Centre for Justice Leadership Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

Centre for Justice Leadership Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

Centre for Justice Leadership Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning Dedicated to the teaching of forensic science, Humber College s new Centre for Justice Leadership will enable students to learn the art of fingerprint dusting and other investigation techniques including laser and video recording in a state-of-the-art forensics lab. Students will also study crime scenes and hone their investigative skills in the facility s tiered 45-seat theatre with a simulated one-bedroom apartment for the reenactment of crime scenes. Part of the college s strategy to annex neighbouring buildings in order to expand its lakeshore campus, the 18,000 s.f. facility will give new life to a former car dealership. The service area will be transformed into the crime scene investigations lab and the former showroom is being converted into classrooms. The conventional façade of the dealership will be shrouded behind an aluminum screen with oblique proportions and a lush green living wall swaths of which will be visible through large fissures in the screen. Inspired by the nature of the centre s activities, the new façade will give the building a simultaneously alluring and discrete appearance. The screen was also conceived to reduce the light levels that previously permeated the interior from the large showroom windows. The vertical garden will provide a soft, natural contrast to the sculptural shape of the screen and the campus hard paving. At night the building will radiate an ambient glow from an LED sign that will project Humber s oversized wordmark from behind the screen adding both drama and safety to the surrounding area. Inside, a variety of ceiling heights will pinch and expand the spaces. This strategy will further disguise the dealership, while creating the impression that the rooms are larger and more interesting than they really are and providing the opportunity to conceal the light sources for atmospheric lighting. For further information: Naomi Kriss Kriss Communications Inc. Email: naomi@krisscommunications.com Telephone: (416) 532-5454

Project Facts: Client: Location: Project Size Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning 3120 Lakeshore Blvd West Toronto, Ontario 18,000 square feet. Project Value: $2,700,000 Project Completion: September 2009 Project Team: Philip Hastings Valerie Gow Jim Burkitt David Colussi Dan Malka Landscape Consultant: Structural Consultant: Mechanical & Electrical Consultant: NAK Design Group Jerol Technologies Inc. McGregor Allsop Limited

About Gow Hastings Architects Inc. Gow Hastings Architects is a Toronto-based architecture and interior design firm founded in 2002 by partners Valerie Gow and Philip Hastings. The firm specializes in creating vocational spaces for colleges and universities that simulate real-life scenarios. Gow Hastings Architects unites comprehensive services with a flexible, creative approach. Projects are the result of a process rooted in inquiry, collaboration, and a constant search for new solutions to familiar problems. The firm s objective is to translate the unique personality and ideals of the institution into physical form, while also enhancing functionality and addressing the broader physical context. Purposeful and playful, projects celebrate clarity of form, proportion, clean lines, refreshing materiality, and imaginative use of colour and light. Gow Hastings Architects considers its projects successful when each detail has purpose and integrity, when the overall impression reflects the spirit of the institution, and when the user is inspired by an encounter with the designed environment, ensuring spaces that please and sustain over time.

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STORAGE 3 FINGERPRINT DUSTING STATIONS SINK WITH EYEWASH STATION FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION LAB CRIME SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT BENCHTOP FUMING CHAMBER EMERGENCY SHOWER MICROSCOPE COUNTER GREEN LASER & POWER SPLY NINHYDRIN CHAMBER DISPLAY SHELVING SINK WITH EYEWASH STATION OFFICE VENTED CHEMICAL STORAGE TECHNICIAN OFFICE LOUNGE EXISTING ELECTRICAL JANITOR CLOSET 5

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DISPLAY SHELVING STATION STATION CHAMBER STORAGE 1. 2. 3. STORAGE FINGERPRINT DUSTING STATIONS SINK WITH EYEWASH FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION LAB CRIME SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT BENCHTOP FUMING EMERGENCY SHOWER MICROSCOPE COUNTER GREEN LASER & POWER SPLY NINHYDRIN CHAMBER SINK WITH EYEWASH OFFICE VENTED CHEMICAL TECHNICIAN OFFICE LOUNGE EXISTING ELECTRICAL JANITOR CLOSET 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Photos: 1. Exterior View of the Metal Screen and Sign. 2. Exterior Night View. 3. Sectional Perspective of the Simulated Crime Scene Lecture Theatre. 4. Sectional Perspective black and white. 5. Plan. 6. Elevation of the Metal Screen and Vines. 7. Lakeshore Elevation under construction. 8. Screen Detail over the Existing Building. 9. Corner Detail of the Screen.