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The SAIT Campus Centre development permit has been submitted:

From the drawings:
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I really like it, as a SAIT Alumni, it actually gives me a lot of pride to see something like this. I mean I'm not thrilled to see another copper coloured building but if this cladding is better than the BMO than they just threw some egg in CMLC and the Stampede's face. I mean it even has wood accents!

Materials I can see listed:
(Panel) TERRACOTTA FIBREC CONCRETE PANELS
(Window) TRIPLE GLAZED ALUMINUM CURTAIN WALL C/W FINS, ANODIZED BRONZE ALUMINUM
(Roof Accent) HEMLOCK WOOD SOFFIT
(Ground Floor Trim) CONCRETE CANOPY, SANDSTONE

Maybe just me, but I enjoyed seeing/combing through the layout.
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If I'm reading those diagrams right, it looks like they kept the campus bar on the side that faces downtown and included a patio there as well. Given the old campus bar had one of the best patios in the city for views and sun exposure, this makes me very happy. The overall design of the building doesn't grab me but it still looks good and kind of fits in with some of the other more modern buildings on campus.
 
That looks amazing. Really happy about this one.
 
I think the design has been updated a wee bit since this, too. As you can see, there's an aesthetic that SAIT wants to keep across its campus. Shoulda seen the original renderings too when the design-build teams were selected; it was something right out of Copenhagen.
 
You can see one on the #3 DP - elevation 2 - EAST and #3 SD - PRESENTATION SECTION THROUGH ARENA drawings.
 
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Might be a bit of a dumb question but the drawings appear to have a zamboni room which suggests this will be a hockey arena. Did the old building have a hockey arena? I just remember a big basketball gym there but that was from 20 years ago. If the new building has a hockey arena, where is the gym for the basketball and volleyball teams going to be and if my memory is correct, why the switch from favouring gym sports to ice sports?
 

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