Concordia MB Building - 15 étages (2009)

[AlainS]

Ces ajouts au Campus Concordia sont de superbes édifices.

 

Design clean et d'une pureté insurpassable.

 

Tellement simples et beaux.

[Gbx]

Ces ajouts au Campus Concordia sont de superbes édifices.

 

Design clean et d'une pureté insurpassable.

 

Tellement simples et beaux.

 

Yes sir! Une des plus belles additions des années 2000!

[francely57]

24 février 2009

 

 

densité du coin

 

[MTLskyline]

L'édifice va être ouverte commencant en Juin!

[Le Fou]

Belle couverture photo.

 

Ces édifices sont vraiment superbes. Bravo Concordia.

[Atze]

[LindbergMTL]

Ils ont de la gueule ces buildings, deux pouces en l'air Concordia!

[MTLskyline]

New building provokes change

By Karen Herland

 

The view from the JMSB’s new home

 

The university is reorganizing the use of space on the Sir George campus with the new availability of 37 000 sq. metres in the new John Molson School of Business.

 

The concentration of classrooms, offices and study space in the JMSB Building has had a domino effect across the Sir George campus. According to Director of Facilities Planning and Development Martine Lehoux, the move brings the GM Building (which formerly housed many elements of the JMSB) closer to becoming a centralized location for administration and services.

 

Health Services and Financial Aid will be moving into the GM during this calendar year. The Health clinic is currently located in rental space in the ER Building on Guy north of De Maisonneuve. That lease is up in December, allowing the university time to plan, renovate and prepare the new location on the second floor of the GM Building. Financial Aid will also move there.

 

Meanwhile, the Institute for Co-operative Education will move into the fourth floor of the GM. This is the third move in four years for the co-op. The university is taking advantage of the current reshuffle to let go of buildings no longer useful.

 

Bishop Court is currently up for sale by the university. Meanwhile, the BE (the space on Ste. Catherine above the Pharmaprix across from the EV Building), the CL (above the Jean Coutu across from the Faubourg) and the LS Building (at De Maisonneuve and Drummond) will no longer be rented by the university. These buildings held classrooms and some office space.

 

“We want to concentrate classrooms in the Hall, JMSB and Library Buildings so that departments can develop a sense of home,” explained Lehoux. The long-term plan is to devote the JMSB Building to business, the Library Building to humanities and locate social sciences, along with engineering undergraduates, in the Hall Building.

 

The closing of several satellite buildings means that the newer classroom furniture in them can be used to upgrade existing classrooms. Two large amphitheatres in the Hall Building will also get a facelift. All of this will help us present our best face next spring when we host thousands of visiting scholars for Congress 2010.

 

The tunnels connecting the John Molson School of Business and EV Buildings, and the new one connecting the GM Building to the tunnel between the Hall and Library Buildings will also be completed over the next six months. Once the tunnel under De Maisonneuve is finished, the city will complete the paving of the south side of Place Bethune.

 

Other minor projects downtown include the renovation of the Dean of Students offices in the Hall Building, the expansion of the change rooms in Le Gym and changes in the VA Building for the newly developed music therapy program.

 

At Loyola, the cafeteria will be freshened up, and its ventilation system will be upgraded. The refectory chimney will also be rebricked.

http://cjournal.concordia.ca/archives/20090521/new_building_provokes_change.php

 

Good to know that the CL, BE and LS buildings will no longer be used. They were such inconveniences.

[MTLskyline]

JMSB relocation begins

 

By Russ Cooper

 

On May 11 and 12, the public art piece by Geneviève Cadieux, Lierre sur Pierre, was installed on the north face of the new JMSB building. Her work welcomes faculty and staff as they move to their new home. Cadieux chose to craft the ivy of mirrored material as a tribute to Concordia's historical dedication to access to education. "It reflects its surroundings and the viewer can project him or herself into the institution," she says.

 

The first big shift of people and belongings has begun and the future home of the JMSB is becoming just that — a home.

 

Over the weekend of May 9, numerous JMSB faculty, staff and student associations moved into the fourth, 11th and 12th floors of the almost-completed building at Guy and De Maisonneuve from their longtime residences in the GM Building.

 

As of May 11, Concordia had taken over building operations from contractors. By May 19, all faculty had relocated to their new state-of-the-art quarters. The move was originally planned for the end of the month but was pushed forward thanks to construction progressing ahead of schedule to coordinate with other projects currently occurring in the GM Building.

 

While the formal name of the building is still in discussion, its two-letter designation of 'MB' has been confirmed. The building will have 45 classrooms; most with 50-60 seats, four 120-seat classes, two rooms of 150 and there will be one amphitheatre with 300 seats. In total, the new building will be have 2 666 seats in registrar classrooms plus 200 classrooms seats under the Faculty’s jurisdiction. (In comparison, the Hall Building has 3 637 registrar spots.)

 

The undergraduate classrooms and student associations will be located from the second basement level up to the fourth floor with the fifth floor devoted to graduate students. Locating classrooms closest to street level is designed to improve traffic flow and to allow more flexible student meeting and study space, and easier access to classes. The upper floors will house administrative and departmental offices, and privatized programs.

 

Final construction will continue throughout the summer in preparation for the building's official opening in September. "The objective was to move faculty early to leave the summer to put the final touches on the project, such as the AV equipment and placing the seats in the amphitheatre, to be ready for full occupancy in the fall," says Director of Facilities Planning and Development Martine Lehoux.

 

As reported earlier (see Journal March 5, 2009), the contractors and planners were initially aiming for standard Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification but the building is now poised to achieve the higher-level Silver certification.

 

"The LEED certification won't come before eight to twelve months from now because we have to wait until the construction is completed and then we must present the documentation to the LEED certification committee," says Gilles Desrochers, the Senior Project Manager for the building's construction company, Genivar, "but we're confident and pleased we've exceeded our initial expectations."

http://cjournal.concordia.ca/archives/20090521/jmsb_relocation_begins.php

 

So much for a 15th floor classroom next semester. Oh well.

[FRED]

Very nice building !