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Important Notice The work submitted by students participating in this competition remains the intellectual property of its authors, however, upon submission of their work, teams agree to the unlimited reproduction of their projects by the Northern Ontario School of Architecture. In addition, the submitted work may be referenced when the building program is developed for the new school. All submissions to this competition must be the original work of participants. Work completed as part of a professional mandate will not be accepted.

Contents Ideas Competition Presented by the Northern Ontario School of Architecture 2009

A Introduction 1

Entering Download

B Context 3

Creative Sector Mid-sized Cities Town & Gowns Northern Ontario The City of Greater Sudbury The Downtown

C The NOSOA Project 8

Attracting and retaining talent Problem Solving Improving Community and Building Design Expanding Educational Opportunities Creating Business Opportunities Diversifying the Economy Improving Image and Reputation Encouraging Sustainable Living Forestry Innovation Engaging Communities and Cultures

D The Competition 11

E Rules and Structure 12

Eligibility Competition Structure Results, Prizes and Public Session

F Timeline 13

G Submission 14

Team Code Panel Format Other Documents Checklist

H Additional Resources 17

Historical Information Contemporary Site Images Project Information Links Production Documents

I Jury 19

Project Evaluation

J Questions & Answers 20

K Addresses 21

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A Introduction

The Steering Committee for the Northern Ontario School of Architecture (NOSOA) is pleased to announce an Ideas competition:

What could a School of Architecture be? Ideas for a new school in Northern Ontario.

Led by the NOSOA Steering Committee in partnership with the City of Greater Sudbury, this competition challenges entrants to consider:

How can a new school of architecture collaborate, and contribute to a culturally diverse community while providing an innovative and globally competitive education?

This competition will generate ideas which push the envelope, questioning the roles of schools of architecture. What are the physical characteristics? What are the more abstract, theoretical ones? How can this new school satisfy the unique nature of Northern Ontario? These are some example questions that can be considered, though they are not required. There are two distinct aspects proposed for NOSOA that should be carefully considered. First, it will be providing a dual-stream education – students can study in either English or in French. The second is that NOSOA will deeply engage with, and learn from the First Nation communities which comprise a large portion of Northern Ontario. Beyond those two stipulations, this competition has purposefully ignored setting strict design guidelines in order to allow entrants the complete freedom to generate their own, unique ideas. It is up to each team to interpret their response. Teams can consist of 1 to 4 people. Non-architecture students are welcome to enter the competition but each team must contain at least one person either currently enrolled in, or have graduated from an accredited school of architecture (proof of enrolment or graduation will be required - see ‘Submission’ for further details). The top three projects will be awarded the following:

Top Team $5,000 1st Runner-up $3,000 2nd Runner-up $2,000 The jury will be comprised of prominent academics and professionals in the field of design, architecture, architectural theory, and urban design. Proposals will be exhibited in the downtown of the Greater Sudbury and online at www.nosoa.ca. Entrants will have the option of presenting and discussing their work as part of a symposium hosted by the Northern Ontario School of Architecture which will be taking place at the end of October 2009.

Entering Those participating should email the following information (for each team member) to kate.bowman@sudbury.ca:

Full Name, Email, Daytime Phone Number, University, and Program of Study

A reply will be sent containing a Team Code, which is to be included on all submitted material.

Download All required documents (including this one) can be found in .pdf format at www.nosoa.ca.

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B Context

The following information is comprised of exerts from the June 2008 Feasibility Study completed for the Northern Ontario School of Architecture. The study in its entirety is available online at www.nosoa.ca.

i The Creative Sector What were once the main economic engines for North American cities, manufacturing and service trades are being replaced by the more lucrative and advantageous Creative Sector - a “fast growing, highly educated and well-paid segment of the workforce.”1 Until recently, the creative sector has been found predominantly in metropolitan cities. Becoming the reliable engine for economic growth, the creative sector generated roughly 20 million new jobs within the United States from 1980 to 2000, and is projected to add another 10 million by 2014.2 Mid-sized cities like Greater Sudbury now see value in attracting this Creative Class to their communities. Creative minded people enjoy a mix of influences. They want to hear different kinds of music and try different kinds of food. They want to meet and socialize with people unlike themselves, trade views and spar over issues.3 North American cities who house the Creative Sector share many similar characteristics which include a mix of high-tech industry, plentiful outdoor amenities, and an older urban centre. Other creative-related urban elements include a pedestrian-friendly environment, public transit and the presence of post-secondary institutions. Because of their creative sectors, these cities are arguably able to provide a better quality of life. There is greater diversity and activity, more venues for entertainment and dialogue. Voices tend to be heard and all age groups tend to participate.

