A contemplated new facility looks to create a collaborative and cohesive state-of-the-art centre to co-locate ecotourism, educational, and research capacity, and to bring global attention to the Georgian Bay area.

architects Tillmann Ruth Robinson was retained to create a functional plan for a possible new multipurpose hub, to be located in Honey Harbour, dedicated to the study and care of the Great Lakes Watershed. The new facility would serve to promote the interchange between educators, First Nations peoples, industry partners, policy makers, and researchers in order to understand the economic and environmental impacts of urbanization within the watershed – the country’s largest and most rapidly-growing urban area.

The plan put forward by our firm envisioned spaces including a visitor centre – complete with display and exhibition capabilities, a 100-seat lecture theatre, wet and dry labs, research offices, a classroom, and a training/community area able to accommodate up to 80 people.