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La modernisation des ailes A et B a permis de renouveler les installations du campus et d\u2019offrir un espace d\u2019exposition \u00e0 l\u2019\u00c9cole des affaires, un programme menant \u00e0 un dipl\u00f4me qui englobe la comptabilit\u00e9, la finance, le marketing, les ventes, les op\u00e9rations et la gestion des ressources humaines. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Le b\u00e2timent existant a \u00e9t\u00e9 construit en 1970 avec des murs de briques vierges et des ouvertures minimales, ce qui a cr\u00e9\u00e9 des espaces sombres et peu attrayants. La r\u00e9novation r\u00e9utilise le b\u00e2timent d\u2019origine, en ouvrant la fa\u00e7ade pour faire entrer la lumi\u00e8re naturelle et donner acc\u00e8s \u00e0 la vue sur le bois\u00e9 environnant. 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Ce passage \u00e0 un bureau ouvert pr\u00e9sente l\u2019avantage suppl\u00e9mentaire d\u2019ouvrir des vues panoramiques sur l\u2019\u00e9tang adjacent et l\u2019espace paysager \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">La transformation de la School of Business du Conestoga College a cr\u00e9\u00e9 des espaces d\u2019apprentissage et d\u2019enseignement flexibles pour la facult\u00e9 et les \u00e9tudiants qui refl\u00e8tent le Coll\u00e8ge et l\u2019industrie. Ce projet d\u00e9montre que la chose la plus durable que les architectes puissent faire est de trouver des occasions de redonner vie \u00e0 d\u2019anciens b\u00e2timents.<\/span><\/p>\n","en":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">The Doon Campus in Kitchener, Ontario, is Conestoga College\u2019s first and largest campus. It is comprised of various interconnected wings. 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