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OWEN SOUND COLLEGIATE AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
Completion Date: September 1999
Owner: Bluewater District School Board
This project is the second replacement for this historic school established over 140 years ago. The new school is situated next to an existing community college and designed so that both institutions would share each others' facilities. The main feature of the project is a 750 seat cafetorium. This space was designed as a multi-use space which operates as a cafeteria during regular school hours but can be transformed into a performing arts theatre by means of 750 automated retractable seats. The space was designed with a sophisticated acoustic ceiling, sound system, lighting system and stage rigging system. The community of Owen Sound contributed funding to outfit the theatre to meet their community theatre requirements.