ii Mid-sized Cities Mid-sized cities, considered to be the quintessential communal typology of Canada, are suffering in terms of culture, economy, and sustainability. Fortunately, a growing recognition of the value of mid-sized cities, specifically their downtowns, is beginning to counter-act the ‘dispensable’ stigma associated with these deteriorating urban environments. Canada is comprised of 84 mid-sized cities; 34 of which – including Greater Sudbury - are found in Ontario.4 Ranging in population between 50,000 to 500,000 people, the mid-sized city is often treated as micro-versions of their larger metropolitan counterparts.5 Because of their centralized mass and diverse population larger cities like Toronto, can easily adapt to changing market conditions, while mid-sized cities cannot. The same urban renewal techniques that succeed in metropolises find little success in mid-sized cities. Current research reveals that mid-sized cities, such as Greater Sudbury, have their own unique social atmospheres, policy issues and basic needs. The smaller and more dispersed urban forms of mid-sized cities tend to discourage economic diversity within their downtowns and encourage greater development to take place at the city’s fringe.6 Attempts at reversing this decline have been persistent through the years. Mid-sized city cores have endured “continuous redevelopment policies and projects [but most] still have serious economic problems and are perceived particularly, as inconvenient, obsolete and even dangerous places.”7

1 Richard Florida, The Rise of the Creative Class, (New York, NY: Basic Books, 2002). 2 Richard Florida, et. al. The University and the Creative Economy, (December 2006). 3 Ibid. 4 Statistics Canada. Census, 2006. 5 Barbara Elve. Centre will study middle-sized cities, Faculty of Environmental Studies Newsletter, (September 2002). 6 T. Bunting, et. al. (2007) Housing Strategies for Downtown Revitalization in Mid-Sized Cities: A City of Kitchener Profile. (Canadian Journal of Urban Research, V9) pp.146. 7 Downtown Redevelopment Strategies in the United States: An End-of-of-the-Century Assessment, p.429.

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iii Town & Gowns Higher education is one of the most competitive businesses in the world. It is at the heart of Canada’s society and economy but for centuries higher education has been “inner-directed, focusing on its own traditions.”8 While larger cities have well-established universities in their cores and a creative class already there to support it, mid-sized cities are enticing universities to their cores in order to attract the creative community to it. Universities are after all, a “treasured part of civilization; exemplary as…a social milieu, and as a catalyst for ideas, knowledge, and cultural insight.”9 For some mid-sized cities, the presence of a downtown university or part of one, has become the catalyst for remarkable urban revitalization. This act of weaving university programs into smaller city centres benefits not only the community, but the students as well. It provides “an opportunity for students to serve and learn…allowing them to put their ideas into practice in a real world context where their actions can make a difference.”10 Architecture students thrive on the interaction and variety that is unique to city cores, making their lifestyle an obvious match for urban living. Like a successful business, mid-sized city universities understand the importance of improving their community involvement and are “making the…everyday life and the world of academic investigation…a vital part of civic life.”11 Although Greater Sudbury’s existing post-secondary institutions - Laurentian University, Collège Boréal and Cambrian College – have all found great success in their present locations (above), they are physically distant from Greater Sudbury’s historic downtown city centre.

8 Henry Cisneros, The University and the Urban Challenge. (Maryland: Aspen Systems Corp., 1995), p.7. 9 First Thoughts from the Allston Planning Team, p.1. 10 Don Drummond and Craig Alexander, Time to Wise up on Post-Secondary Education in Canada. (TD Bank Financial Group, March 2004). p.1. 11 Martin Pearce University Builders. (Chichester: Wiley-Academy 2001) p.8.

