In good company
Concordia has occupied spaces in the ER Building off and on for more than 40 years, but over the course of 2020-21 it reintegrated the building to meet the needs of many growing departments. As of this fall term, the faculties of Arts and Science, Fine Arts and the Gina Cody School will all have a presence at 2155 Guy Street.
The first to move in, early in the summer, were the Next-Generation Cities Institute and the Urban Planning and Urban Studies program, both on the 14th floor. As of late August, they were joined by CSSE, which occupies floors nine through 12.
Lata Narayanan is chair of the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering. “Our new offices and research labs create an environment where students and professors will each have their own space to conduct cutting-edge research while being close to each other in order to encourage collaboration,” she explains.
“Since we collaborated in the floor design, we’re very happy to see it come to fruition.”
Collaborations: past, present and future
The new floors offer students, faculty and staff more space for classes, labs and collaboration.
“Each includes a number of brainstorm and meeting rooms, in addition to student and employee lounges and study areas,” says Isabelle Roy, facilities manager of renovation projects.
Collaboration also occurred in the planning, construction and delivery of the new spaces.
“We got tremendous support from colleagues in Instructional and Information Technology Services, Campus Security and many other units. We really benefited from their expertise,” says Lavoie.