The Northern Ontario School of Architecture at Laurentian University has received another windfall.
Funds from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) totalling $5 million will add to the $21 million from the province announced earlier for the establishment of the school, as well as $10 million from the City of Greater Sudbury.
“Today’s announcement reinforces that our government understands how important this project is to our community,” Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci said in a news release. “This state-of-the art school will transform our downtown into a centre of educational, cultural and artistic excellence, while providing a significant boost to Sudbury’s economy, and offer another opportunity for our youth to pursue careers and build lives right here at home.”
The bilingual school will be the first new school of architecture to be established in Ontario in 40 years, and will have room to house 400 students. In addition, 300 jobs are expected to be created through the construction and operating phases.
The 75,000-square-foot facility is scheduled to launch in 2013 and will be located in Sudbury's downtown core. A full enrolment of students is anticipated by 2018. Planning for the school began in 2007.
It will be the first school of architecture to offer programs in French outside of Quebec, and will additionally promote Aboriginal and Northern perspectives in design.
The construction will aim to set a precedent for green building practices in the region, designed to the highest level of sustainability and help students learn the latest concepts in green building design and sustainable development.
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