SimonP
Active Member
97 St. George is surrounded by fences now, and they took down the trees around it.
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U of T: Rotman Expansion/Ctr for Jurisdictional Advantage and Prosperity (KPMB)
97 St. George is surrounded by fences now, and they took down the trees around it.
adma
Superstar
How's the CIUT building (if it still exists)?
syn
Senior Member
Agreed, their projects are getting repetitive. This one is okay, but it seems a little overbearing in some cases. From other angles it looks pretty good.
I don't know about anyone else, but I love Graduate House.
ProjectEnd
Superstar
It does still exist, but it's in pretty dire straits. The renders indicate that this expansion will seal its fate.
TrickyRicky
Senior Member
"I don't know about anyone else, but I love Graduate House."
I have never met anyone who lived there who would agree!
This structure looks decent, sort of more of the same for U of T. I'm fine with this. I don't think something architecturally flamboyant would be suitable for this location. Besides, while our discussions overwhelmingly revolve around the aesthetics of buildings this is afterall Urban Toronto, and the institution and it's work should be of far more interest to us than the building it is housed in.
I have never met anyone who lived there who would agree!
This structure looks decent, sort of more of the same for U of T. I'm fine with this. I don't think something architecturally flamboyant would be suitable for this location. Besides, while our discussions overwhelmingly revolve around the aesthetics of buildings this is afterall Urban Toronto, and the institution and it's work should be of far more interest to us than the building it is housed in.
ProjectEnd
Superstar
Except that I couldn't care less about economics/management/business or the training of future economists, 'managers,' and businesspeople. I love architecture and that's why I keep on comin' back ere.'
ponyboy
Active Member
I like the renders and video (and music). The sunken courtyard is a nice touch, but I wonder how much it will be used. Also, it appears from the render that there will be an underground passageway underneath St. George alongside this new sunken courtyard. I wish they brought the outer edge of the sunken courtyard all the way out to the sidewalk so that pedestrians could easily look down into it. Stairs down to it and a waterfall feature there would be nice imo.
The massing does look overbearing from some angles, but fits right in across the street from Robarts.
Some of those interior renders (Martin Prosperity Institute) look more like a lounge where you get a cocktail and meet high price call girls than grind out research.
With all that glass, offices will get very warm in the afternoon, and it will be hard to view computer monitors without good blinds.
The massing does look overbearing from some angles, but fits right in across the street from Robarts.
Some of those interior renders (Martin Prosperity Institute) look more like a lounge where you get a cocktail and meet high price call girls than grind out research.
With all that glass, offices will get very warm in the afternoon, and it will be hard to view computer monitors without good blinds.
TrickyRicky
Senior Member
OK. Fair enough ProjectEnd. I personally however enjoy the full spectrum of the architecture and development arenas. In an Urban forum it is a little bit funny to reduce a thread about this centre, dedicated to the very subject of urban issues, to comments about the aesthetic details of it's design. It is also interesting how people greatly over emphasize the roll the designers hired play in the outcome and vision of the project.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
How the finished design of something meets the functional requirements of those who use it defines its success, so design - as a problem-solving process - is central to a happy outcome, not a peripheral issue or an added frill to be admired from the sidewalk.
Equally, one hopes that "caring about the economics / management / business or the training of future economists, 'managers,' and businesspeople" was central to the thinking that went into the design of this building.
As for aesthetics, when that magic ingredient is there we're all the better for it. I don't think design and function should be seen as competing values.
Equally, one hopes that "caring about the economics / management / business or the training of future economists, 'managers,' and businesspeople" was central to the thinking that went into the design of this building.
As for aesthetics, when that magic ingredient is there we're all the better for it. I don't think design and function should be seen as competing values.
Ryan
New Member
91 St. George st. (the white building) was being torn down today.
urbandreamer
recession proof
It's nice to see the CIUT building gone. Pit has been dug, crane installation coming soon?
Was team Green buried yet?
Was team Green buried yet?
nicetommy
Active Member
Crane going up today
CML
Active Member
Working hard on a Saturday
barrytron3030
Active Member
I snapped some pics from the walkway behind the Rotman Centre. All were taken on 21 April 2010.
androiduk
Senior Member
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