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University of Waterloo Mathematics Building - Moriyama Teshima Architects

Currently in design, Moriyama & Teshima Architects are the design consultant for a 145,000 SF building for the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo. Math4 will
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Currently in design, Moriyama & Teshima Architects are the design consultant for a 145,000 SF building for the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo. Math4 will not only house dry labs, offices, graduate student spaces, and major server infrastructure for several departments within Math but it will provide the new home for Faculty specific student services. The Math Faculty undergraduate services will provide faculty-specific support to one of the university’s most popular and distinguished programs. Located on the second floor with a variety of open, semi-private and confidential spaces to support and guide students, the Student Services must strike the right balance of accessibility, openness, and both safety and confidentiality for students who may be in vulnerable or sensitive situations in their academic journey.

The Math4 building will provide space for expansion of Computer Science, Statistics, and other growing programs while liberating space in existing math buildings. It will also provide new space for the faculty’s server room, the brain of this internationally renowned program’s research. Additionally, as the University continues to attract faculty and graduate students, there will be a mix of dry labs and numerous private offices. The design also prioritizes connections to the existing Math buildings, completing and supporting the Math community as a whole.

This new state-of-the-art academic building will also connect the existing math buildings – the Davis Centre, the Math and Computers Building, and Math 3, to become the nucleolus of the faculty, a hive of innovation with light and space to inspire collision, collaboration, and contemplation. It will host research institutes in vital fields such as fintech, data science, and cryptography. It will feature classrooms and collision spaces to encourage interaction and collaboration among faculty, students, staff, and external partners. By creating a vibrant and singular environment, the new building will accelerate leading-edge math and computer science research as well as foster a culture of innovation and collaboration.


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It has a very 60s vintage about to be, like a retro look at the future.

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I have to laugh at this bit of the description though:

a hive of innovation with light and space to inspire collision,

Seriously? Is this what 'Impactful learning' has come to?

How about interaction, meeting, cross-disciplinary work etc.
 
Stunning! Although I wish that upper part was more glass and less metal, I honestly think that would make it a 10/10 for me.
 
tripwire said:
Oh the memories ... I graduated in 99, and visited a couple of times in the early naughts. This looks relatively "simple" and so should fit right in with the existing (bland as I remember it) buildings.
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I'm about a decade after you and it has changed all lot from when I attended.
 
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From the project website, lots more interior renderings and info here:

Mathematics 4 | Mathematics

The Faculty of Math at the University of Waterloo continues to grow and will begin construction of a new Mathematics 4 (M4) building on campus to house computer and research labs, staff and faculty offices, classrooms, collaboration spaces, and new greener server rooms.
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Construction is expected to begin in December.
 
Here's the updated Sept to Nov 2024 projected timeline:

Mathematics 4 | Mathematics

The Faculty of Math at the University of Waterloo continues to grow and will begin construction of a new Mathematics 4 (M4) building on campus to house computer and research labs, staff and faculty offices, classrooms, collaboration spaces, and new greener server rooms.
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Some commentary from UW students a couple months ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/uwaterloo/comments/1ee9ln7/m4
 
They still have some time but they haven't started any site setup works yet. Trees around DC are still up and there's no fencing or anything related on site. The building permit was issued awhile ago, with the total value somewhere between 80 and 90 million. Gillam appears to be the project manager for the project.

I haven't seen anyone walking around from Gillam yet on campus, everyone I've seen has been related to the ESC building upgrades. There isn't any survey markings on site yet or locates for utilities so nothings happened yet, mores been happening for the new student residence.
 
They mobilized on site in the last week of October when Gillam brought in their site trailer. The same week they started doing excavation pits throughout the site to gauge the depth of fiber optics, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, and water mains.

Over the next two weeks they ripped out much of the road that runs from Ring Rd to MC/M3, there is still a lane of pavement allowing delivery access up to DC but nothing further. They also started the relocation of various storm sewers, sanitary sewers and watermains throughout the M4 area. They've been working their way from MC/M3 towards Ring Rd.

In the first week of November the bridges between DC/MC and M3 to the DC/MC bridge were closed, since then Priestly Demolition has been working on isolating the bridges from the buildings to allow for demolition to occur, this included new walls interior to the bridges/buildings and anything that will be exposed to the elements has water proofing installed as well. Over the last week PDI has been removing some of the cladding on the bridges so they can access the structural components of the bridge.

Yesterday PDI brought in one of their high reach excavators to start the demolition, as of this morning nothing has occurred but there are various PDI workers on the roof of the DC/MC bridge.

Inside of MC where the bridge used to connect:
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Current view of the M4 site (Morning Nov 14)
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I am an 88 grad. Great memories at this place. The campus used to get slammed for lousy architecture and a sterile feel. While it doesn't have the old school feel of a Western, Queens, UT or Mac, I think they have upped their game architecturally speaking. Cannot believe how much growth there has been since I attended. Looking at maps, they are running out of places to build buildings. Maybe UW will be the first University to have a supertall 😎 (Unless Dubai has already beat us to it)
 
Today they put an excavator up onto the roof of the bridge to start the concrete removal to separate the bridge from MC and DC before Priestly starts taking the rest down with their high reach.

When you were in the halls of MC close to the bridge you could really hear them breaking up the concrete, the one good thing is you couldn't hear them in the lecture halls closest to the bridge so it wasn't excessively disruptive to students.

Picture from next to M3 Nov 26 (almost directly opposite of the reddit picture):
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