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iv Northern Ontario The Canadian Shield stretches from the Yukon, across Northern Ontario and Quebec, into Newfoundland, and even through to Greenland. It has made Northern Ontario into a renowned reservoir of minerals, forests and freshwater lakes. The Boreal forest for example, has been a valuable resource for the lumber industry and has more recently, gained significant attention for its effect on global warming. For more than a century, Northern Ontario companies have been world leaders and innovators in processing and exporting resources from the rich Canadian Shield. As one architect from Thunder Bay put it, if necessity is the mother of invention, then isolation is the womb.12

Northern Ontario covers 800,000 sq.km. and is comprised of vast natural resources, bodies of water, provincial parks, fisheries, and natural wilderness areas that are considered to be among the most beautiful in the world. Although it represents 90% of Ontario’s landmass, Northern Ontario contains only 6% of the Provincial population. The majority of the Northern population is found in the urban centres – Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Timmins, North Bay, and Sudbury. Over 147,000 (29%) of the Province’s Francophone population reside in Northern Ontario as well as 106 of the 134 provincial First Nations communities. The Northern Ontario population is quite unique in Canada.

12 A comment made during the recent meeting of NOSA architects at the annual OAA meeting in Niagara Falls, Ontario (May 1-4, 2008).

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v The City of Greater Sudbury* Since its early pioneer days, the City of Greater Sudbury has matured into a diversified regional urban centre and has become the focus of technology, education, government and health services for Northern Ontario. While mining remains a major influence on the local economy, the City has expanded significantly in recent years to establish itself as a major centre of financial and business services, tourism, health care and research, education and government.

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Greater Sudbury’s most unique characteristics however, lie in its people. Home to Ontario’s highest concentration of Aboriginal and Francophone cultures, the city is comprised of one of the most diverse communities in not only the North but in the Province.

*Supplementary documents outlining the City’s history are listed in Additional Resources.

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vi The Downtown Greater Sudbury’s downtown area represents the origin of the community. For the first settlers it was the place to live, shop, govern, celebrate, worship and entertain. The commercial and residential properties, streets, utilities, public institutions and parks are all not only part of the assets and strengths of our downtown, but the entire city. Like most mid-sized city centres, the core has gone through profound economic changes in recent decades. Retailing has moved to shopping centres, big box retail and electronic shopping. Many local established independent retailers either left the downtown core or closed entirely. Faced with vacant space at both street level and upper stories, the deterioration of the downtown have contributed to a negative overall image and declining tax revenue. The city however, is constantly working to revitalize its core. The recent development of the downtown YMCA, Market Square and other proposed initiatives are combining to create a promising future.

1. Levak / Onaping 2. Dowling 3. Chelmsford 4. Azilda 5. Whitefish 6. Naughton 7. Lively 8. Valley East 9. Hamner 10. Capreol 11. Falconbridge 12. Garson 13. Coniston Greater Sudbury Sudbury

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C The NOSOA Project

“A school with a unique and powerful impact on the educational, cultural and economic fabrics of Northern Ontario.”

The vision for the Northern Ontario School of Architecture Northern Ontario has a unique character that stems from a combination of the Boreal forest, the Canadian Shield and a dramatic climate. It is a land with its own special challenges and opportunities, and is a place inhabited by culturally diverse, and sophisticated people who are becoming increasingly aware of their potential and the wonders of their land. There is now the opportunity to create a design culture that is indigenous to the region and reflects the uniqueness of the natural environment. There are many excellent national and international models for schools of architecture. Presently, NOSOA is proposed as the 4-2 model (a 4-year undergraduate program, followed by a 2-year masters program). It will also integrate a co-op program – a system which alternates academic and work terms. This sequence has proven to expose students to professional experience at both local and global scales. It also ensures that the school is operating all year-round; an essential quality for a downtown location. NOSOA will have two unique characteristics in its curriculum. The first is that it will provide a dual-stream education – students can study architecture in either French, or in English. Each stream’ will offer the required core lecture courses, and the studio courses will be combined into a single academic environment (below), combining the two streams.

The second unique characteristic is that NOSOA will engage with the surrounding Aboriginal communities through lectures, workshops, installations and studio work. A building of approximately 75,000 square feet is necessary to house all that is planned for the school including studios, lecture spaces, a presentation theatre, a library, workshops, digital graphic labs, exhibition galleries, and offices. The building, though not a necessarily requirement for this competition, could be anything from new construction to the renovation of a historical building - a draft building program is available in the Additional Resources section.

