Completed by Heather Cameron and Christopher Brett with cbstudio architecture.

Completed by Heather Cameron and Christopher Brett with cbstudio architecture.

Completed by Heather Cameron and Christopher Brett with cbstudio architecture.

Services: All Phases: Concept Design – Construction Administration

With the largest aging population in Canadian history, the numbers of retirees requiring residential facilities has never been higher. With this comes an increasing need to refresh and maintain existing facilities while still providing services. The Royal Park residence in Calgary shares the building with another retirement home that had coveted the original commercial kitchen. Royal Park required a new commercial kitchen, freezer and food services manager (FSM) office. Phasing the work was critical so a temporary servery was created first to utilize while the kitchen upgrade and freezer were completed. Subsequently, the servery became a sports lounge with a new integrated café/bar and FSM office. Accessible washroom upgrades, a mail area and a general refresh of collective areas was also part of the scope.

Completed by Heather Cameron and Christopher Brett with
cbstudio architecture.

Services: All Phases: Concept Design – Construction Administration

With the largest aging population in Canadian history, the numbers of retirees requiring residential facilities has never been higher. With this comes an increasing need to refresh and maintain existing facilities while still providing services. The Eau Claire residence in Calgary required deep upgrades to their two dining rooms. The 8th Floor Dining Room and Nursing Station had been carved out of a residential unit. A full upgrade was completed that included a service kitchen, coffee station, dining area and custom nursing station. The Main Floor Dining Room was dated and dark with a castle theme. Small economic refinements modernized the space subsequently. The upgrade included refreshed main and private dining rooms, a new large service station, small service stations throughout the floor and a café/bar.

Completed by Heather Cameron and Christopher Brett with
cbstudio architecture.

Baldwin, New York

Located in Baldwin, New York, Baldwin Middle School is one of the largest intermediary schools on Long Island. The original school typified the classic 1960s two story double loaded corridor layout. Over time and as the local population grew, the school required additional academic along with additional special program areas. Adding onto the original footprint was made possible by the large site which surrounds the school complex. Additions and alterations can often stitch together disparate parts of a building and introduce new collective areas in interstitial spaces.
6th Grade Classroom Addition
Music Suite, Main Entry Addition and Main Office Renovation
Gymnasium Addition
Kitchen Addition and Cafeteria Renovation

Completed by Heather Cameron as Project Architect while employed with Smith Ottiano Architects.

Bronx, New York

Facing East 164th Street in the Bronx, Intermediate School 166 (now known as Roberto Clemente Campus and Grant Avenue Elementary) is a 1970s four storey masonry structure. The school consists of an orthogonal shaped volume merged with a segmented circular volume wedged tightly on half a city block that runs east-west from Morris Avenue to Grant Avenue along East 164th Street. The school has two entrances facing the corners of the block and is fenced in with very limited playyard area at the back of the building. The pre-cast elements at the exterior had significantly degraded as had the concrete work at the entrances and the fencing at the perimeter of the site.
Exterior Envelope
Site Work

Completed by Heather Cameron as Project Architect while employed at John Ciardullo Associates.

Bronx, New York

Facing Shakespeare Avenue in the Bronx, Public School 104 (now known as PS 199 The Shakespeare School) is a classic century old four storey school building. The U-shaped structure and central courtyard and playyard take up half a city block that runs north-south from Shakespeare Avenue to Nelson Avenue along West 172nd Street. This massive school had been so poorly maintained that the playyards could no longer be utilized due to masonry failure at the interior courtyard facades.
Boiler Replacement
Roof Replacement
Exterior Envelope
Interior Upgrades and Site Work

Completed by Heather Cameron as Project Architect while employed at John Ciardullo Associates.

New York, New York

Located along 111th Street of New York City’s Upper East Side, Public School 101 (now known as Mosaic Preparatory Academy) is a classic century old five storey school building. The L-shaped structure and flanking play yards take up most of an entire city block that runs east-west from Lexington Avenue to Park Avenue. Many of these schools, while once being the stateliest buildings in the neighbourhood, have been poorly maintained and require substantive upgrades.
Roof Replacement
Window Replacement
Exterior Envelope

Completed by Heather Cameron as Project Architect while employed at Smith Ottiano Architects.

In 1998, the New York State Legislature approved a 5 year capital budget for the College, to allow for an expansion program to accommodate its anticipated increase in enrollment. Situated on 11th Avenue between West 58th and 59th Streets in New York City, a fourteen storey main tower sits on a four storey podium and is connected to Haaren Hall on the west side of the complex. The tower provides a full spectrum of educational programmatic elements: classrooms, laboratories, auditoriums and student lounges. An expansive outdoor civic commons graces the roof of the podium, providing students and faculty an unparalleled exterior space. The podium, which mitigates the grade change between 10th and 11th Avenues, also acts as a primary circulation connector.

Completed by Christopher Brett as Technical Architect while employed at Skidmore Owings & Merrill.