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Architects: BDP Quadrangle, Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
- Area: 85400 ft²
- Year: 2019
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Photographs:Scott Norsworthy, Nanne Springer
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Architect of Record: BDP Quadrangle
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General Contractor: The Dalton Company Ltd, Andrew Dalton, Jason Judson
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Civil Engineer: Greer Galloway Group Inc. Engineers and Planners, Matthew McIntosh
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Structural Engineer: Jablonsky, Ast and Partners, Craig Slama
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Mechanical & Electrical Engineer: The HIDI Group, David Sinclair, Dario Di Carlo, Conor Caulwell, Claire Sauve.
Text description provided by the architects. The late Sonja Bata pursued her passion for architecture and the built environment through the revitalization of the town of Batawa, the former factory town located 175 km east of Toronto on the Trent River. In 1939, at the onset of WWII, the Bata family transplanted their shoe empire, including 120 workers and their families, from Czechoslovakia to Canada, establishing a company town that would become a prototype for subsequent Bata operations around the world.
