Ryerson Vision Statement

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Ryerson’s Vision Statement for the Church Street Development

Vision Statement: Creating connections for a healthy city.
The Vision Statement will guide and inform the design process, ensuring that decision making reflects key aspirations of the entire Ryerson community.
Ryerson’s planning Objective and Goals for the 270-288 Church Street Development
Identity: A hub for interdisciplinary collaboration, celebrating a holistic approach to health and wellness.
Experience: A welcoming and inclusive home for new communities of living and learning.
Legacy: A catalyst for innovation and excellence, transforming education and the city (CSD Vision Statement & Guiding Principles, Ryerson, 2013).
Purpose
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For instance, the university academic, administrative and retail portion of the building will occupy seven-to-eight floors (36 to 48.5 metre high) located in the podium at the base of the building, while the residential proportion will comprise of 100 student residential units with a total of 332 beds (Teixeira, 2014).
Substituting the existing parking lot into a mix use building will help address the need for more residence space and improve the issue of density within the area. The new development includes approximately 250 student residence spaces in keeping with the university’s goal to provide an additional 2,000 new residence spaces by 2020 (Ryerson, News & Events, …show more content…

It is both visionary and practical. The Master Plan is shaped by Ryerson's commitment to excellence and sustainability, and the need to address its academic goals. It is not a building plan or an architectural plan, nor does it focus on the allocation of space within the University. Rather, it establishes three broad goals and a comprehensive set of principles that form a framework within which the University will evaluate future opportunities and make decisions about campus growth to benefit students, faculty and staff for decades to come (Ryerson Master Plan,2014).
We evaluate every Ryerson Builds project according to the Master Plan’s three main goals of:
• Urban Intensification
• People First: Pedestrianization of the Urban Environment
• A Commitment to Design
Academic plan
Ryerson’s Academic Plan, establishes the university’s vision to become Canada’s leading comprehensive innovation university. It builds upon Ryerson’s proud traditions and expands the university’s strengths for relevant programs and Scholarly Research Creative (SRC) activities, its engaging and diverse learning and teaching environment that integrates theory with practice, and strong relationships with external communities (Our Time to Lead, Ryerson’s Academic Plan,

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