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Part of the school’s mandate is to contribute to North by: Attracting and retaining talent

Architectural programs have a long-standing reputation for attracting talented, creative, and ambitious students. They are students who have a strong desire to engage with the community around them while attracting others who also have a hunger for creating and participating in cultural excitement and intellectual stimulation.

Problem Solving Graduate students of schools of architecture focus on a wide range of thesis topics; a number of which are based on matters surrounding them. A school of architecture in the north will therefore produce an array of thesis’ which focus on issues affecting the north. The results of the students work will be innovative, imaginative and tangible solutions to regionally-specific issues.

Improving Community and Building Design Schools of architecture have provoked community’s interest in design for centuries. Students and faculty expose the public to high-quality, innovative and cutting-edge examples of global design ideas. A clear result is often the improvement of the quality of life for communities through the exposure to more thoughtful design strategies and the discussion and brainstorming which would ensue.

Expanding Educational Opportunities Architecture is a blend of high-level technical, humanistic and creative arts which means NOSOA is an ideal candidate to provide a foundation for other innovative programs to develop in the region. NOSOA will provide an alternate avenue of inspiration for students at the elementary, secondary and post-secondary levels, exposing their own creative aspirations. Northern Ontario is under-serviced in design related fields. NOSOA will be an anchor for the development of not only architecture, but other design programs such as: Landscape design (in which no other North American school specializes for a terrain and climate like ours), Industrial design (vital to increasing the value of wood products and crucial in reducing the gap in the mining supply and services sector), Engineered Wood Design & Construction, Graphic design, and even various other Engineering disciplines.

Creating Business Opportunities Students from schools of architecture often have ambitious entrepreneurial sprits. Many go on to create or operate their own businesses but relatively few are coming to the north to do so. NOSOA will provide students with connections to the north, opening doors and creating opportunity for them to establish their firms and businesses in the region.

Diversifying the Economy NOSOA will help make the region an attractive place for valuable, secondary industry to start-up and evolve. Industries related to cultural activities, value-added forestry products and high-tech, high-value information are some examples of businesses that will likely establish themselves in the north as a direct result of the new school.

Improving Image and Reputation The development of NOSOA will allow the world to recognize that Northern Ontario is no longer satisfied with being labelled mainly as an extractor of natural resources. An influx of highly-skilled, creative people will expand the region’s reputation into for example, a producer of revolutionary, life-changing products and designs.

Encouraging Sustainable Living NOSOA has the potential to be a significant resource for making all of Ontario more sustainable and less expensive to operate in terms of energy. It might even be possible to charge NOSOA with the task of creating a Northern carbon-free architecture and playing a role in both national and provincial climate-change strategies. The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has issued a ‘2030 Challenge’. It calls for all new building and renovation projects to cut energy consumption by 50%. Northern communities - a

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majority of which originally designed in an era of substantial, yet inefficient resources - will prove to be the most challenging in reaching the RAIC’s goal. The demand for sustainable design will not be met if the region’s capacity to re-design and re-think its urban landscape and design strategy continues on its current path. Without the contribution NOSOA can make, progress toward an environmentally sustainable North will be costly and slow.

Forestry Innovation NOSOA’s unique educational landscape will include the nearby Boreal Region. Currently the major resource for the Ontario wood industry, the Boreal forest provides the raw materials which instead of being engineered in the region, are shipped around the world for processing them sold back to the North in its more valuable forms. NOSOA will help Northern Ontario make the transition from extractors into in-demand producers of value-added, wood-based products. There was a time when Canada was a leader in wood fabrication and construction, sharing its tools and techniques with the global industry. It has since fallen behind. Countries have surpassed Canada in terms of wood construction and have become the world’s leaders – all while utilizing our forests. Arguably one of the most sustainable construction materials, regional wood has much to offer. The impact and innovation which NOSOA will create for the region will help bring the Canadian wood industry back to the top for the 21st century.

Engaging Communities and Cultures NOSOA will be an educational institution that truly engages with all of the northern communities and cultures. The school will help find solutions to the needs of the region within the region’s own context, not from outside it. It will reach out to communities across the region, helping to develop the design tools, built form and urban landscape needed to create sustainable cities and towns.

