The project aim was to improve the performance of the Podium Building at Ryerson University using architectural and building science interventions. The Ryerson Campus Master Plan was consulted to determine what interventions were needed the most. The goal was not to create something that meets the current needs of the Ryerson Master Plan to help the campus until the foreseeable future. Therefore, the original structure and facade were kept and interventions were added onto the building. The new design achieves the Ryerson Master Plan goals through the addition of outdoor spaces and vegetation to help promote the health and wellbeing of the environment to preserve habitats and their natural resources.

Research into different green systems was done to determine what could be used in the project. An extensive green roof is added to the inaccessible lower portion of the roof, whereas an intensive green roof is added to the higher portion, that would be accessible to the Ryerson community. A vertical green wall system is also added onto the large masses on the facade to enhance the laneway in front of it. To build the green roof, a ZinCo semi-intensive-perennial garden system was implemented while the green wall uses a Versa Wall frame from GSky.