$"$ Seneca Polytechnic is embarking on a multi$-$million$-$dollar capital project to develop

a complex for health and wellness that is infused with Indigenous design,

sustainability and inclusion. The new complex will be a transformative destination

for health services, teaching and learning, athletics, recreation and spiritual

connection.

Drawing inspiration from the medicine wheel, the Health and Wellness Centre will

be a destination for students and employees to support their physical, mental,

emotional, and spiritual wellness.

On the pre$-$design of the building, Seneca is working with DIALOG, an integrated

design practice known for building spaces that support collaboration, community

and connectivity, and the Indigenous design firm Two Row Architect to incorporate

Indigenous architectural form.

Seneca$$s vision is to transform the decades$-$old Sport Centre at the east end

of Newnham Campus into a dynamic multi$-$storey health and wellness complex that

includes traditional medicines, counselling, recreation and varsity sports facilities.

The Centre will also incorporate a new home for the Seneca Student Federation

$($SSF$).$

The circular shape of the design references the drum circle. The drum circle

symbolizes balance, equality, wholeness and connection. At the centre of the

complex, the drum circle represents a source of positive energy, bringing with it a

natural rhythm to the world around it$.$

Funding for the Centre is coming from Seneca, the SSF and the Student Athletic

Association $($SAA$).$ The SSF and SAA contributions have been funded through capital

fees contributed by students over many years.

The Centre will represent the next phase of development at Newnham Campus,

complementing the award$-$winning LEED Gold$-$certified Centre for Innovation,

Technology and Entrepreneurship, known as CITE, and the award$-$winning Odeyto

Indigenous Centre.

Landscaped outdoor space surrounding the Centre will provide opportunities to

engage with nature. Highlights include a central drum courtyard with fire pit, an

extensive arrangement of native plants and trees, regenerative forest, earth

mounds and a teaching and leisure rooftop terrace.

Affirming the commitment to being the sustainable Seneca, a multitude of green

building practices will be incorporated, including mass timber, rainwater harvesting,

solar energy, geothermal energy, renewable building materials, green roofing, and

designing for resilience and operational sustainability.

Work is currently underway to prepare the existing Sport Center for demolition.

Project completion is estimated to be sometime in $2026.$

$$There are a number of big ideas that have inspired this design. One is the idea that

this building will be an intimation of what an $$architecture of reconciliation$$ could

look like. And such a wonderful way of not only connecting and reconciling

Indigenous and settler cultures, but also of providing a gateway for potential new

Canadian students to imagine what the reconciled future Canada might look and

feel like. Another is that this is intended to be a truly environmentally responsible

building: with plans for net$-$zero carbon, and sustainable mass timber $--$ and a

wonderful showcase for both."

$$ Craig Applegath, DIALOG Partner, Architect

The Health and Wellness Centre will be the heartbeat of Seneca. The outcome of

this circular design signifying a drum demonstrates that the Centre will provide a

holistic healing approach within the lives of the students based on Indigenous ways

of seeing, understanding and being in the world that extends beyond the mere act

of drumming. Many teachings across Turtle Island use the circle to represent

balance and equality, wholeness, and connection. The circle is unbroken and made

of equal, connected and infinite points. The Creator is at the centre of the

courtyard, around which all living things $$ including students, engage. All programs

radiate from this centre and have a special and direct connection to it$.$ The drum

voices our connection to all creation when we move and strengthens our bonds to$"$

q$.$You are your team are the Project Managers for this You and your team are playing the role of the Project Manager. Your

assignment is to complete the WBS for this $$Health and Wellness Center$.$

$1.$ Your WBS must have at least $3$ levels.

a$.$ The first level of the WBS will be the project level $$ Seneca$$s New Health and Wellness

Center.

b$.$ The second level will be the major deliverables. Please include at least $6$ major

deliverables.

c$.$ The third level will be the work packages of the major deliverables. Each major

deliverable should have at least $3$ work packages.

d$.$ You do not have to identify the individual tasks that would be completed in the work

packages. Tasks will be identified in the project schedule and project budget.

$2.$ You can use any software you like to create your WBS$.$ Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint

and LucidChart.com are all good alternatives. You may also want to try the WBS creator

template specifically designed for Excel