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Markham Centre Elementary School (AKA "Uptown Markham, Zone 3 Block 6"): a proposed 3-storey elementary school designed by MC Architects for York Region District School Board on the north side of Rougeside Promenade, west of Warden Avenue and south of Highway 7 in Markham's Unionville area.

Rendering from the SPA package:
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Site in context of Uptown Markham, this is Block 6:
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is that underground parking for staff? that's kinda... cool :)

I'd be interested to see what is in the Block 6, is that a track and field top right? whats the rest of it, cant really tell...
 
So I rarely check out this thread...........but thanks to some Spam I needed to report; I investigate; only to find @Paclo helpfully offering a link to the SPA package but then not posting the render of the school contained therein:

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The dominance of the car here is really unfortunate, otherwise, with the exception of the understated entrance, I'm somewhat taken by the 1950's modernism here. Normally I find it too spare, but the the little canopies on the ground, plus the contrasting colour of the secondary brick to me makes it work quite well.

Plant list is a bit heavy on non-natives:

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Yes to the Sugar Maple and Serviceberry, why English Oak when we have 4 native oaks that would do fine here? Blue Spruce should be the native White Spruce; they chose a non-native juniper (native to European and Asian Mountains) instead of the the native....yeah, not great.
 
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Northern Light said:
So I rarely check out this thread...........but thanks to some Spam I needed to report; I investigate; only to find @Paclo helpfully offering a link to the SPA package but then not posting the render of the school contained therein:

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I'm somewhat taken by the 1950's modernism here. Normally I find it too spare, but the the little canopies on the ground, plus the contrasting colour of the secondary brick to me makes it work
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That’s slander of 1950s public school architecture! This is a brick box, agreed, but every aspect of it is a mess. The large dimensions of the brick itself; the size, arrangement, and lights of the windows; the lack of alignment across the façade, and within each element; the lack of prominence of the front entry…

Honestly, just horrendous design. And that’s before you even get into the site plan.
 
AlexBozikovic said:
That’s slander of 1950s public school architecture! This is a brick box, agreed, but every aspect of it is a mess. The large dimensions of the brick itself; the size, arrangement, and lights of the windows; the lack of alignment across the façade, and within each element; the lack of prominence of the front entry…

Honestly, just horrendous design. And that’s before you even get into the site plan.
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We agree entirely on the front entry and the site plan.

Not sure what you mean by 'lights of the windows'.

I don't think it's brilliant by any means; but I did like the design intent on the 50's - eseque portion.

The problems though are consequential.
 
Northern Light said:
So I rarely check out this thread...........but thanks to some Spam I needed to report; I investigate; only to find @Paclo helpfully offering a link to the SPA package but then not posting the render of the school contained therein:

View attachment 512326

The dominance of the car here is really unfortunate, otherwise, with the exception of the understated entrance, I'm somewhat taken by the 1950's modernism here. Normally I find it too spare, but the the little canopies on the ground, plus the contrasting colour of the secondary brick to me makes it work quite well.

Plant list is a bit heavy on non-natives:

View attachment 512327

Yes to the Sugar Maple and Serviceberry, why English Oak when we have 4 native oaks that would do fine here? Blue Spruce should be the native White Spruce; they chose a non-native juniper (native to European and Asian Mountains) instead of the the native....yeah, not great.
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Bush honeysuckle (diervilla) is a great native alternative to spirea; real underrated shrub that deserves to be used more often. No landscaping plan is complete without some Karl Foerester reed grass either lol
 
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