Submitted by INTEGRAL GROUP
Urban redevelopment targets sustainability and social responsibility
Calgary’s Stadium Shopping Centre (SSC) has
TEAM
been a focal community asset within University
OWNER Western Securities Ltd. ARCHITECT OF RECORD RTKL Architects Canada Inc. LOCAL ARCHITECT Marshall Tittemore Architects MEP ENGINEERS Integral Group CONSTRUCTION MANAGER Stuart Olson STRUCTURAL ENGINEER Entuitive CIVIL ENGINEER exp
Heights since 1962. The new SSC Redevelopment Project transforms the property into a socially diverse, mixed-use urban environment that supports a wide range of uses, becoming one of Calgary’s first LEED ND neighbourhoods. This environment shall promote a walkable urban area that is accessible and
The project team’s mandate was to create a concept
complementary to the adjacent neighbourhood and the Foothills Medical Campus.
with a 40 to 50-year lifespan.
This existing 6,000-square-metre site shall be redeveloped to feature a 10-storey
The team developed a solution based around durabil-
office building, an 11-storey hotel, an 8-storey medical office building, 14-storey and
ity, energy efficiency and resident health, safety and
4-storey residential buildings as well as a drug store, a grocery store and town-
wellbeing. Buildings shall feature double and triple
houses at grade with three levels of residential above the grocery store.
glazing high performance envelopes, decreasing the need for mechanical intervention in maintaining the interior environment.
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SPRING 2016 | Alberta FOCUS