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Mount Royal University Conservatory

Calgary, Canada

The playful volumes defining Mount Royal University Conservatory’s new facility parallel the school’s ambition to define itself as an international centre for musical education and performance.

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Mount Royal University Conservatory

Calgary, Canada

The playful volumes defining Mount Royal University Conservatory’s new facility parallel the school’s ambition to define itself as an international centre for musical education and performance.

Project led by Brock Schroeder while employed at a previous firm.

Part of the university’s Lincoln Park Campus, the building contains a variety of dedicated teaching and public spaces for music, theatre, speech and childhood learning, serving both the Conservatory’s students and the greater community. These include classrooms, ensemble studios, recording studios, individual practice rooms, assembly rooms, a music library, and a 700-seat concert hall for special events.

Designed for LEED® Gold Certification, the building incorporates sustainable initiatives with particular attention to occupant comfort, and is oriented to maximize exposure to natural sunlight. 

Though the initial project was completed prior to Entuitive, the Entuitive team was later involved in the structural design of the concert hall secondary structure, including the complex acoustic reflectors behind and above the performance stage.

location

Calgary, Canada

Budget

$73 M

LEED Certification

Targeting LEED® Gold

Size

9,300 m2 (100,000 ft2)

Architect

Pfeiffer Partners; Sahuri + Partners Architecture

Client

Mount Royal University

Role

Structural Engineering Consultant

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Challenge

To create a concert hall surrounded by learning spaces and public areas that are acoustically isolated from one another, to allow for teaching activities and special events to occur simultaneously.

Solution

A cast-in-place concrete wall to form the concert hall walls, and formed corbels to support adjacent floor slabs separated by a continuous neoprene bearing pad.

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