Mississauga Civic Centre Square

and Mississauga Central Library Square Redevelopment

Leadership Team Presentation

Wednesday October 7th, 2009 CS&P Architects Inc.
The Civic Square Redevelopment
… the vision of an outdoor Community Centre…
Existing Site
Site Plan

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8 Civic Square

Objective:
Vending Area
To create a multifunctional, flexible,
formally composed, hard surface civic
space properly scaled for both daily
life and special events.
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Includes:
• plaza concrete flooring
• structural reinforcement
• electrical
• steps at City Centre Drive

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8 Civic Square
9 Library Square

Objective:
To connect with the Civic Square as
an extended soft surface civic space,
formally composed and properly
scaled for both daily life and special
events.

Includes: 9
• concrete paving around lawn and
soft landscape
• steps to Library Square from
Burnamthorpe Road
• concrete paving to Market Garden

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9 Library Square
9 Library Square
14 Raised Gardens
(Civic Square)

Objective:
To knit together the landscaped
qualities of the intimate Jubilee 14
Garden into the Civic Square and to
create a strong green edge to a
proportionally reduced and friendlier
Civic Square.
Includes:
• soft and hard landscaping
• electrical
• structural reinforcement
• steps and ramps Civic Square

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14+15 Raised Gardens (Civic Square)
+ Monument

Monument

A Sloped walkway to Jubilee Gardens

Precast concrete steps with integrated seating (see image ‘C’)

Bistro seating
Stainless steel handrails
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Poured concrete paving with light sandblast finish and
sawcut pattern (see image ‘A’)
B ‘Il Campo’ concrete pavers by Unilock C
Colour: Santa Fe A
Size: 100mm x 150mm x 70mm
(see image ‘B’)
Option 1: Ginkgo Biloba (Ginkgo)
Option 2: Gleditsia triacanthos ‘Shademaster’
(Shademaster Honey Locust)

Euonymus fortunei coloratus (Euonymus)

groundcover in planters – flush with grade

Sloped walkway to plaza level

Retaining wall at side of ramp

(concrete, sandblasted finish)
14 Raised Gardens (Civic Square)
15 Monument

Objective:
To create, in a more appropriate
location associated with civic Walk of Fame

ceremonies, a more evocative and 15

engaging commemorative work which
recognizes Mississauga citizens who
have given their life in the service of
their community.
Includes:
• foundation at Civic Raised Garden
steps
• commemorative work
• electrical

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15 Monument
16 Ice Rink

Objective:

To provide a more exciting and 16

expansive skating experience on a
operationally improved ice service.

Includes:
• all refrigerant equipment and
piping and enclosed space to
house it.
• electrical and mechanical

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16+34 Ice Rink + Water Feature
34 Water Feature

Objective:
To create as an urban ‘oasis’ an
engaging, interactive water feature
that when turned on reinforces the
spacial grandeur of the Civic Square
and when off allows it to function as a
multi-purpose public space.

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• equipment room and fountain
equipment on P2
• electrical and mechanical

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34 Water Feature
34 Water Feature

SQUARE TRENCH COVER POND/RINK

17 Amphitheatre

Objective:
To connect to the Civic Square an
inviting, accessible and revitalized
amphitheatre with its new support
spaces, in order to provide new
programming opportunities.
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Includes:
• new washrooms, green room
• new trellis over the seating
• stage roof
• A.V. for lighting and amplified sound
• structural, mechanical, and electrical

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Civic Centre Square Amphitheatre

Plaza Level Plan

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South Elevation
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Section Through Stage

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West Elevation

East Elevation
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18 Zamboni/Storage Towers

Objective:
To convert residual, open flag tower
plazas into much needed enclosed
storage and operational spaces.

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• zamboni/storage buildings with
glazed sides and
• green roofs
• electrical and mechanical
• relocated flag tower bases

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18 Zamboni/Storage Towers

Plaza Level Plan

Parking Level P1
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Building Section Through Zamboni/Storage Space

19 Raised Gardens
(Library Square)

Objective:
To create an inviting, complimentary
soft landscaped space for the library
by extending the raised gardens and
allee of trees of the Civic Square, to 19
visually connect the two squares into
one coherent public space.
Includes:
• hard and soft landscaping for raised
garden and library pavilion garden
• Electrical and structural

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20 Library Pavilion

Objective:
To extend the presence of the library
into the Square with a new pavilion
for flexible use, animating it with a 20
relocated food service and cafe
seating.

Includes:
• new structure and renovation to
existing library foyer
• relocated food service
• mechanical and electrical

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20 Library Pavilion

Plaza Level
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North Elevation
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East Elevation
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East/West Building Section

22 Market Garden

Objective:
To create through a modest trellis
framework a strong eastern edge to
the library square which can support
public markets and other
programmed and non-programmed
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activities.

Includes:
• market structure
• electrical and water supply

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22 Market Garden
23 Forested Garden

Objective:
To create an inviting and soft 23
landscaped space for seating, public
art and casual activities at the edge of
Duke of York Blvd. as a counterpoint
to the Jubilee Garden.

Includes:
• hard and soft landscaping 23
• electrical

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24 Media Wall

Objective:
To complete, through an ‘arcaded’
structure and ‘porous’ media screen,
the Civic Square’s sense of place
while also providing exciting
programme opportunities for ‘My
Mississauga’ events.
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Includes:
• structure, mechanical, electrical for
media screen and aluminum veil
• high and low resolution screens

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24 Media Wall
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Bryant Park
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Urban Design Strategy

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Urban Design Strategy

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Urban Design Strategy

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View from South side of Burnamthorpe

View from North side of Burnhamthorpe

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Content Strategy –Urban Screens

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24 Media Wall

Content Strategy –Urban Screens

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25 Outdoor Stage

Objective:
To provide a year round permanent
performance venue for large and
small events which can support
community groups as well as national
and international performers.

Includes:
• back of house support facilities
• stage roof and floor 25
• mechanical, electrical, and
structural

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Stage Crawl Space Plaza Level Plan

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Burnhamthorpe Rd.
Sidewalk

North/South Section
26 City Centre Drive

Objective:
To change City Centre Drive from a
wide roadway for vehicles and
parking, which divides the squares,
into a pedestrian friendly, modest
vehicular street. Drive is configured
and detailed to connect the two
squares. A B A
Includes:
• Roadway changes including
materials
• Structural , electrical and site
services

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Light-coloured pavers on concrete base

Mega Pavers by Permacon
Size: 150mm x 300mm x 100mm
B Colour: Stanstead Grey (image ‘A’)

450mm plinth for flagpoles Light-coloured pavers

on concrete base
Mega Pavers by
Raised planters with Euonymus Permacon
Size: 150mm x 300mm
600mm wide concrete flush x 100mm
curb/gutter Colour: Stanstead
Darker-coloured pavers on Grey
concrete base
Mega Pavers by Permacon Stainless Steel Bollard,
Size: 150mm x 300mm x 100mm removable
C Colour: Stratford Grey (image ‘C’)
(image ‘B’)

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Paid Parking Plan
Paid Parking Plan
Paid Parking Plan
Paid Parking - Elevator

Elevator - Plaza Level Plan

Elevator - South Elevation

Elevator – Parking Level P1 Plan