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D The Competition This competition challenges students to consider what a new school of architecture located in the downtown of a Northern Ontario city might be, and to explore and develop ideas that may emerge from such a process. There is no definition of what a site for the project should, or could be. The only stipulation is that the school must be located within the downtown of the City of Greater Sudbury (below). Pertinent plans and images depicting present and past condition of the core are available in the Additional Resources section.

Be sure to ask yourself: What is a School of Architecture?

1. Library 2. Rainbow Centre Downtown Mall 3. Water Tower 4. Market Square 5. Rail Lands 6. Memorial Park 7. Civic Square / City Hall 8. Sudbury Arena

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E Rules and Structure

Eligibility Those interested in participating in this competition must be in teams of no more than 4. Teams of 5 will not be considered for the top prizes. Non-architecture students are welcome to enter the competition but each team must contain at least one person either currently enrolled in, or have graduated from, an accredited school of architecture. Proof of enrolment or graduation will be required - see ‘Submission’ for further details.

Competition Structure The Northern Ontario School of Architecture Steering Committee is calling for participants for this ideas competition. A total of $10,000 will be distributed to the top three entrants.

Results, Prizes, and Public Session The jury will be comprised of prominent academics and professionals in the field of design, architecture, architectural theory, and urban design. Proposals will be exhibited in the downtown of the Greater Sudbury and online at www.nosoa.ca. Entrants will have the option of presenting and discussing their work as part of a symposium hosted by the Northern Ontario School of Architecture which will be taking place at the end of October 2009. The jury will select the top three projects and award the following:

Top Team $5,000 1st Runner-up $3,000 2nd Runner-up $2,000

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F Timeline

May 1.09 Official competition launch and call for participants. Teams are to email an intent to participate with the required information – see Submissions. An email response will be sent containing a Team Code, which is to be used as an identifier on all submitted material. The submissions are to be anonymous. Personal information must not appear on the submissions, front or back.

May 1.09 Question period OPENS

Aug 31.09

Question period CLOSES

October 10.09 Deadline for submission

October 17-23.09

Public exhibition discussion of projects and jury review

October 23.09 Winners announced

October 23.09

Online publication of entries

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G Submission All submissions, as described below, are to be sent in both printed and digital formats. They will be used by NOSOA for additional research, exhibition, and publication opportunities.

Team Code Entrants are to email kate.bowman@sudbury.ca with an intent to participate. A response will be emailed containing a Team Code, which is to be used as an identifier on all submitted material.

Submissions from each of the categories are to consist of the following:

Panels Two to four A1 panels (594 x 841mm or 23.4” × 33.1”) on light-weight rigid backing (no more than 6mm or ¼” thick). They are to be displayed as shown below:

Panel FRONTS

A

B

C

D

Panel BACKS Team Code

Team Code

Team Code

Team Code

The letters, (A, B, C, or D) must appear on the front, bottom right corner of each panel. The name of each team member must NOT appear anywhere on the panels. The team code must appear CLEARLY on the back left corner of each. Where required, each drawing should include a graphic scale. A text of a maximum of 500 words that summarizes and explains the project must appear on the front of Panel ‘A’. All other content is up to the teams discretion.

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Other Documents

Proof of Enrolment/Graduation The following are the only documents that should have your name on them. Please provide one of the following as hard-copies with your final submission (for at least one team member):

A copy of an un-official transcript indicating your date of graduation or current academic status OR A photocopy of your diploma OR A letter from a school official (i.e. the Director or a Professor) on official letterhead stating that you are or were a student at the university.

Non-architecture students are welcome to enter the competition but each team must contain at least one person who is either currently enrolled in, or has graduated from an accredited school of architecture with a professional degree.

Project Summary

Each team must also submit their 500 word text on a CD or USB key as a Word document (.doc). The text must fit on a maximum of (2) 8.5x11” sheets.

Checklist The following must be received by the address below, no later than October 10, 2009.

(2 to 4) A1 Panels (Printed and mounted on light-weight, 6mm or ¼” rigid backing)

Proof of Enrolment or Graduation (Hard copy only. Do not include these files on the CD or USB)

Project Summary (To fit no more than two (2) 8.5x11” sheets)

11x17” Reductions of each A1 Panel (Black and white is acceptable, colour is preferred)

All documents should be clearly labelled with team codes only. Submissions are to remain anonymous.

