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The Laurentian University Student Centre is located on the Laurentian University campus in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Students gather in the Centre for various reasons including studying, events and activities, a community gathering space, and more. The project is an anchoring place for students at the university providing them with a sheltered home away from home. The Student Centre blends with the surrounding natural landscape and the urban industrial cityscape while countering the existing brutal.

Location (Sara)
The Student Centre is located on the Laurentian University campus in the City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Sudbury is a Northern Ontario city with a population of 166,004 in 2021. Located in Sudbury, Laurentian University was established in 1960 and is a tricultural public university with a student body of 9700. The university is located between three lakes; Ramsey Lake, Lake Nepahwin, and Lake Laurentian. The Student Centre is located centrally on the Main Laurentian Campus between the R.D. Parker Building and the West Student Residence. The Centre is the first standalone building in the university's history. Across from the Centre is a forested patch and behind is a steep, rock outcropped landscape with a central walkway leading downward to a parking lot for the campus. The Centre is embedded within the landscape as it follows the elevation changes of the site.

Architectural Style and Materials (Sara)
The Laurentian University Student Centre was completed in 2021 and designed by the architectural companies Bélanger Salach from Sudbury, Ontario, and Gow Hastings from Toronto, Ontario. The Centre features a unique architectural style which blends the surrounding natural landscape and Sudbury’s urban industrial cityscape while providing a stark juxtaposition from the neighboring brutalist campus buildings. Brutalist architecture features exposed concrete and geometric forms. The Student Centre was designed on a topographically challenging site due to varying changes in elevation which lead to a two-story design embedded within the site to look as if it is emerging from the landscape. The design of the Centre was awarded the Architecture Master Prize and the Wood Works! Northern Ontario Design Awards in 2021. The exterior of the Centre features a unique brow-like shape which provides a sheltered entrance for students and is reflective of the surrounding landscape. The exterior of the Centre was designed to withstand harsh Northern Ontario winters by using steel panels as cladding. Corten Steel was additionally used on the exterior and was engraved with a tree-like pattern that reflects the forest across from the Centre. Over time, the Corten Steel will patina and gain a deeper, rust-like appearance as it weathers. The underside of the brow was clad with wood to reflect the surrounding natural landscape and continues into the interior of the building as well, running along the atrium ceiling. Spruce and pine glue-laminated wood were used throughout the Centre. Sustainability was an additional aspect of the design including a high-performance building envelope, natural ventilation, and solar shading, which produces a more environmentally friendly building and improves user experience via natural daylight and a regulated temperature.

Student Life (Jessie)
The Centre is a 15,135 sq ft two-story building with a large atrium lounge, private study rooms, and an open concept game room making it feel spacious and welcoming. The building has a room for clubs, SGA administration offices, meeting rooms, retail space with coffee kiosk, space for taking graduation photos, and two retail areas for pop-up shops and potential future services. The center's mix of social, learning, and support spaces enhance student life and give the SGA a place which is truly theirs. The location of the center also prioritizes students as it is placed at the direct center of the Laurentian University campus, connecting both the east and west ends making it a central gathering spot.

Funding (Jessie)
The initial proposal was pioneered by the SGA and voted by members during a referendum back in March 2014 from the 19th to the 20th. The referendum was successful and passed with 601 members voting in favor. The building continues to be funded and paid for through a mandatory incidental fee with an initial budget of seven million. Students have been paying $113 per year toward the new student center since the referendum  passed, and will continue to do so for the next 20 years. In addition to this mandatory fee, the Canadian Federation Of Medical Students (CFMS) joined the team and helped by providing funding for the new addition. In the past prior to this project, the CFMS had also collaborated with the University, providing funding for other projects including the McEwan school of Architecture located on Elm Street, and the Cliff Fielding Research project in part with the Innovation and Engineering Building.

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