Marine Drive Academy

Perched on a steep site with dramatic views of Sheet Harbour, Marine Drive Academy is a context-specific design that challenges traditional school typologies. The school is organized around spaces for making to encourage creativity and discovery as part of the learning process. In this way, Marine Drive Academy is didactic and its industrial aesthetic facilitates hands-on learning. From the biomass silo to the expressed mechanical and structural systems on the upper level, every part of this school is a learning space.

Type
Architecture
Education
Year
2020
Size
Location
Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia
Partner
Awards

Lieutenant Governor Award for Excellence in Architecture

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Collaborators

Avondale Construction Ltd.,

Bird Construction

CS&P Architects Inc.

Dumac Engery Ltd.

GLRA

SNC-Lavalin Inc.

SolterreDesign

Thornton Tomasetti

Photography

Julian Parkinson

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