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UW Engineering 7 | 7fl | U/C - rangersfan - 11-01-2014 UW Engineering VII
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Architect: Perkins+Will
Project: The new $88-million Engineering 7 building will include a 3D printing (also called additive manufacturing) lab and a two-storey aerial robotics testing facility.
The seven-storey, 230,000-square-foot building will allow the faculty to accommodate growth from the new biomedical engineering program and an expanded mechatronics engineering program.
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RE: UW Engineering VII | ?m | 7fl | proposed - rangersfan - 11-01-2014 University of Waterloo approves $88-million Engineering 7 building October 29, 2014 | uwaterloo.ca | LINK Quote:The University of Waterloo’s Board of Governors approved the construction of the $88-million Engineering 7 (E7) building yesterday. The University’s Building and Properties Committee made the proposal for the 230,000-square-foot, seven-storey building to house Waterloo Engineering’s ongoing transformation of how it delivers education to students. RE: UW Engineering VII | ?m | 7fl | proposed - Spokes - 11-02-2014 So looks like pedestrian links to E6 and the future E9? RE: UW Engineering VII | ?m | 7fl | proposed - nms - 04-28-2015 UW has released some more information about Engineering VII. Quote:"To accommodate major undergraduate growth, E7 will provide much-needed teaching space for the Faculty’s new biomedical engineering, which received over 900 applications this year, and expanded mechatronics engineering programs. It will house some of the best research facilities in the world, including an additive manufacturing (3D printing) laboratory. E7 will also be home to the Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre and the multidisciplinary Engineering Ideas Clinic™, where undergraduate students integrate classroom theory with hands-on learning as they design, build, test and refine ideas. Construction on E7 is expected to begin this fall and take three years." I understand that there will also be a large sealed atrium for drone testing. Apparently, at least according to this image below, there will also be a water table and sand box. RE: UW Engineering VII | ?m | 7fl | proposed - jamincan - 04-28-2015 It would be nice if the University were allowed to build over the rail corridor. It would effectively enclose the station there and help bridge the gap between the East Campus and the Central Campus. RE: UW Engineering VII | ?m | 7fl | proposed - Markster - 04-28-2015 Splash pool and sandbox? But I thought they just finished building their new children's daycare facility? RE: UW Engineering VII | ?m | 7fl | proposed - nms - 04-30-2015 (04-28-2015, 04:09 PM)jamincan Wrote: It would be nice if the University were allowed to build over the rail corridor. It would effectively enclose the station there and help bridge the gap between the East Campus and the Central Campus. Nice, but not likely. Given that heavy freight will be traveling along there in perpetuity, I can't see that being a preferred option. RE: UW Engineering VII | ?m | 7fl | proposed - Markster - 05-01-2015 Toronto has yet to "build over the rail corridor" they have downtown. The University has a hell of a lot of land to build on that is a lot less architecturally challenging. RE: UW Engineering VII | ?m | 7fl | proposed - Drake - 05-01-2015 (05-01-2015, 02:37 AM)Markster Wrote: The University has a hell of a lot of land to build on that is a lot less architecturally challenging. This is another ugly building on a campus of ugly buildings. The university really has no unifying theme. The architectural challenge U of W faces is the world taking it's school of architecture seriously. RE: UW Engineering VII | ?m | 7fl | proposed - Markster - 05-01-2015 I was speaking of course about the challenge of the engineering aspect of architecture, not the aesthetics. RE: UW Engineering VII | ?m | 7fl | proposed - jamincan - 05-01-2015 Carleton built a parking garage over part of the O-Train line despite identical limitations and a similar abundance of space. RE: UW Engineering VII | ?m | 7fl | proposed - isUsername - 05-02-2015 (05-01-2015, 04:05 PM)jamincan Wrote: Carleton built a parking garage over part of the O-Train line despite identical limitations and a similar abundance of space. Does freight operate on the same tracks as the O-Train? That would be the biggest hurtle for building over the spur line. You'd have to engineer for a worst-case scenario: a train derailing and catching fire. There's no way they'd try to build over the tracks as long as there are diesel locomotives hauling chemical cars. RE: UW Engineering VII | ?m | 7fl | proposed - taylortbb - 05-02-2015 Yes, it does. The O-Train is run on freight track with time of use separation, and is still used at night for freight. The passenger trains are actually European mainline railway vehicles, and are diesel powered. It's not like other LRT systems in Canada. RE: UW Engineering VII | ?m | 7fl | proposed - MacBerry - 05-02-2015 (05-01-2015, 11:59 AM)Drake Wrote:(05-01-2015, 02:37 AM)Markster Wrote: The University has a hell of a lot of land to build on that is a lot less architecturally challenging. "This is another ugly building on a campus of ugly buildings." A non-religious "Amen" RE: UW Engineering VII | ?m | 7fl | proposed - Markster - 01-07-2016
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