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In 2011, within the framework of its factory expansion projects, Aluminerie Alouette struck an accord with the Government of Quebec to finance the construction of a university building in Sept-Iles with the goal of improving access to graduate studies in the region.
Inaugurated in December 2014, the Alouette-UQAC university building has a floor area of 3,200 m² spread over three floors and a capacity of 400 students. The new building shares services with the Cégep de Sept-Îles on a common campus located in the heart of a residential area.
The new project features more than 50 rooms, including several classrooms, four laboratories, multipurpose meeting spaces, two video conference rooms, an educational software library, a computer lab, offices for grad students, teachers, and researchers, administration offices, a student living area, and a multi-functional atrium.
Six main objectives guided the design process:
Design Concept
The design concept underlines the participation of the building sponsor by creating an analogy between the industrial aluminum production process and the learning process. In both cases, raw material is processed and results in a refined product: in the industrial process, this leads to refined aluminum while in the academic process, it leads to knowledge.
Ecological Architecture, Sustainable Development, and Materials
Advanced environmental technology plays a significant role in the project. Sustainable development strategies were divided into three categories: bioclimatic architecture, high-tech solutions, and low-tech solutions.
Bioclimatic Architecture
High-Tech Solutions
Low-Tech Solutions
To sum up, the richness of the learning environment created by BGLA demonstrates our dedication to making our client's vision a reality, providing a true crossroads of knowledge for North Shore students.
The wide variety of ways aluminum was used in the building emphasize the many construction methods and forms made possible by this highly technological material produced in the region (curtain wall mullions, modular reusable partitions, recycled aluminum foam cladding, solar reflectors, the "knowledge filter" structure in the northeast façade, central stringer and railing of the monumental staircase in the atrium, etc.).
To sum up, the richness of the learning environment created by BGLA demonstrates our dedication to making our client's vision a reality, providing a true crossroads of knowledge for North Shore students.
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