Proposed Teaching Building

Queen’s University is planning the construction of a state-of-the-art, fully accessible, learning-centred environment.   The building, when built, is to be at the north west corner of Union and Division in the heart of the campus.

Following the directive of the Board of Trustees, the proposed building will not be constructed until full funding is in place.  At present, an anonymous donor has provided $2.8 million — about 10% of the construction cost.  This contribution will allow architects to prepare full working drawings and allow the university to be ready to construct should funding become available.

This proposed new building for teaching would enable Queen’s to meet the needs of its current students, given the significant growth in enrolment over the past 15 years.  It will also allow for the increased numbers of students anticipated from our projected enrolment growth over the next 5 years.

Flexibility will be the essence of  almost all the classes in the new building.  Class rooms will be adaptable to enable both instructors and students alike to readily adapt to new teaching methods as well as respond to the changing evolution of students’ learning styles.  It would accommodate a technical and integrated infrastructure that will enhance student and faculty engagement by providing a supportive learning environment that encourages both active and collaborative learning, and that promotes the student-faculty interactions that are essential to a high quality university education and are the hall marks of Queen’s University.

The proposed teaching building would be equipped with the latest video conferencing and video-capture technology, and would be designed to ensure that ongoing and future pedagogical objectives are met.

The new construction would also provide an opportunity to re-purpose some existing teaching venues that are better suited to meet other high priority educational space requirements on campus.