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The museum is expected to attract 70,000 visitors each year, said Tom Reitz, the manager of Doon Heritage Crossâ€" roads, adding that‘s a conservative estimate. About 41,000 "In a lot of ways, the museum is a place where we all find ourselves, and that‘s an important aspect of what this place will do, but it‘s also the lens or the conduit for information that allows the world to look in." "The museum ... has the responsibility to tell the story of our region, that‘s past, present and future, but it also has the responsibility to display, I think, our collective ambition as a region, the innovation, the kind of resilience that‘s here and the vision and entrepreneurship that make us who we are," said Roger Farwell, an architect with the Walter Fedy Partnerâ€" ship, which is working with Moriyama and Teshima on this project. The materials will be simple, he said, adding the plan is to use wood, brick and stone. Water features, a stone wall and skylights are also in the design. The architects toured the region looking for inspiration, which they found in the landscapes, the use of stone in Galt, the simplicity of the early settlers‘ designs and the Seagram Museum, he said. "We tested the building in different parts of the site, but the notion of capturing both the intersection of the railway and Huron Road was quite compelling as the benchmark for anchoring the building on the site," said Diarmuid Nash, an architect with Moriyama and Teshima. Visitors will hit the crossroads when they enter the lobby. "And there‘s a moment there when your orientation will shift and you‘ll see the village beyond," Rudy said. At that point, visitors can enter the public classrooms and theatre spaces, the galleries, the mezzanine or the village outside. The facade will have two faces, one seen from Homer Watâ€" son Boulevard, the other from the historic village. "Of course, we need to be respectful of that in the architecture and try to make it dialogue with it," Rudy said of the village side. The museum will be situated at a historical crossroads â€" where a former train line and the old Huron Road intersect â€" which is a theme that repeats throughout the design. The old rail line transported people from Kitchener to Cambridge, while the road, built in the 1830s, brought settlers to the region. 'I‘he architects designing the new Region of Waterloo Hisâ€" tory Museum at Doon Heritage Crossroads want to make it more than just a museum. "(We want to) connect it to the site, connect it to the comâ€" munity and make it reach out to the community and beyond, and make it a space for everybody to use throughout the year," Brian Rudy, an associate with Moriyama and Teshima Architects of Toronto, said at a media conference to unveil the building‘s design last Thursday. The proposed space is 40,000 square feet, half of which will be devoted to permanent and temporary exhibitions. The rest will house a theatre/lecture hall, lobby, gift shop, classrooms and administrative space. This is the architects depiction of the front view of the new Waterloo History Museum ~5. 4 HOMES THAT NEED ROOFING 4 homes in your area will be given the opportunity of having an INTERLOCK metal roofing system installed on their home at a reasonable cost. This lifetime product is capturing the interest of homeowners across the country who want to know this will be the last time they will have to reâ€"roof their home. Our product is environmentally friendly and comes with a transferable Lifetime Limited Warranty with an excellent choice of colours to complement your home and is going to be introduced to your local market. Your home can be a show place in your neighbourhood and we will make it worth your while if we can use your home. Please call Angelo: Plans for the new Waterloo History Museum unveiled Tollâ€"Free 24 hours 7 Days a week WANTED! By Jennirer OrmstoN Chronicle Staff _ And they will try to apply LEED prinâ€" ciples to the exhibits, which is probably the first time that‘s been attempted in Canada, Reitz said. people already visit the living museum annually. The building will aim to attain LEED Silver certification, which means it has a sustainable design and will use construcâ€" tion practices that reduce or eliminate the impact on the environment. "It‘s not a certifiable element under iipiiotn on . | C SUBMITTED PHOTO y ul i Cony‘ort h l An open house on the museum‘s design will be held on April 3 from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Button Factory, at 25 Regina St. St., in Waterloo. Inforâ€" LEED, but it‘s certainly something that would be unique in the building and a teaching point in the building as well," he said. WATERLOO CHRONICLE + Wednesday, April 2, 2008 + 5 mation displays will be at Conestoga Mall on April 5 and the St. Jacobs Farmâ€" ers‘ Market on April 6. Construction is expected to start in the fall, and end in March 2010. Then the exhibits will be completed and installed, and the museum will officialâ€" ly open on July 1, 2012.