Midtown Hank
New Member
Always thought the original entrance off University was one of the great entranceways to any building in the city. Hope it can somehow remain relevant.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
I wish they can put a cafe in the Rotunda - and let the seating spill out through those doors onto Avenue Road.
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3Dementia
Senior Member
This is brilliant.
And the limited free access is a baby step in the right direction. One of the things I love most about London (UK) is free access to most museums... I would often take a quick detour through the British Museum before heading to another destination. So uplifting
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And the limited free access is a baby step in the right direction. One of the things I love most about London (UK) is free access to most museums... I would often take a quick detour through the British Museum before heading to another destination. So uplifting
.Northern Light
Superstar
This is brilliant.
And the limited free access is a baby step in the right direction. One of the things I love most about London (UK) is free access to most museums... I would often take a quick detour through the British Museum before heading to another destination. So uplifting
Agreed on both points.
When you look at the financials, nominally, ROM only needs to replace ~13M in admission fees (last fiscal year)
Source: https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default...io-museum-03312023-financial-statement-en.pdf
In practice, they also have a loss to cover in the range of 5.4M (2023 is the second column from the right)
So they need about 18.4M in alternate revenues/reduced expenses.
I would argue that not selling admissions, reduced cash handling etc. would save at least $500,000 per year, probably more. So probably 18M'ish.
A 100M endowment should be able to spin-off (after reinvesting for inflation) 4% per annum, or about 4M, so if we could just get some Canadian family with 20B in assets to spare 5% of their fortune......
There would be no need for admission prices, and some budget to spare.
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Alternatively, Ontario could just increase its grant allocation by 18M which would be less than 0.01% of Ontario's budget.
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UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
What was that!? I thought I just heard Doug choke on his afternoon coffee...
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Towered
Senior Member
But still not replacing the cheap siding...
Volchenkov
New Member
Another terrible HPA design...when are Toronto cultural institutions going to get their act together. Toronto is getting left in the dust with firms like HPA heading these projects.
JMSRead
Active Member
If they go through with the University Park idea, there would be an amazing opportunity to really emphasise that side of the building.
T.E.C.II
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JasonParis
Moderator
I'm liking this, but I'm also amused (bemused?) that the mismatched panels remain, and are even indicated in the renderings.
Northern Light
Superstar
UT's Craig White has an excellent piece on this up on the Front Page:
urbantoronto.ca
From this, we get an answer to @rdaner 's question about the Fountain.
"Hariri Pontarini have designed by reflecting pool and fountain with Dan Eusen of Waterarchitecture Inc. The pool may become a skating rink in the winter, but will create a sense of arrival and welcome outside the building year-round."
OpenROM: A Multimillion Dollar Valentine's Gift to Toronto | UrbanToronto
Josh Basseches, Director & CEO of the Royal Ontario Museum has announced that work on a $130 million, three-year project to upgrade the visitor experience will get going right away on the venerable and beloved institution on the southwest corner of Bloor and Queens Park in Downtown Toronto.
From this, we get an answer to @rdaner 's question about the Fountain.
"Hariri Pontarini have designed by reflecting pool and fountain with Dan Eusen of Waterarchitecture Inc. The pool may become a skating rink in the winter, but will create a sense of arrival and welcome outside the building year-round."
DarwinP
Active Member
I think this is probably one of the best aspects of the project. it makes the existing design more honest, and perfectly represents the ROM’s plan to “open up”
“Steel girders that hold up the extraordinary Libeskind structure and which are currently hidden within walls will also be featured around the space, both expressing the engineering work that allows such avant garde architecture while also broadening the space. Ticketing for exhibitions and upper level galleries will be found in pocket areas off the main lobby.”
“Steel girders that hold up the extraordinary Libeskind structure and which are currently hidden within walls will also be featured around the space, both expressing the engineering work that allows such avant garde architecture while also broadening the space. Ticketing for exhibitions and upper level galleries will be found in pocket areas off the main lobby.”
Northern Light
Superstar
The render makes me assume the girders will be clad. Which they probably ought to be; but I do wonder if that will diminish their link to the structure in the eyes of the casual observer? Still, I quite like it myself.
DarwinP
Active Member
Beautiful model and material photos posted by @NovakovicTO on X
