本项目是对多伦多大学学院的战略性改造与振兴，该建筑堪称校园中标志性的地标，同时也该校最古老的历史建筑之一。项目的核心挑战之一在于如何以富有全面性与凝聚力的设计手法对建筑的三个楼层进行改造翻新。设计的重点旨在将大学学院图书馆重新引入位于建筑二层的两座历史悠久的大厅中，这两座大厅正是图书馆于1890年学院失火前的旧址。

This project is the strategic and surgical revitalization of University College—an iconic landmark and one of the oldest buildings on campus. One of the main challenges was to maintain a comprehensive and cohesive design vision of the project over a scope that is disparately distributed throughout the building fabric, over 3 levels.  The keystone of the project is the re-introduction of the University College Library into the two historic Great Halls located on the second level of the building, where the library had originally existed prior to the fire of 1890.

▼项目概览，overall of the project

改造设计涉及多方面的问题，但其中最重要的一环在于如何保护并呈现出建筑的历史。设计通过在建筑中置入一系列全新的空间结构，创造出全新的交通空间，完善了空间的通达性，进而化解了建筑的遗留问题。包括坡道在内的空间策略巧妙应对了该历史建筑中的复杂水平变化，将原建筑交通空间的历史价值与现代空间的可达性无缝融合在一起，合理的照明设计与丰富的材质肌理进一步增强了空间中的戏剧性体验。此外，建筑师还为学院大楼增建了一部电梯，从历史庭院就能清晰地辨认出新增的现代建筑元素。该电梯结构的设计融入并补充了建筑的折衷主义以及独特的哥特式风格，同时在历史环境中创造出一座全新的地标，以高度的包容性与可达性开启了学院图书馆的新篇章。

This was a project with many design mandates, but most significantly, the design needed to address the building’s history as inaccessible. The project dismantles the legacy of physical barriers by not only providing the requirements for universal access, but by celebrating the architectural insertions that achieve it. Various strategies were implemented including the judicious use of ramping surfaces to navigate a gordian knot of level changes within the heritage circulation system. Accessibility merges seamlessly with the historic circulation, using lighting and materiality to provide enhanced and dramatic experiences. Additionally, a new elevator was added to the building; visible within the historical courtyard of the college, the design of this element engages and complements the eclectic and whimsical gothic style of the architecture, while creating a new icon expressing a new era of inclusivity and accessibility.

▼建筑外观概览，exterior view of the building

▼新增的电梯结构，new elevator structure

▼电梯外观细部，details of the elevator structure