2024-05-10T11:50:13-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150404190/diamond-schmitt-lemaymichaud-to-design-generational-campus-expansion-at-mcgill-university Josh Niland 2023-11-30T13:25:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e8/e8a752bcd5b93db88b4ff8db9393a801.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/diamondschmittarchitects" target="_blank">Diamond Schmitt Architects</a> has designed a new campus expansion plan for <a href="https://archinect.com/McGillUniversity" target="_blank">McGill University</a> in unison with <a href="https://archinect.com/lemaymichaud" target="_blank">LemayMichaud</a> that will help advance the study of earth systems and environmental health while restoring several historic buildings and the university&rsquo;s connection to Mount Royal Park.</p> <p>One of Canada&rsquo;s premiere research institutions is about to undergo a transformation of &ldquo;generational importance,&rdquo; according to the firms. Their New Vic plan calls for the reuse of three extant Scottish baronial structures at the Royal Victoria Hospital complex and construction of a new 350,000-square-foot facility for teaching and research.&nbsp;</p> <p>A forecourt to Frederick Law Olmsted's 1893 park design will also be re-established through the design. Costs for the project are stated at $870 million CAD ($640 million USD).</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/09/093883e6cd2814caaae362de0abaff3d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/09/093883e6cd2814caaae362de0abaff3d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Rendering by Diamond Schmitt</figcaption></figure><p>&ldquo;We are inspired with urgency to design a center devoted to the most critical issue of our time: healing the planet,&rdquo; Donald Schmitt, Principal at the new join...</p>