| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: York University (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 2000-2001 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | architectsAlliance | en_US |
| dc.creator | Busby + Associates Architects | en_US |
| dc.date | 2000-2001 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-16T14:50:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-16T14:50:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2000-2001 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 183839 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 1929 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/91232 | |
| dc.description | Open space in the center of the building, looking north; This was the test case for York University’s new 'green' design agenda. As the first green building in Ontario, it demonstrated for the first time that a sustainable approach could succeed in a cold climate. Undergraduate and graduate labs, classrooms, offices, and a 950-seat lecture hall complex are housed in a highly functional, flexible building that provides a transparent, animated and welcoming presence on Campus Walk, the University's main pedestrian thoroughfare. Every aspect of the building minimizes environmental impact: a highly efficient passive ventilation system, organized around 'thermal chimneys' and a bamboo-planted atrium; recyclable and low embodied energy materials; sun-shading devices on the south and west façades; and an extensive planted roof. CSEB has an energy consumption at 50% below conventionally built equivalents. The project was completed with Busby Perkins + Will. Source: architectsAlliance [architectural firm website]; http://www.architectsalliance.com/ (accessed 5/17/2009) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | glass; steel | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
| dc.subject | contemporary (1960 to present) | en_US |
| dc.subject | engineering and industry | en_US |
| dc.subject | manufacturing | en_US |
| dc.subject | Architecture and energy conservation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sustainable buildings | en_US |
| dc.subject | green architecture | en_US |
| dc.subject | passive ventilation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Green buildings (Green technology) | en_US |
| dc.subject | energy efficiency | en_US |
| dc.subject | Twenty-first century | en_US |
| dc.title | York University Computer Science and Engineering Building | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | CSEB (Computer Science and Engineering Building) | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-ALA-YEB-C5 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Canadian | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | school (building) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | classroom | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | architectsAlliance (Canadian architectural firm, established ca. 1993); Busby + Associates Architects (Canadian architectural firm, 1984-present) | en_US |
