CAMPUS MASTER PLAN
Campus Master Plan Vision
To create places of learning, research and community in an inclusive, shared and dynamic environment through a focus on Indigenization, heritage, community engagement and innovation.
Main objectives
- Define Concordia's long-term development intentions for both campuses.
- Align the physical development of the Sir George Williams and Loyola campuses with the university's strategic priorities.
- Provide a framework for realizing multiple interventions and development projects that will shape the future campus.
What is the Campus Master Plan?
Concordia’s Campus Master Plan is a framework for the achievement of development projects that will shape the campus of the future.
The plan is a living tool for better coordination with the city and boroughs and lays out where new projects could happen and the values they must respect.
The Campus Master Plan replaces the previous one, which was updated several times and served from 2001 until now.
Guiding principles
To provide a concrete spatial vision of Concordia’s next-generation university, five guiding principles in the language of urban design have been identified as the fundamental components that form the basis of the Campus Master Plan.
Dialog with the city
Contribute to Concordia and its surrounding environment
Mobility
Create pedestrian-friendly campuses and promote active transportation
Institutional development
Reconcile institutional development with the richness of the built heritage
Teaching & research
Redesign learning and research spaces
Campus life
Develop and diversify spaces that students can appropriate
Filters
While the guiding principles relate to physical space and its use, these five filters are fundamental considerations that Concordia must apply whenever it seeks to improve campus spaces.
Indigenous Decolonization
Contribute to the implementation of the Indigenous Directions Action Plan
Inclusivity
Welcome everyone who uses the university and its spaces
Sustainability
Support the Sustainability Action Plan, PLAN/NET ZERØ and more
Health & well-being
Create a sense of overall well-being and belonging for the Concordia community
Concordia Identity
Shape Concordia's built environment to embody who we are
Approach
The approach used to elaborate and implement the Campus Master Plan is part of a strategic and concerted process integrated with the City of Montreal's regulatory and planning mechanisms.
Concordia established a close collaboration with the city at the outset of the project to align the university's strategy and policies with those of the city and its boroughs regarding development projects, planning initiatives and regulations.
A consultation and communication process has supported the plan at every stage to ensure the formulation of a collective vision consistent with the ambitions of the Concordia community.
Informing, validating, engaging and providing feedback has been at the heart of the process.
Phases
Read the executive summaries of the phases:
- Phase 1 executive summary
- Phase 2 executive summary
- Phase 3 executive summary (Loyola Campus)
- Phase 3 executive summary (Sir George Williams Campus)
Read the consultation reports:
- Ideas wall and map report (French)
- Survey report (French)
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Get in touch
master.plan@concordia.ca
514-848-2424, ext. 2400
