Communication, Culture and Technology Building (or CCT Building)
The Communication, Culture and Technology (CCT) building is one of the new buildings at the University of Toronto, Mississauga. It is near the center of the campus between the Student Centre and the McCallion Academic learning Centre and Library. The building covers up to 10, 800 square meters or 1123,819 square feet of space. The exterior walls are mainly constructed out of glass making the outside visible from the inside. The architectural design of the interior is meant to reflect the contemporary studies that the CCT building was made to house. The offices and classrooms are mostly facing the park or the courtyard garden
The building is used by the University of Toronto and Sheridan College as they have joint programs together. The main academic programs that use the CCT building are: Communication, Culture and Information Technology (CCIT), Professional Writing and Communication (PWC), the Centre for Visual and Media Culture (CVMC), and Biomedical Communications (BMC). Inside of the CCT building there is research and support space as well as lecture halls. There are also classrooms, laboratories, undergraduate teaching as well as academic and administrative offices and student services available inside. CCT is also home to the Multimedia Studio Theatre or MiST and The E-Gallery.
The building cost 35 million dollars and was funded by City of Mississauga, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Government of Ontario, Ontario Innovation Trust, University Infrastructure Investment Fund, Access to Opportunities Programs and U of T Enrolment Growth Funds. It also received private support from GE Canada, Hitachi Canada, and The Mississauga Board of Chinese Professionals and Businesses (CPB).
The CCT building was designed by Saucier + Perrotte architects, structurally engineered by Quinn Dressel and Mechanically and electrically engineered by Rybka, Smith and Ginsler. The project began in 2004. In 2008 it was awarded a Governor General's Medal in Architecture.
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