Seneca College King Campus, Magna Hall

King City, Ontario

In Collaboration with Montgomery Sisam

Library, Classrooms, Labs, Lecture Theatre, Study Space, Student Federation Suite, Café, Gymnasium, Fitness Space, Climbing Wall, Multi-Use Studios, Campus Quad, Athletic Commons, Reading Garden
Structural: Entuitive
Mechanical: Smith + Andersen
Electrical: Mulvey & Banani
Civil: Walterfedy
Landscape: NAK Design Strategies
2018 Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) Ontario: Excellence and Leadership Award

Magna Hall combines enhanced classrooms, specialty healthcare training labs, a library, learning commons as well as new, multi-purpose athletic and recreation areas. This rich and varied programming is complemented by a variety of informal gathering, event, and study spaces where students can interact, organize activities and learn in a more casual setting. The 220,000 sf multipurpose hub is a home-away-from home for students on the Seneca College King Campus.

The sustainably-designed building and landscape visually and thematically responds to its site in the environmentally protected Oak Ridges Moraine, harmonizing the built and natural environment for a cohesive campus identity. A multipurpose pond consolidates fire water storage, stormwater management, and irrigation supply in an energy efficient design.

The College is a small but growing commuter campus on the outskirts of the Township of King and is located within the Oak Ridges Moraine, an ecologically important area covering 470,000 acres in southwestern Ontario.

The building’s exterior features wood and Muntz metal that will patinate over time into a shade that harmonizes with the surrounding natural setting.

Magna Hall delivers a diverse academic, administrative and athletic program that offers students a choice-rich environment that encourages them to study, socialize, relax or exercise in between classes. This not only enhances the campus experience with a holistic view of student life, but also addresses the rural context.