Paul Noskiewicz of NORR Architects and Engineers will be kicking off the 2013-2014 Arriscraft Lecture Series with a lecture entitled:
“Re-Working Union Station” this Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 6:45pm in the main lecture theatre.
Paul Noskiewicz, Project Director with NORR Limited Architects Engineers Planners, joined the firm in 1990 and has led numerous large scale institutional projects including:
- John Sopinka Courthouse – Hamilton ON
- Georgian College Student Centre – Barrie ON
- Calgary Courts Centre – Calgary AB
- General Motors Centre – Oshawa ON
- The Landmark Mixed Use Residential Tower – Abu Dhabi UAE
- Queens Park Block Technical Planning Study – Toronto ON
Paul has been leading the Union Station Revitalization Project since its inception in 2007 and was instrumental working with City of Toronto and its stakeholders to formulate a vision for Revitalization to meet a growing transportation demand and address the heritage aspects of this National Historic Site.
Union Station is Toronto’s primary multi-modal downtown transportation hub, accommodating operations for inter-city train service, commuter rail service and makes connections to the adjacent inner-city subway system. The station currently accommodates over 65 million passengers per year which is planned to increase to 100 million annual passengers over the next 15 years as commuter rail operations are expanded.
The City of Toronto engaged NORR Architects Engineers and Planners in 2007 as prime consultant responsible for Architecture, Structural, Mechanical and Electrical engineering for the Union Station Revitalization Project, a $480 million investment in this key Toronto
landmark. The principal objectives of the project are to enhance the quality and capacity of the transportation functions, rehabilitate the ageing infrastructure, increase revenue generation within the station and restore the heritage fabric of this National Historic Site.
The Union Station Revitalization Project has been planned and designed by NORR Limited, Architects & Engineers of Toronto and encompasses the City of Toronto’s objectives to re-establish Union Station as Toronto’s primary multi-modal transportation hub, enhance the quality and capacity of pedestrian movement to and from the station, rehabilitate the ageing infrastructure of the station, restore its heritage fabric and reinforce Union Station as a primary destination within the City.
Images from: http://www.norr.com/consulting_portfolio/Transportation/UnionStationRedevelopment_ltr1.pdf
NORR website: http://www.norr.com/default.aspx
A full schedule of FALL 2013 Arriscraft Lectures: Arriscraft Lecture Series 2013-2014 FALL POSTER
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