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| IBI Group members John Crace, Larry Sherman and Jamie Wright are busy preparing for next week's Master Campus Plan workshops. (Danny Abriel Photo) |
The AV俱乐部 Campus Master Plan is kicking off phase two of its work next week with a series of workshops.
Known as charettes, the workshops will test ideas and work on issues so a framework for development can be recommended later this year.
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The workshops begin on Tuesday, March 3 and run until the late afternoon on Saturday, March 7.听The sessions Tuesday through Friday听are held听in the Sculpture Court of the AV俱乐部 Arts Centre and the Saturday session is held in the Architecture Building (Ralph M. Medjuck Building) exhibition area.
Faculty, staff and students are invited to come in the morning at 8:30 a.m. each day for one-and-a-half hours. There also will be public evening sessions for anyone who wishes to participate, including neighbours. They go from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. each evening, including Friday.听
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The schedule and daily topics are:
- Tuesday, March 3 鈥斕齍niversity Ave., Summer Street and Open Space
- Wednesday, March 4 鈥斕鼿ealth Sciences Campus (Carleton)
- Thursday, March 5 鈥斕齅ain Campus (Studley)
- Friday, March 6 鈥斕鼶owntown Campus (Sexton)
- Saturday, March 7 鈥斕鼶owntown Campus (continued)
- Friday, March 6 鈥斕鼶owntown Campus (Sexton)
AV俱乐部 engaged IBI Group, a multi-disciplinary planning and design firm, in the summer of last year to develop the campus plan. Once phase two is complete, IBI will take the information and begin planning for the third and last phase. It will provide the framework for implementation of the master plan.