Oak House

The Oak House Student and Faculty Residence will be a sustainable living community that incorporates not just physical sustainable attributes to the building (ex. geo-thermal exchange) but also community-based ones, for both the broader Spadina-Sussex community and the University. It will bring a new standard of living for students and faculty to campus, and will aim to promote collaboration, integration, and cross-population interaction through academic and co-curricular programming within the university, the surrounding community, and the City of Toronto itself.

Built in conjunction with Daniels Corporation, this residence community features 508 bedrooms in the student resident tower alongside a commercial-grade kitchen and dining hall operated by U of T’s Food Services team. It also will include 10 townhouses to provide additional faculty housing and ground floor ancillary retail while keeping its heritage elements. The entire project has been designed to be supported by geo-exchange heating/cooling among other sustainability features.