202 Jarvis Street

The project reflects the seven goals of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Campus Master Plan:

1. An urban campus: Leveraging our downtown location as an Urban Campus while promoting dense, mixed-use vertical growth.
2. A welcoming campus: Designing physical spaces that reflect the diversity of the community and foster social and physical inclusion.
3. A vibrant and animated campus: Increase placemaking opportunities in public spaces that animate the street and reflect TMU’s values and initiatives to Indigenize campus.
4. A campus with a strong sense of identity: Creating a sense of arrival through intuitive wayfinding and signature landmarks that enhances “pride of place” and celebrates Indigenous history and knowledge.
5. A place of scholarly, research and creative activity: Creating inspirational teaching spaces that supports research, innovation and pedagogy while championing sustainable design and flexibility for long-term academic needs.
6. A quality environment: Delivering excellence in building and open space design that fosters equity across campus and provides quality spaces for all aspects of their academic journey.
7. A place of health and wellbeing: Creating a place to support collaboration, gathering that supports diversity and offers space that fosters social, cultural and environmental wellbeing.

• The proposed academic building is designed to promote active forms of transportation by improving the pedestrian experience with an outward-looking building that interacts with its surroundings. It features a generous number of  bicycle parking spaces.
• The location has several public transit options with an east-west streetcar (505 Dundas) and north-south bus (141 Downtown/Mt Pleasant Express) that provide links to the subway, which is also within walking distance.
• Vehicular access is provided via Jarvis Street with service and loading activities taking place underground to minimize the impact of the building on surface movement.
• There is sufficient capacity in nearby public and TMU-owned lots to absorb the removal of the parking lot.
• The landscape design is an extension and fulfilment of the university’s Public Realm Plan, creating a pathway towards the core of the campus.

• Connected open spaces create a linear connection through the site, and active frontages with entries on three sides of the outward-looking façades.
• The main floor lobby contains informal and event-style learning spaces, a café and retail components.
• Open spaces are inviting and accessible to the university community, visitors and the general public.
• Design elements improve the Dundas Street East frontage with landscaping and amenities.

• The proposed, mixed-use building is designed to respect the context of the built environment around it. 
  • The large podium structure of the main academic complex reflects the built form of the north and west streets.
  • The slim tower design mirrors the neighbouring towers while reducing its shadow impact and meeting City of Toronto Tall Building Guidelines.
• The development responds to City policy for fostering growth and development in the Church-Jarvis corridor.