Architecture - Winter/Spring 2009 - (Page 14) High-Performance Schools From east to west, architects are designing high-performance schools 1 2 By Christopher Guly In schools across Canada, students are learning about the importance of environmental sustainability. But there’s no greater lesson than experience, and architects are helping to provide that by designing energy and cost-efficient green buildings in which children and teenagers spend their days during the school year. Green by innovation in Halifax On the east coast, one of Nova Scotia’s newest schools has no fuel on site and is aiming for a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Canada Silver rating from the Canada Green Building Council. Citadel High School, which replaced two secondary schools in downtown Halifax, opened in September 2007 at the foot of the city’s historic Citadel Hill. The 18,450-squaremetre, $25-million building is nearly three football fields long, can accommodate over 1,200 students, and has two gymnasiums, one of which is operated by the municipality as a community centre. In addition, space has been allocated for an 800-seat performance theatre, which is yet to be fit up. Citadel High is also fossil fuel-free, says George Cotaras, MRAIC, vice-president and general manager of Fowler Bauld & Mitchell in Halifax and who led the design team of the high school in conjunction with Fellows & Company Ltd. of Fredericton. “The school’s heating system is fed by steam from the nearby Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre,” says Cotaras. The provincially owned hospital, about two blocks away from the school (built by the provincial government; Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal), www.raic.org / 2009 1 Citadel High School east elevation | 2 Citadel High School main (west) entr y | 3 Citadel High School aerial view | 4 Citadel High School cafeteria 5 Citadel High School classroom corridor 14 ■ THE ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA / L’INSTITUT ROYAL D’ARCHITECTURE DU CANADA FOWLER BAULD & MITCHELL LTD. | PHOTOS: KEN KAM http://www.raic.org
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Architecture - Winter/Spring 2009 Architecture - Winter/Spring 2009 Contents From East to West, Architects are Designing High-Performance Schools D’un Océan à l’autre, les Architectes Conçoivent des Écoles à Haute Performance Penny's Green Lane to Sustainable Schools La Route Verte de Sheila Penny pour des Écoles Durables Art in Architecture Cross-Curricular Teaching Tool Reaching the Future through the Past L'outil d'enseignement Transversal Art en architecture S'inspirer du Passé pour Aller de L’avant It's Ultimately All about the Students! Au Bout du Compte, Ce Sont les Élèves qui Importent! 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(Page 46) Architecture - Winter/Spring 2009 - Au Bout du Compte, Ce Sont les Élèves qui Importent! (Page 47) Architecture - Winter/Spring 2009 - Au Bout du Compte, Ce Sont les Élèves qui Importent! (Page 48) Architecture - Winter/Spring 2009 - Au Bout du Compte, Ce Sont les Élèves qui Importent! (Page 49) Architecture - Winter/Spring 2009 - Index to Advertisers (Page 50) Architecture - Winter/Spring 2009 - Index to Advertisers (Page Cover3) Architecture - Winter/Spring 2009 - Index to Advertisers (Page Cover4)
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