Architect: Handel Architects
Location: Scarborough, Ontario
Completion Date: 2024
Harmony Commons, a 718 unit dormitory, is the latest addition to the University of Toronto’s Scarborough, Ontario campus. Designed by Handel Architects, the new residence is all-electric and is the largest building in Canada to achieve passive house certification. To conceal the insulation and weather barrier that allow the project to maintain efficient thermal performance, Harmony Commons is clad in a lightweight metal rainscreen.
This project is part of larger efforts at the University of Toronto to reduce emissions across all three of its Ontario campuses, having committed to a one-third reduction in emissions by 2030.