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One CD or USB Memory Stick (Containing all files listed above – excluding ‘proof of enrolment. Include full-size panels, as .pdf’s at a resolution of 300 dpi). Files should be named as follows (Example Team Code = AB123)

Resume_AB123.doc Panel_A_Mini_AB123.pdf Panel_B_Mini_AB123.pdf Panel_C_Mini_AB123.pdf Panel_D_Mini_AB123.pdf Panel_A_AB123.pdf Panel_B_AB123.pdf Panel_C_AB123.pdf Panel_D_AB123.pdf All documents should be sent directly to the attention of Kate Bowman (contact information listed in Addresses) and must be received by October 10, 2009. Projects that are not submitted on time will NOT be considered for judging.

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H Additional Resources (www.nosoa.ca)

Project Information

NOSOA Building Program.pdf NOSOA Ideas Competition Brief.pdf

Historical Information

The following imagery and text briefly illustrates the historical development of the site. A larger selection can be found at the City’s Historical Database (http://216.223.90.51:81/search). Historical Imagery.zip Images courtesy of the Greater Sudbury Historical Database Historical Sudbury Maps.zip

Contemporary Site Photos Aerial Site Photo.jpeg Downtown Aerial_ Landmarks.tiff Sudbury Downtown Imagery.zip

Links NOSOA web site http:www.nosoa.ca Wikipedia Entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Sudbury Greater Sudbury Official Plan http://www.greatersudbury.ca/content/div_planning/documents/OP_adopted_MMAH_Mods_April_10_2008.pdf Greater Sudbury – Regional Centre of Expertise http://communities.mysudbury.ca/Sites/healthycommunitysudbury/default.aspx Greater Sudbury Histories http://www.sudburymuseums.ca/index.cfm?app=w_vmuseum&lang=en&currID=1390&parID=0 Imagery Historical Database http://216.223.90.51:81/search La petite fumée and the little smoke http://www.lapetitefumee.ca/sudbury.html Maps Various Maps http://www.greatersudbury.ca/cms/index.cfm?app=home_cgs&lang=en&currid=4359 Aerial Photos http://www.greatersudbury.ca/pubapps/ortho/index.cfm?lang=en&option=indexmap Interactive maps http://maps.greatersudbury.ca/SudburyMaps/index.aspx?thid=2

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Production Documents The production documents are ONLY offered in the following formats. All .dwg files have been saved in AutoCAD2000 and can be found at www.nosoa.ca. City of Greater Sudbury.dwg Do not hesitate to contact us if you have difficulty with any of the files. Contact: Kate Bowman, NOSOA Project Manager Email: kate.bowman@sudbury.ca Phone +1 (705) 674 4455 x4413 Toll-free +1 (800) 708 2505

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I Jury

Anne Cormier Director, School of Architecture Université de Montréal Craig Dykers Senior Partner, Snøhetta AS Dominic Giroux President, Laurentian University Douglas Cardinal Douglas Cardinal Architect Inc.

The jury will evaluate the submissions between October 17-23, 2009. Prizes will be awarded based on their contribution to the research, creation, and critique of new ideas for a school of architecture that serves serve a culturally diverse community while providing an innovative and globally competitive education. As part of the October 2009 symposium, the jury will publicly discuss the winning entries.

Project Evaluation Projects will be judged based on their: creativity, inventiveness, its potential to stimulate public discussion regarding the a redefining of architectural schools, and its integration into the downtown of Greater Sudbury. If a building is designed the tectonic, aesthetic, typological, and urban exploration, and impact on the daily lives of the school’s populous as well as the surrounding communities will be considered. It is important to note that these projects will be viewed by a large and diverse audience. The work should therefore be legible to architects and non-architects alike.

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J Questions & Answers Question period OPENS May 1.09 and CLOSES Aug 31.09 Q: Question A: Answer All questions should be emailed directly to kate.bowman@sudbury.ca and will be posted with their answers on www.nosoa.ca.

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K Addresses

Contact: Kate Bowman, NOSOA Project Manager Email: kate.bowman@sudbury.ca Phone: +1 (705) 674 4455 x4413 Toll-free: +1 (800) 708 2505 Fax: +1 (705) 671 6767 Mailing Address: ATTN: Kate Bowman Greater Sudbury Development Corporation PO Box 5000 Stn A 200 Brady Street Sudbury ON P3A 5P3