Toronto University of Toronto: New Harbord Residence | 30.19m | 9s | U of T | Michael Maltzan

[Marcanadian]

40 HARBORD ST Ward 11 - Tor & E.York District​
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​	Site Plan Control application for a new 10-storey student residence building with an overall building height of approximately 34.9 metres including the mechanical penthouse. Proposed Use ---​ # of Storeys ---​ # of Units ---​ Type​ Number​ Date Submitted​ Status​ Applications:​ Site Plan Approval​ 19 259130 STE 11 SA​ Dec 9, 2019​ Under Review​ OPA & Rezoning​ 19 259116 STE 11 OZ​ Dec 9, 2019​ Under Review​

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[Kenojuak]

And OPA and Rezoning. Currently designated Neighbourhoods. Curious whether it will go to Institutional or Mixed Use.

The owner of all properties is the University of Toronto. Depth of all properties is 107' = 32.6m. Details as follows:

Address	Frontage (ft)	Purchased	Sale Amount
40 Harbord	25	May 21, 1968	$2
44 Harbord	25	May 30, 2008	$1,080,000
48 Harbord	25	July 4, 2008	$865,000
50-56 Harbord	81	Not available	Not available

All in all the site is about 156' wide x 107' deep = 16,692 SF, or 47.5m wide x 32.6m deep = 1,550.7 m2. That's 0.38 acres.

Good to see this dumpy row of houses finally evolving. It's the block between Grad House (west) and Hillel (east).

 

[Marcanadian]

Michael Maltzan out of LA is doing this. aA is the architect of record:

 

[innsertnamehere]

.. I Like the north and south elevations, but good god on that east elevation. The worst of Pomo.

 

[Kenojuak]

I absolutely love it. It is completely appropriate for the location, land use, institutional goals, Secondary Plan goals, and OP goals. If City Planning gives the University a hard time or drags this out into a lengthy process I will be so disappointed.

The City Planner on the file is Paul Johnson, Senior Planner.

Land use designation proposed is Institutional Areas.

Here is the consultant team:

 

[Northern Light]

Michael Maltzan out of LA is doing this. aA is the architect of record:

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I liked the post above out of appreciation for the post...............but I'm not sold on the proposal here.

The massing is ok, but I'm not sold on this being taller than Graduate House.

There's certainly some creativity and I'm all for the idea of brick; but I find it a bit too Fort like........a fault it shares with Graduate House and with Robarts and the Rec. Ctr across the street.

Curiously I'm one to call out fitting in w/context as important; but the context universally shares a flaw, I'm not sure I see the need to repeat it.

It also appears to be too close Harbord, the sidewalk needs to be wider there and this needs to be set back another 1m or so.

 

[smably]

Brick brutalism + PoMo in 2019? I unironically love it. Bring it on!

 

[DavidCapizzano]

More like the best of PoMo! This is great

 

[Paul Aitken]

Another ugly building on Ugly Building Row.

 

[GabrielHurl]

Love that perforated brick / brick rainscreen look - reminds me of this beauty I saw under construction in London over the summer

 

[wmedia]

As someone who has been advocating NeoPoMo for what feels like forever, it gets two semi-randomly placed thumbs up from me.

 

[condovo]

I friggin love it! It's like a breath of fresh-yet-retro-70s-80s air. The best of PoMo indeed.

 

[P23]

Interesting brick work, the windows are nice, but it looks like it sucks on the street level. Hard to tell from lack of a render, but it looks like yet another boring glass wall, and a monolithic overhang above. At least extend the fancy brick work to the ground floor like King/Portland did. It looks nice at first glance, but in terms of massing and pedestrian experience I'm not impressed.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Also interesting how the Grad Rez portfolio went to a SoCal firm again.

AoD

 

[stjames2queenwest]

That “Pomo” style you are referring to @insertnamehere is called Memphis design and it’s actually super popular again. Always reminds me of those jostens photo backgrounds or the fabric on bus seats from the 90’s.