For OCAD University, we constructed a brand-new “state-of-the-art flagship professional gallery in a residential building at 199 Richmond Street West. The new 8,000 square-foot Onsite Gallery is an experimental curatorial platform for art, design and new media, serving the University and the general public, with the goal of fostering social and cultural transformations. plastering the reinforced hanging walls throughout the gallery” (https://www.ocadu.ca/gallery/onsite/great-gallery.htm). The Mechanical system was very complex, to meet the stringent requirements for steady temperature, humidity and air filtration demanded by the Department of Canadian Heritage in order to qualify for Category A status.
Prime Consultant: Baird Sampson Neuert Architects