[3] The Student Centre blends with the surrounding natural landscape and the urban industrial cityscape while countering the existing brutalist architecture.
The Student Centre is located on the Laurentian University campus in the City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
[6] 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.
[8] 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.
[9] The exterior of the Centre was designed to withstand harsh Northern Ontario winters by using steel panels as cladding.
[11] 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.
[12] The Centre's mix of social, learning, and support spaces enhance student life and give the SGA a place which is truly theirs.