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New Trinity res. Curious to know where on the property it will go. Certainly won't be on Hoskin proper. Likely at the north east corner, facing the Law Faculty.
 
According to this article from Nov 2018, the new residence and academic building is likely to be located at 15 Devonshire Place, which is currently the parking lot north of the Gerald Larkin Building.

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Trinity College planning new residence building

Project in earliest planning stages with limited information
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A bit more details filled in now:

Zoning By-law Amendment application in support of the proposed Trinity College New Student Residence and Academic Building: height 48.0 metres, approximately 350 new student residence beds
 
Pretty substantial, this is going to be 14 storeys:

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That screams U of Waterloo, 1970s not St George campus 2019. That's AWFUL.

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Not the right building for the site, and it screams of being an econobox designed to cram in more students.

What happened to U of T? Weren't they putting up nice contextually-sensitive buildings a decade ago?
 
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Not the right building for the site, and it screams of being an econobox designed to cram in more students.

What happened to U of T? Weren't they putting up nice contextually-sensitive buildings a decade ago?
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I could be wrong, but I think Trinity is a federated college that is separately run (like St. Mike's).

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Looks like the diagrams in the planning docs are meant as possible massing models only. They do not have a building design yet.

Importance of Place - Trinity College

LIVING TRINITY The Living Trinity Campaign is an extraordinary effort to make strategic investments to support students, enhance academic programming and build a new landmark building that will transform our historic campus. Join us as we ensure that the benefits of Living Trinity continue for...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019 | Update on the Proposed New Student Residence & Academic Building

Dear Members of the Trinity Community:

As you may know, over the last 18 months, we have been consulting with members of the community and others about the possibility of adding a new building to the Trinity campus. This new building would serve a number of important purposes including the creation of much-needed student residences, the addition of teaching and learning spaces, and more generous spaces for the Trinity community to engage, study and interact.

The project will be guided through governance and other processes by our Building Project Steering Committee and its subcommittee, the Architect Selection Advisory Committee. The volunteer committees are comprised mostly of Trinity alumni who have expertise in development projects, financing, construction law and architecture, and we are thrilled to have each of them onboard. In the coming months, with committee guidance, we will conduct a thorough search for the right architectural firm to help us with visioning and space planning for our new proposed Residence & Academic Building. This will be a two-step process, beginning with a Request for an Expression of Interest. We will also be submitting to the City of Toronto an application to amend the current zoning permission for the project site (the surface parking lot immediately north of the Gerald Larkin Building).

We are still very early in the planning process and we do not know what the building will look like – design conversations will likely commence later this year. It is also important for members of the community to be aware that our total student enrollment will not change. One of the main reasons for a new building is to ensure that more of our wonderful Trinity students have the opportunity to get the full collegiate living-learning experience that our College is known for and which so many of our alumni cherish.

This is an exciting time as we imagine the evolution of our beautiful historic campus. Please stay tuned for further updates in the coming months. As always, I welcome any feedback that you may have.

Mayo Moran
Provost and Vice-Chancellor
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Monday, March 18, 2019 | Update on the Proposed New Trinity College Building

Dear Members of the Trinity Community:

Since my last update in February, we have been focused on various planning details for the proposed new Trinity College building. To that end, I’m pleased to report that we have submitted a Development Application to the City of Toronto in order to amend the current zoning permission for the project site, which is the current surface parking lot immediately north of the Gerald Larkin Building.

Our Development Application for the new Student Residence & Academic Building includes a planning rationale report that outlines our approach and the parameters to develop our site, along with the results of technical studies, such as geotechnical, hydrogeological, shadow, wind, transportation, heritage and arborist reports. We have also included some illustrations of possible massings or demonstration projects in order to assist with determining the appropriate building envelope for the site. However, we do not yet have a building design.

As you will be aware from my earlier message, we are in the midst of a two-step search process for an architectural team. Our selection process has been designed to identify an outstanding architectural team that aligns with our vision and our values. Once that team has been selected, they will be consulting with the Trinity community and working to understand how to best fulfill our needs on our beautiful site. Please stay tuned as consultations with the architect will be scheduled to start later this year.

The goal of our new building is to be able to make the full collegiate experience available to more of our students, and to house our growing programs and services. We are not expanding our student body. But we are aiming to expand what we are able to do for the wonderful students that we have.

We are so excited for what’s to come in this next important chapter for our College. Please continue reading below to learn more about our early thinking for the types of spaces envisioned for the new building. If you have any comments, I would as always welcome your feedback.

Mayo Moran
Provost and Vice-Chancellor
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