Faculty of Architecture and Planning

Building Access for Students

The Medjuck Building and O'Brien Hall are open weekdays from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. Your DalCard provides access to the building and the studio after-hours (including weekends, holidays, and term breaks). Your building access will continue until August 31, assuming that you remain registered. To arrange access, please follow these steps closely:

Building Access For New Students (B1; BCD1 and MPlan1)

  1. Pay the admission deposit for your program on .
  2. Register for fall courses on .
  3. Go to the DalCard Office to pick up your DalCard and have it activated.
  4. Architecture students: Building access is based on registration in your program. If you are unable to access the Medjuck and IDEA Buildings, please e-mail arch.office@dal.ca, indicating your student number (B00xxxxxx) and describing the problem.
  5. Planning students: Building access is based on registration in your program. If you are unable to access the Medjuck Building, O'Brien Hall, and Richard Murray Design Building, please e-mail planning@dal.ca, indicating your student number (B00xxxxxx) and describing the problem.
  6. After being given building access, you can set or reset your DalCard PIN at .
  7. A day later, you can test your building access after-hours by waving your card in front of the keypad.
  8. If it doesn't work, go to the DalCard Office the next day to confirm that your student information is correct and complete. Then repeat steps 5鈥�7.

Building Access For Continuing Students (B5, M2, M5; BCD2, BCD3, BCD4, MPlan2)

  1. Register for courses on .
  2. Go to the DalCard Office to have your DalCard re-activated.
  3. Architecture students: Building access is based on registration in your program. If you are unable to access the Medjuck and IDEA Buildings, please e-mail arch.office@dal.ca, indicating your student number (B00xxxxxx) and describing the problem.
  4. Planning students: Building access is based on registration in your program. If you are unable to access the Medjuck Building, O'Brien Hall, and Richard Murray Design Building, please e-mail planning@dal.ca, indicating your student number (B00xxxxxx) and describing the problem.
  5. After being given building access, you can set or reset your DalCard PIN at .
  6. A day later, you can test your building access after-hours by waving your card in front of the keypad.
  7. If it doesn't work, go to the DalCard Office the next day to confirm that your student information is correct and complete. Then repeat steps 4鈥�6.

Security

When you unlock an exterior door, it will remain unlocked for 50 seconds or until the door is opened and closed. If you decide not to enter, don't just walk away; open the door and close it again, so that a stranger can't enter while it's unlocked.

Do not let anyone you don't recognize enter the building with you. Thieves look like everyone else and lie about why they don't have a card. For everyone's safety, there is ZERO tolerance for strangers in the building after hours. To report a stranger, call Security using the red phone in the studio or at 902-494-6400. Do not share your DalCard, PIN, or key with anyone: partners, relatives, taxi drivers, or pizza drivers. You are responsible for everyone's safety.