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GRAND RIVER EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

Location  Ohsweken ON

Client  Grand River Employment and Training

Type New Construction

Completion  2009

Size  40100 sf  

 

Different sectors have been brought together under one roof in this innovative, multi-purpose community facility designed as a one-stop resource for adult training and skills development. Accommodated sectors include: educational, industrial, retail, office function, and service delivery. The design provides for a unique environment because mainstream zoning conventions typically prohibit this mix of occupancies. The over-riding design concept is based upon a group of converging longhouses. Through this vehicle, homage is paid to a traditional longhouse village where all types of activities would have co-existed. These barrelvaulted steel structures and linkages has become a focal point for community gathering and social functions.

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