Architects:RDHA

Area :1736 m²

Year :2018

Photographs :Sanjay Chauhan / RDHA, Tom Arban

Manufacturers :  3M, C.R. Laurence, Interface, Knauf, Mitsubishi Electric, Assa Abloy, Bobrick and American Standard, Gensteel, LiveRoof, McGill Architectural, Plan B Interiors, Prelco, Sherwood Windows3M

Lead Architects :RDHA

Sustainability Consultant :Jain Consultants

Structural :WSP

Acoustic :Aercoustics Engineering Ltd

Civil :Valdor Engineering Inc.

Contractor :Collaborative Structures Ltd.

Mechanical :Jain Consultants

Electrical :Jain Consultants

Landscape :NAK Design Group

Interiors :RDHA

Clients : City of Cambridge and the Idea Exchange

Systainability Consultant : Jain Consultants

Heritage Consultant : Stevens Burgess Architects

City : Cambridge

Country : Canada

Canada’s first “bookless” library dedicated to Makerspaces, the Idea Exchange Old Post Office offers Cambridge residents free access to an array of spaces for learning and creativity, and a new, central hub for meeting and socializing. Anchored on the bank of the Grand River, the project reignites a landmark — a listed 1885 masonry post office that had fallen into serious disrepair — and adds a 9,000-square-foot transparent pavilion that wraps around the original building and stretches out over the water, revealing the conviviality within to passersby, enticing them in.