rich program of activity across

the campus will ensure that spaces remain

continuously active 24/7.

Centennial is already moving in the right

direction by investing in new student spaces

across the Progress Campus. The College

should build on recent initiatives by extending

amenity spaces for students throughout the

campuses. In many cases these can be further

enhanced through private sector partnerships.

INTENSIFY

Strategy 3.2: Improve and activate student spaces to

enhance the learning environment and help

to build a strong sense of collegiality, identity

and a home away from home.

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LEVERAGE · SEEK · INTENSIFY

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