Orillia Library and Market Square
Orillia, Ontario
Completion Date: 2011
Square Footage: 42,000
LEED Gold certification targeted
Square Footage: 42,000
LEED Gold certification targeted
The design for the new market square and library seeks to create a suite of urban public spaces that engage Orillia’s 19th century opera house and support the city’s vibrant farmer’s market. The building takes the form of a 2-story, L-shape that creates coherence within the surrounding urban fabric while framing and setting off the monumental form of the opera house.
The 42,000 square foot structure combines two floors of collection and support space with community meeting rooms, an information outlet and a market hall that houses a smaller farmer’s market in the winter months.
